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These bowls were made by Tony Hansen using a mixture of white and stained New-Zealand-kaolin-based porcelain (Plainsman Polar Ice) fired at cone 6. The body is not only white, but very translucent.
| Recipes | G2916F - Cone 6 Stoneware/Whiteware transparent glaze Crystal clear industrial dinnerware glaze | 
| Articles | Formulating a Porcelain The principles behind formulating a porcelain are quite simple. You just need to know the purpose of each material, a starting recipe and a testing regimen. | 
| Oxides | SrO - Strontium Oxide, Strontia | 
| Materials | Strontium Carbonate A pure source of SrO for ceramic glazes. It contains 70% SrO and has an LOI of 30% (released as CO2 during firing). | 
| Materials | New Zealand Halloysite The whitest burning kaolin we have ever seen. It is very sticky when wet, suspends glazes well & makes super white porcelain (with help from a white bentonite). | 
| Glossary | Marbling In ceramics, bodies of different colours can be kneaded together to produce a marble-like result. But caution is needed. | 
| Glossary | Ceramic Stain Ceramic stains are manufactured powders. They are used as an alternative to employing metal oxide powders and have many advantages. | 
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