Drew’s Base 2

This is the base recipe for Drew’s Practical Glaze Chemistry workshop.

Magic Water

Water – 1 Gallon Sodium Silicate (Liquid) – 3 Tablespoons Soda Ash – 1.5 Teaspons

Pilcher’s Slip Recipe

Pilchers White Slip (Cone 06 – 10) 25.0 – Ball Clay 25.0 – EPK 25.0 – Flint 12.5 – Cornwall Stone 12.5 – Nepheline Syenite 100 – Total Then Add: 5.0 – Zircopax 5.0 – Frit 3124

White Satin Matte

Cone 6 32.0 – Gerstley Borate 14.0 – Talc 20.0 – Kona F4 Soda Feldspar 5.0 – EPK 29.0 – Silica 100 – Total Then Add: 2.0 Bentonite 5.0 Zircopax

Glossy Slate Blue

Cone 6 Breaks iron red / dark gray. 26.0 – Frit 3134 22.0 – Custer Feldspar 5.0 – Talc 4.0 Whiting 17.0 EPK 26.0 Silica 100 – Total Then Add: 1.0 Cobalt Carbonate 0.75 – Copper Carbonate 3.0 Red Iron Oxide 6.0 Rutille

Glossy Licorice Black

Cone 6 26.0 – Frit 3134 22.0 – Custer Feldspar 5.0 – Talc 4.0 – Whiting 17.0 – EPK 26.0 – Silica 100 – Total Then Add: 9.0 – Red Iron Oxide 2.0 – Cobalt Carbonate

Battenkill Waterfall Brown

Cone 6 33.5 – Frit 3134 26.0 – Frit 3195 17.0 – OM4 23.5 – Silica 100 – Total Then Add: 12.5 – Red Iron Oxide 1.0 – Rutille

Antique Copper

Cone 6 34.5 – Custer Feldspar 21.6 – Whiting 13.0 – EPK 17.2 – Cornwall Stone 10.3 – Zinc Oxide 1.7 – Copper Carbonate 1.7 – Bentonite 100 – Total

Sea Blue-Green

Cone 6 Can be a very intense blue. 36.0 – Nepheline Syenite 13.0 – Wollastonite 10.0 – Zinc Oxide 10.0 – EPK 31.0 – Silica 100 – Total Then Add: 1.0 Cobalt Carbonate 6.0 Rutille

Kaki

Cone 6 10.5 – Lithium Carbonate 10.5 – Bone Ash 61.5 – Nepheline Syenite 17.5 – Tile 6 100 – Total Then Add: 10.5 – Red Iron Oxide