I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research.
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@misternineham I wish I could get an MFA without financial ruination
@MLE_online i thought that was the whole point of MFAs
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@MLE_online you heard it here first investors! your clay futures are toast because of this simple 28-step process
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@MLE_online i thought that was the whole point of MFAs
@misternineham I guess you have to be starving to be a good artist, so artist school gets you well prepared for that
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@misternineham I guess you have to be starving to be a good artist, so artist school gets you well prepared for that
@MLE_online ruination as a service.
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@MLE_online ruination as a service.
@misternineham @MLE_online This is too painfully accurate.
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I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.
@MLE_online wild clay *glaze* sounds challenging!
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@MLE_online wild clay *glaze* sounds challenging!
@deborahh It's much easier than wild clay objects. Wild clay likes to melt at cone 10. Glaze is meant to melt, so wild clay doesn't present many problems there. That is a big problem if the body of the mug itself melts though
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I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.
@MLE_online
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I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.
@MLE_online amazing!!!!!!
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@MLE_online amazing!!!!!!
@MLE_online really neat rim btw
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I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.
@MLE_online Nice!
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@deborahh It's much easier than wild clay objects. Wild clay likes to melt at cone 10. Glaze is meant to melt, so wild clay doesn't present many problems there. That is a big problem if the body of the mug itself melts though
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@deborahh It's much easier than wild clay objects. Wild clay likes to melt at cone 10. Glaze is meant to melt, so wild clay doesn't present many problems there. That is a big problem if the body of the mug itself melts though
@MLE_online but commercial glaze is ground glass, right?
And wild glaze? Is it quartz? Sand? I'm having trouble imagining it.
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@MLE_online but commercial glaze is ground glass, right?
And wild glaze? Is it quartz? Sand? I'm having trouble imagining it.
@deborahh commercial glaze sometimes contains glass frit, but most don't. They are usually made of some combination of silica, feldspar, fluxes, and colorants
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@deborahh commercial glaze sometimes contains glass frit, but most don't. They are usually made of some combination of silica, feldspar, fluxes, and colorants
@deborahh oh, and they usually have some clay mixed in as well
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@deborahh commercial glaze sometimes contains glass frit, but most don't. They are usually made of some combination of silica, feldspar, fluxes, and colorants
@MLE_online oh. I see! Thanks.
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@deborahh oh, and they usually have some clay mixed in as well
@MLE_online it seems almost alchemical, to me. 🤭
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@MLE_online it seems almost alchemical, to me. 🤭
@deborahh It's very chemical! Glazes are just glass formers and fluxes. The glass formers are materials that turn into glass when melted and fluxes help them melt so they can turn into glass
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I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.
@MLE_online You should be. That's a gorgeous mug! You had a great idea.
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I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.
@MLE_online that looks amazing! I would love to know details, particularly about the glaze, if your willing to share. I'm on a similar journey with clay from my back yard, it's iron rich and melts at cone 6, but it's a beautiful red and my goal is a mug I can actually drink out of.
I'm close with the body, but haven't even considered wild glaze. Is it all wild, or supplemented with commercial components?
