Chawan 4586 Hello, I plan to show periodically some of the products for sale in more details. Today I describe a tea bowl, the Chawan 4586. Data: Material: Stoneware clay. A lightly grogged white clay body. Production: Base shape thrown on pottery wheel, partially formed manually afterwards. Dimensions: Diameter approx. 11cm, Height approx. 8cm Firing:… Read More
Tag: Shino
Nezumi-Shino (mouse-gray Shino) is very famous and is achieved by overlaying a Shino glaze (e.g. Currie Shino 2b) over a Gosu slip. Then the surface needs to become textured. The original Gosu receipe (e.g. from B. Leach) is difficult to create, as one of the ingredients is black Cobalt Oxide, which is very special and… Read More
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.
The simpler, the better: 80/20 Nepheline Syenite and EPK. Beautiful red-orange if applied thin (spray gun), no run-off at 1300°C if applied thick, does not crackle and can become very white. For your info: all experiments have been performed with Wittgert 11sf 0-0,2.
Shino Experiment 3: Penn State Shino
Variations of the flux. Penn State Shino: 14,6 Nepheline Syenite 34 Potassium Feldspar 29 Spodumen 9,7 Standard Kaolin 4,9 Hymod AT 7,8 Soda (calz.)
Shino Experiment 2: Shino Currie 2
A very simple recipe: Flux and variations of Kaolin. Shino Currie 2a: Standard Kaolin Shino Currie 2b: EPK Significantly more red with EPK, if applied thin (see also inside of the cup). If applied thickly, glaze is getting real white, as can also be seen in the picture, where it has been placed on top… Read More
Shino Experiment 1: RD Dry Shino #16a
First a test with variations of the iron content of the ball clays. RD Dry Shino #16a: Albany Slip RD Dry Shino #16: Hymod AT Bother are not so interesting (boring).