Revealing Glazes

Revealing Glazes

Ian Currie
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Table of Contents

Revealing Glazes

  • Introduction
    • What is a Glaze?
    • Ian Currie’s Blue-in-the-Face Chemistry Course.
    • Raw Materials
    • An Approach to Studying Glazes
    • Origins
    • Some Standards
    • Extending the Range
  • 1 Gradients and Variables
    • The Holy Grail
    • Isolating Variables
    • Line Blends
    • Biaxial Blends
    • Blending and Trending - A Puzzle
  • 2 Outline of the Grid Method
    • The Standard Grid
    • Starting Point
    • Varying Alumina and Silica
    • The Standard Recipe Grid (base glazes)
    • Working out the Flux Material Breakup
    • One Glaze Recipe Explains the Whole Set
    • Colourants and Opacifiers in the Standard Grid
    • Revealing Glaze Principles
  • 3 Choosing a Starting Point
    • 1. Example Sets
    • Glaze C Recipes
    • 2. Rules of Thumb for Choosing a Flux Set
    • Broad Principles
    • Table - List of Flux Materials
    • Advanced Principles
    • Divine Joke
    • 3. Family Set
    • To get Glaze C:
    • Example
    • Developing the Set Further
    • 4. Random Choice
  • 4 Working Out the 35 Glaze Recipes
    • 1. Using the Calculations Page at the web site.
    • 2. Using the Flux Breakup Tables
    • The Recipe Table
    • 3. Using the Recipe Grid Diagram.
    • 4. Glaze Calculation Software
  • 5 A Guided Tour
  • 6 Preparing, Firing and Assessing a Grid Set
    • Glaze Preparation - Volumetric Blending
    • 300 gram Batch Recipes
    • Preparing the Four Glazes
    • Blending to Produce the 35 Glazes
    • Precautions in the Preparation Stage
    • Applying the Glazes to the Grid Tiles
    • Adjusting Water Content
    • ID
    • Layout
    • Glaze Application
    • Tips:
    • Applying Colouring Oxides (Optional)
    • Firing the Grid Tiles
    • Firing Type
    • Virtually Identical Firing Conditions
    • Bring out the Differences
    • Assessing the Results
    • Assessing Glaze Fluidity from the Grid Tiles
    • Dealing with Runny Glazes
    • The Next Step
    • Unusable or Dangerous Glazes
  • 7 Volumetric Addition to a Set
    • A new set of glazes with very little effort
    • Method
    • Summary
    • Quantities
    • Addition Procedure
  • 8 Using the Grid Method with Natural Materials
    • Origins
    • Flux Material
    • Wood Ashes
    • Rock and Mineral Materials
    • Alumina Sources
    • Clays
    • Alumina etc.
    • Silica Sources
    • Quartz, Silica, Flint
    • Opal
    • Using Natural Materials in a Standard Recipe Grid.
  • Appendices
    • Appendix 1 Equipment and Materials
    • List of Equipment and Materials
    • Glaze Materials
    • Making Grid Tiles
    • Appendix 2 Safety and Health
    • My First Glaze - A cautionary tale
    • Legal Obligations
    • Hazards from Raw Materials
    • Non-poisonous Materials
    • Utilitarian Risk
    • Children
    • Occupational Health and Safety Resources
    • Appendix 3 Useful Maths and Chemistry
    • Reading a Chemical Formula
    • Some Raw Materials
    • Three Ways to Look at a Glaze
    • Recipe
    • Oxide Weight %
    • Seger Formula
    • Comparing Recipe and Seger Formula for 3 Standard Recipe Grids
    • Reformulating Glazes
    • Chemically Identical Glazes from Different Materials
    • Essential Maths
    • Percentages
    • Percentage Calculation:
    • Ratios and Proportions
    • Volumetric Addition to a Set
    • Loss on Ignition - Calcining Calculations
    • Calculating L.O.I.
    • Calcining Calculations
    • Appendix 4 The Recipe Table and Flux Breakup Tables
    • 1. The Recipe Table
    • 2. Flux Breakup Tables
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  1. Introduction

  2. 1 Gradients and Variables

  3. 2 Outline of the Grid Method

  4. 3 Choosing a Starting Point

  5. 4 Working Out the 35 Glaze Recipes

  6. 5 A Guided Tour

  7. 6 Preparing, Firing and Assessing a Grid Set

  8. 7 Volumetric Addition to a Set

  9. 8 Using the Grid Method with Natural Materials

  10. Appendices