Iron Yellow glaze

A micro-crystalline pale yellow glaze with dark iron speckles centered in orangey-yellow ovals where thick.
Where thin, the iron speckles broaden, and the yellow fades into a translucent ivory.



Image of the glaze alex-longquan-iron-shino-MLi

full view

inside

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outside

bowl is ~ 4 inches in diameter.



oxidation firing to cone 10 in an electric kiln

Firing profiles

Up Fire profile

150 deg F an hour to 250 deg F

400 deg F an hour to 1800 deg F

300 deg F an hour to 2050 deg F

120 deg F an hour to 2310 deg F with a hold of 20 minutes at 2310 deg F

Down Fire Profile

300 deg F an hour to 1800 deg F then a 2 hr hold at 1800 deg F

300 deg F an hour to 1750 deg F then a 1 hr hold at 1750 deg F

50 deg F an hour to 1700 deg F then a three hour hold at 1700 deg F

25 deg F an hour to 1650 deg F then a one hour hold at 1650 deg F

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



glaze compositions

Empirical Formula alex-longquan-iron-shino-MLi :

K2O        0.19
Na2O       0.24
CaO        0.46
MgO        0.11

Al2O3      0.60
Fe2O3      0.08

SiO2       3.03

molecular percent Silica 64.3%



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