I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research.
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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? -
@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?@kennric Hi!
It's supplemented with commercial components. I've got another glaze now that's 100 percent stuff I gathered myself, but this one has some ingredients from the studio.
I based it on this recipe: https://glazy.org/recipes/223314
I substituted my wild clay for the ball clay and doubled the amount of it I was adding to the recipe. That's it! It's a very simple recipe.
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@kennric Hi!
It's supplemented with commercial components. I've got another glaze now that's 100 percent stuff I gathered myself, but this one has some ingredients from the studio.
I based it on this recipe: https://glazy.org/recipes/223314
I substituted my wild clay for the ball clay and doubled the amount of it I was adding to the recipe. That's it! It's a very simple recipe.
@MLE_online excellent! I'll give that a try, I suspect I'll need to adjust somewhat for my clay's lower firing temp - I have to add silica to the body already to keep it solid at cone 6.
I'm excited all over again to do some hyper local pottery
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@MLE_online excellent! I'll give that a try, I suspect I'll need to adjust somewhat for my clay's lower firing temp - I have to add silica to the body already to keep it solid at cone 6.
I'm excited all over again to do some hyper local pottery
Thank you for sharing!@kennric Maybe you can increase the percentage of kaolin. It's very refractory.
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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.
Inaugurating my new mug
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Inaugurating my new mug
This mug feels very much like a diner mug to drink out of. If I kept the overall shape but shortened and thickened the handle (to make it less likely to break), I think it would be a really good mug shape for diners.
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Inaugurating my new mug
@MLE_online it looks peaceful
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This mug feels very much like a diner mug to drink out of. If I kept the overall shape but shortened and thickened the handle (to make it less likely to break), I think it would be a really good mug shape for diners.
@MLE_online the lip looks very nice.
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