and originally came from Minnesota. It's such a small world!
Jon Nibbe
Special Exhibition at Yingge Ceramics Museum. Graduate from Tainan.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Soda kiln
From Edina Art Center
soda spray: 2 lb soda to 1 gallon water
soda granola: 8 lb soda 1.5 gallon water 1/4 cup salt 11.5 handfuls sawdust
method: @ cone 9 spray, dump granola, and agitate twice per side. Recover heat. Repeat 4 times til cone 10.
Notes:
Dump AWAY from kiln shelves.
Line metal with newspaper to facilitate granola release.
soda spray: 2 lb soda to 1 gallon water
soda granola: 8 lb soda 1.5 gallon water 1/4 cup salt 11.5 handfuls sawdust
method: @ cone 9 spray, dump granola, and agitate twice per side. Recover heat. Repeat 4 times til cone 10.
Notes:
Dump AWAY from kiln shelves.
Line metal with newspaper to facilitate granola release.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Soda Fire cont'
Wheel thrown @ 4 lb. Final weight ~2 lb.
Fireclay w/ Fe, white slip design
Flashing slips applied after bisque: Shino, Tile Six (T-6), Sandra's Red
Decorative iron
Glazes: Opal, TC Purple
Placement: Floor
22 x 22 x 5 cm (8.6'' x 8.6'' x 2 '') Top view.
The orange peel texture is caused by soda. This piece was blasted, and most of the slip detailing was lost. The TC purple turned into that translucent blue. The opal is that bluish-gold bit near the brown area; the gold is from the decorative iron.
Fireclay w/ Fe, white slip design
Flashing slips applied after bisque: Shino, Tile Six (T-6), Sandra's Red
Decorative iron
Glazes: Opal, TC Purple
Placement: Floor
22 x 22 x 5 cm (8.6'' x 8.6'' x 2 '') Top view.
The orange peel texture is caused by soda. This piece was blasted, and most of the slip detailing was lost. The TC purple turned into that translucent blue. The opal is that bluish-gold bit near the brown area; the gold is from the decorative iron.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Soda Fire with Flameware! First Batch
These are from the new soda fire kiln at the Edina Art Center, a downdraft gas kiln with 2 gas inputs.
340 pounds were loaded onto 3 stacks (front, middle, back).
Kiln took 14 hours to fire to cone 10-ish (cone 11 down, on account of soda making things droopier).
1 hour body reduction achieved.
Soda was dumped and sprayed at cone 9.
Back stack had some oxidation.
Flameware test tile plate with Probst #2 straight and tinted with black mason stain, with decorative iron on top and underneath. 6.5'' x 6.5'' x 1'' (16.5 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm)
This piece was cracked in the bisque, but the glaze softened the cracked edges considerably, and I will use it as a serving platter as is. It is not suitable for cooking due to the cracking.
340 pounds were loaded onto 3 stacks (front, middle, back).
Kiln took 14 hours to fire to cone 10-ish (cone 11 down, on account of soda making things droopier).
1 hour body reduction achieved.
Soda was dumped and sprayed at cone 9.
Back stack had some oxidation.
Flameware test tile plate with Probst #2 straight and tinted with black mason stain, with decorative iron on top and underneath. 6.5'' x 6.5'' x 1'' (16.5 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm)
This piece was cracked in the bisque, but the glaze softened the cracked edges considerably, and I will use it as a serving platter as is. It is not suitable for cooking due to the cracking.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Flameware Glazes #1
Untested.
Recipes by Rob Probst (source
Flameware #1 C0ne 9/10
White-red
Lepidolite 32
Dolomite 25
Whiting 3
Talc 3
Gerstley Borate 2.5
Kaolin 25
Flint 9.5
Flameware #3 Cone 9/10
Brown-green
Dolimite 12.4
Whiting 1.6
Potash Feldspar 10
Kaolin 12.8
Flint 2.8
Cobalt Carbonate 0.2
Red Iron Oxide 0.4
Recipes by Rob Probst (source
Flameware #1 C0ne 9/10
White-red
Lepidolite 32
Dolomite 25
Whiting 3
Talc 3
Gerstley Borate 2.5
Kaolin 25
Flint 9.5
Flameware #3 Cone 9/10
Brown-green
Dolimite 12.4
Whiting 1.6
Potash Feldspar 10
Kaolin 12.8
Flint 2.8
Cobalt Carbonate 0.2
Red Iron Oxide 0.4
Flameware Glaze #2
Original Recipe by Rob Probst (source)
Adaptation by Tetsuya Yamada
Orange-White Flameware #2 Cone 9/10
Custer Feldspar 6
Spodumene 4
Dolomite 4.5
Kaolin 5
Whiting 0.75
Tin Oxide 1
Total = 21.25
Matte opaque white with a very subtle blooming sheen on some portions. Breaks to ruddy orange. Oxide washes and stains run a LOT on the surface.
I've fired to Cone 11 (since that's when the clay body vitrifies) and it's been fine; no change in colour.
~Colorants~
Add 2% Cobalt for a nice blue that breaks to black.
Most stains burn out. Other colorants that work: Vanadium or Ferrous oxide, black mason stain (number unknown), Copper Oxide
Update: Test tiles
Glaze brushed on over some colored spots. Thin to thick.
Some washes applied on top.Most burned out.
Fired Gas Cone 10 unless otherwise noted.
Adaptation by Tetsuya Yamada
Orange-White Flameware #2 Cone 9/10
Custer Feldspar 6
Spodumene 4
Dolomite 4.5
Kaolin 5
Whiting 0.75
Tin Oxide 1
Total = 21.25
Matte opaque white with a very subtle blooming sheen on some portions. Breaks to ruddy orange. Oxide washes and stains run a LOT on the surface.
I've fired to Cone 11 (since that's when the clay body vitrifies) and it's been fine; no change in colour.
~Colorants~
Add 2% Cobalt for a nice blue that breaks to black.
Most stains burn out. Other colorants that work: Vanadium or Ferrous oxide, black mason stain (number unknown), Copper Oxide
Update: Test tiles
Glaze brushed on over some colored spots. Thin to thick.
Some washes applied on top.Most burned out.
Fired Gas Cone 10 unless otherwise noted.
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| From to, left to right: Vanadium Yellow or Yellow FE oxide; Tin oxide (bubbles); CuCo2; Al Pink (?); Crimson stain; Black stain; 3% Cobalt Oxide Electric Oxidation Cone 10/11 |
Orange-Brown Flameware
Recipe by Val Cushing
Adaption by Tetusya Yamada
University of Minnesota, Spring 2011
Cone 10(?)/11
C & C Ball Clay 10%
Goldart 10%
AP Green Fire Clay 10%
Hawthorn Fire Clay 5%
Lizella Red Earthenware 5%
Petalite 200 mesh 60%
I've fired this to Cone 10, but it doesn't seem to fully vitrify and some portions remain grey-ish. At Cone 11 it cures completely and becomes a rich orange.
Soda firing pending *w*
Adaption by Tetusya Yamada
University of Minnesota, Spring 2011
Cone 10(?)/11
C & C Ball Clay 10%
Goldart 10%
AP Green Fire Clay 10%
Hawthorn Fire Clay 5%
Lizella Red Earthenware 5%
Petalite 200 mesh 60%
I've fired this to Cone 10, but it doesn't seem to fully vitrify and some portions remain grey-ish. At Cone 11 it cures completely and becomes a rich orange.
Soda firing pending *w*
Monday, June 20, 2011
Flameware Links #1
Articles:
Article by Ron Probst in Studio Potter Magazine
Forum Posts:
U.K.
-''tagine'' or ''tajine'' = flat dish with cone-shaped lid used for slow-cooking.
Clayart #1 at potters.org
- ''Ceramic Science for the Potter'' by Lawerence & West
Clayart #2
Blog:
Lee Love
-Flameware is sold as 'donabe' in Japan; 土鍋
-Akechi = non-Mashiko imported clay goods
ノート：
土鍋 seems to refer to just the pot.
Unrelated side link:
How to Make a Jomon Pot! (early Jomon), Japanese
Article by Ron Probst in Studio Potter Magazine
Forum Posts:
U.K.
-''tagine'' or ''tajine'' = flat dish with cone-shaped lid used for slow-cooking.
Clayart #1 at potters.org
- ''Ceramic Science for the Potter'' by Lawerence & West
Clayart #2
Blog:
Lee Love
-Flameware is sold as 'donabe' in Japan; 土鍋
-Akechi = non-Mashiko imported clay goods
ノート：
土鍋 seems to refer to just the pot.
Unrelated side link:
How to Make a Jomon Pot! (early Jomon), Japanese
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