Glaze recipe x 6

Decided to do a few recipes from the Emmanuel Cooper book

#1 Smooth Black Brown

Feldspar 20g
Whiting 5g
Ball Clay 4g
China Clay 5g
Flint 10g
Red Iron Oxide 6g

#2 Tenmoku

Feldspar 21.5g
Whiting 5g
Ball Clay 4g
China Clay 2.5g
Flint 13
Red Iron Oxide 4g

#3 Dark Celadon

Feldspar 21.5g
Whiting 11g
Ball Clay 5g
Flint 12.5g
Red Iron Oxide 2g

#4 White firing matt with 1% Cobalt carb

Feldspar 25g
Zinc Oxide 2.5g
Whiting 10g
Ball Clay 10g
Flint 2.5g
Cobolt Carbonate 0.5g (1%)

#5 Ash green

Feldspar 17.5g
Wood Ash ( bonfire) 17.5g
Ball Clay 12.5g
Red Iron Oxide 2.5g
Cobolt Carb 1% (0.5%)

#6 Jade Yellow 389 p173

Feldspar 13.5g
Whiting 8.5g
Talk 7.5g
China Clay 8g
Flint 12.5g
Cobolt Carb 1g (2%)

Ash Glaze #2

I prepped this ash glaze atcthe same time as #1. The only difference was this ash contained small branches, green leaves, lots of fresh weeds, brambles etc. The ash looked slightly more sandy looking. Both are now hanging from a tree in a pillowcase to dry out.

Ash Glaze #1

My first ever ash glaze attempted after read Ash Glazes by Phil Rogers.

Ashglaze #1 - mixed wood/wood burner

We have a mix of general cuttings from our garden containing cherry, magnolia, apple, blackthorn, lorral,

I removed the ash and put it through a 60 sieve wearing a mask. This was then left in a bucket filled to the top with water, stired well and left overnight. I then poured off the water and repeated filling with water. Left tgis for 3 hours and poured off. I then gave it another soak for 1 hour. The water was pretty clear so poured this off through a pillowcase which is now hanging from a tree to dry out.

The colour was quite grey compared to a slightly more sandy #2 as it was 100% wood.