White Glaze Tests
I have had several requests for a white glaze. These are tests. I took Spearmint from “Mastering Cone 6” and reformulated it to use local materials (53% local). I have had great luck with Spearmint …
Tag: wild clay
This is what happiness looks like.
This will be about 150 lbs of moist clay after it dewaters a bit. I mixed this up today with my wild clay reclaim and 15% of a local low fire clay. I still need …
Wild/Local Clay Tests
I goofed with this load of bisque. I didn’t make sure my thermocouple was completely inserted (it wasn’t even all the way though the kiln wall). The load was badly overfired (for bisque). The test …
Limestone tests continued…
This is 100% local to me body. Still not quite sure if the limestone will work as a flux or just be a disaster. I rolled out all my test tiles yesterday morning for shrinkage/firing …
Dewatering Processed Clay Slurry
This is how I remove excess water from processed dug/local clay slurries. Some clays will dewater quickly and some take more time but this does speed up the processes.
Wild/Native Clay Tests–Moon Clay
I haven’t tested any new clays for a while, just different tests on clays I can find around my house. This clay comes from a small community in the far Southeast corner of Oklahoma called …