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The pattern was painted using wax resist, and the glaze was applied by pouring. This recipe was the product of multiple previous versions and experience in learning how to process wood ash to a finer particle size and host it in a recipe that melted to the right degree. This glaze fired to such a good surface that it was suitable for functional ware. These were among Tony's earliest successes in formulating glazes, hundreds of pieces grew from this. M332 is a coarse-particled clay body and most glazes pinhole on it if not slow-cooled. Yet these ash glazes produced defect-free surfaces (albeit with plenty of variegation from the impurities intrinsic to the material). Electric kilns began taking pottery by storm in the 1970s and he often tested them with the largest possible pieces.
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Wood Ash Glaze
Common washed wood ash can supply important ceramic oxides when melted, so it can comprise significant percentages in a recipe. Plus it can produce unique visual effects. |
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