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All firings are done in a soda kiln cone 9/10 reduction medium
Porcelain Casting Slip, "altered from Harlan House Porcelain recipie"
Grolleg - 5300 gr.
G-200 Potash Feldspar - 1750gr
Neph Sy - 1750gr
500 mesh Silica - 2400gr
water - 3400 gr - up to 4000
darvan -begin with 25, and gradually add as needed up to 40cc
In time you develop a feel for it, nice and webby in the fingers, start with the lower amounts and gradually add water if it is too sticky, darvan if it isn't webby. Mix darvan with some water when you are adding it.
Southern Ice Casting Slip - coming when I find my notes...hehehe
Porcelain paper clay
Grolleg - 2650gr
G-200 - 575gr
Neph Sy - 575 gr
500 mesh silica - 1200gr
water - 2000gr
2 rolls delsey double roll toilet paper
break apart "TP" and blend into the water then add dry ingredients in the order they are listed.
this does have to be dried out a little on a plaster bat
Southern Ice Paper Clay
I also use souther ice made into paper clay, same recipie but use 2 bags of "southern ice"
Deboos Clear cone 10
Custer Feldspar - 31.82
Whiting - 18.18
EPK - 13.64
Silica - 27.27
Zinc 4.55
On Southern Ice and the Porcelain slip this glaze is a soft icy celadon blue in the soda
Hide/Monika Celadon cone 9/10
Custer Feldspar - 30
Wollastonite - 25
Grolleg -21
Silica - 24
Red Iron ox. - .75
Tin Ox - 1
Barium - 2
Kevins Flashing Slip
Neph Sy - 36
Spodumene - 12.6
OM4 Ball clay - 12
Epk - 28.1
Kona F4 - 8.64
Red Art - 15
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