Snow Flake Glaze

cone 10 oxidation

Down Firing profile

A half hour hold at 1750 deg F

A three hour hold at 1700 deg F

slow downfire at 25 deg F an hour in the interval 1700 deg F to 1650 deg F

A one hour hold at 1650 deg F

Clay body is a grolleg porcelain from Tacoma Clay Art Center.

glaze composition

The glaze is hiAl_4Z_3 with Empirical or Seger Formula:

Alkali metal .76
Li2O .19
CaO .04
MgO .1
SrO .1
Alumina .6
SiO2 3.2
TiO2 0.22
molecular % silica 64



full view

9 inch plate with leaf print.
The two sides of the leaf are stained respectively with Kaolin, and Kaolin + red Iron Oxide



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