Iron and Phosphorus

cone 10 oxidation

Firing profile

Up Fire profile

150 deg F an hour to 250 deg F

400 deg F an hour to 2050 deg F

120 deg F an hour to 2250 deg F

60 deg F an hour to 2290 deg F

40 deg F an hour to 2310 deg F with a hold of 10 minutes at 2310 deg F

Down Fire 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.

This is an experiment in high phosphorus in a saturated Iron glaze.

glaze composition

Emperical Formula satIron_ZJ_1PPP:
K2O 0.02
Na2O 0.31
Li2O 0.25
CaO 0.4
MgO 0.02

Al2O3 .49
Fe2O3 .21

SiO2 3.16
P2O5 .13



The pots is a conical bowls ~3 inches in diameter.



full view

inside of bowl



full view

outside of bowl



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