tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post2890130072569923302..comments2023-09-04T04:59:16.747-07:00Comments on John Bauman: SubversivesJohn Baumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10910451039953672849noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-61803137055621444472010-04-23T09:43:59.966-07:002010-04-23T09:43:59.966-07:00Love the Dandelion poem! Great stuff!
CoreyLove the Dandelion poem! Great stuff!<br />CoreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-62156384792486135722010-04-09T04:29:47.072-07:002010-04-09T04:29:47.072-07:00Ken's glaze is amazingly versatile and forgivi...Ken's glaze is amazingly versatile and forgiving for a matte glaze. If you fire such that it takes an hour for a cone to drop completely (that's how I count 'em), then you can fire this glaze from cone 9 (where it will appear closest to an actual yellow if it is dipped at about a 40-45 on the hydrometer), to a flat cone ten (where it will just start to move a bit).<br /><br />Since you are like me and like using slip under glaze, you will find another wonderful thing about Ken's glaze -- is quite translucent. At a medium 10 and a 40 hydometer setting, colors of slips will come through with a radiance you won't believe.<br /><br />If the firing is too fast (I will admit here), the glaze can be as flat as paint.<br /><br />My total firing time is 11-12 hours -- again, I try to only hurry the kiln at the stages that don't make any difference. <br /><br />I reduce a bit (flame back pressure evident at the burner ports) for an hour at cone 010. Then I merely maintain a blue/green flame reduction the rest of the way to temperature.John Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910451039953672849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-12658968825335183922010-04-08T19:49:20.332-07:002010-04-08T19:49:20.332-07:00Looks like I'm mix'n a new batch of glaze ...Looks like I'm mix'n a new batch of glaze tonight!<br />I'm setting up a cone 10 reduction fire at the end of the month to augment my usual cone 6 electric work... what atmosphere and cone do you suggest that Ken's yellow should fired to?FetishGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139502682128929276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-51655463673651252112010-04-08T13:38:10.647-07:002010-04-08T13:38:10.647-07:00Thanks 'Ghost!
Make something yellow. Great ...Thanks 'Ghost!<br /><br />Make something yellow. Great idea! Here's my favorite yellow glaze...<br /><br /><b>Ken Ferguson's Yellow</b><br /><br />Custer Feldspar 50<br />EPK 24<br />Dolomite 16<br />Whiting 10<br />Zircopax 4or5<br />Bone Ash (trical) 8<br />Red Iron Oxide (precipitate) 1<br /><br /><i>Hydrometer at 45 and fire to cone 9 -- hold at cone nine for an hour.</i><br /><br />I noticed the snakeskin glaze combination you came up with last month. You can put that Ferguson glaze over many gloss (like tenmoku) glazes and get a similar effect.John Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910451039953672849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-59074025926510805132010-04-08T08:59:16.832-07:002010-04-08T08:59:16.832-07:00John... I had to come back to ask whether you had ...John... I had to come back to ask whether you had penned that one... I guess there's no need to ask though. <br />I wanted to add that your poem has been bouncing through my head since I read it a few days ago, that's a rare thing for me. <br />Fantastic!<br />Time to do something yellow!FetishGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139502682128929276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-1477549259698623572010-04-06T05:58:03.282-07:002010-04-06T05:58:03.282-07:00Thanks, guys.
It's something I dreamed up whi...Thanks, guys.<br /><br />It's something I dreamed up while at the wheel, throwing repetitive pieces. You know how that is.John Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910451039953672849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-66485524836289423692010-04-06T05:49:11.449-07:002010-04-06T05:49:11.449-07:00That is a wonderful poem! Did you write it? I am g...That is a wonderful poem! Did you write it? I am going to bookmark this page so I can refer back to it when I need it. Thanks for sharing!carter gillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744265678233135968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-5019349633711616052010-04-05T18:03:06.433-07:002010-04-05T18:03:06.433-07:00Inspiring! I needed that today!Inspiring! I needed that today!FetishGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139502682128929276noreply@blogger.com