The Some-Bright-Green Glaze is formulated especially for wood firing with salt and soda. Iron as well as copper and titanium are responsible for the green colors. Very nice is also the modification of the recipe with additional 3% Copper Oxide.
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Glossy Nuka Glaze is getting especially nice, if metal oxides cause color streaks (e.g. iron oxide or cobalt oxide). 56,2 Custer Feldspar 11,2 Talcum 11,2 Bone Ash 33,8 Flint 22,4 Whiting 11,2 Bentonite 37 Wood Ash 16,8 Frit 3134
Easy white glaze, getting dull in combination with ash.
The combination of the two coloring components Cobalt and Titanium result in many different green colors. However, Cobalt blue can show eventually. 140 Nepheline Syenite 4 Gerstley Borate 16 Ball Clay (Hymod AT) 10 Talcum 30 Petalite 2 Cobalt Carbonate 4 Rutile
This glaze achieves it´s beauty by superposition of a white and red Shino glaze. Half of the white glaze is enriched with 10% red iron oxide. The red Shino is applied first. When dried, the white Shino is thickly applied and then decorated while still wet. The red Shino from below shall be visible.
Glazes with a high iron content (Temmoku, Oilspot, Tea Dust) are the logical continuation of the Seladons glazes (low iron). Bailey´s Red Glaze The recommended sp. gr. is 145.
A fantastic glaze in principle, but it is not easy to get reproducible results. According to literature, the glaze should have a spec. gravity of 160 (1 liter glaze should weight 1.6 kg). It is mandatory to apply the glaze very thick and on both sides, to avoid tensions.