I Am The Art
I LOVE CLAY!
October 13, 2011
Found this at R&F paints.
This inspires me! It uses a nonfunctional glaze on the bottom two thirds for decoration and allows the vitrified clay to serve the functional requirements.
September 27, 2011
August 30, 2011
Cone 6 Crystalline Glaze Base
Fa’s #5 (Revised) | Cone 6 |
Zinc Oxide | 27.0 % |
Talc | 5.0 |
Ferro Frit 3110 | 50.0 |
Spodumene | 4.0 |
Silica (325 mesh) | 14.0 |
100.0 % | |
Add: Titanium Dioxide | 2.0 % |
Glaze was on cone 10 porcelain tiles.
Kiln Program
Glaze #1 Base
Glaze #2 Red Iron Oxide 3.5%
Glaze #3 Cobalt Carbonate 1%
Glaze #4 Barium Carbonate 8%
Glaze #4 (Detail)
Glaze #5
Copper Carbonate 4%
Cobalt Carbonate .25%
Glaze #5 (Same Glaze)
Glaze #5 (Detail)
Observations
*Glaze application was not thick enough (painted on with three coats)
*Glaze #4 with barium carbonate produced the most crystals, possible because of its lower melting temperature
*Glaze #5 produced two distinct colors because of its placement in the kiln
Labels:
ceramics,
cone 6,
cone six,
Crystalline,
glaze
August 5, 2011
April 23, 2011
April 1, 2011
Diamond Ring and Display
In my Crafting the Virtual Space class i created 'diamond rings' and a ring display on the computer using Rhino3D and had them made real using the laser cutter on campus. They are now being sold at at the store i work at ^_^ www.cocoonathome.com
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