Monday, March 9, 2015

The Glaze is always greener…

The Glaze is always greener…
Fired
A personal delft tile project I hope to take on by the end of the year requires, if possible, a green corner motif (when done it will all make sense). So a couple of weeks ago I spent an evening playing around with Copper Carbonate and Chromium Oxide greens on an old discarded biscuit-fired bowl.
The Copper Carbonate, the more turquoise of the two greens shown, proved to be a tricky bugger to work with and almost burnt out to nothing on the firing. Perhaps Copper Oxide might prove more satisfactory?
The Chromium Oxide on the other hand, although perhaps not diluted enough, went on, and fired, to a most pleasing Lincoln Green.
Unfired

Unfired

Unfired

Unfired

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