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Page 91
... flux but when between 10 per cent and 25 per cent is added it gives a silky matt quality not unlike sugared almonds . Whiting Whiting is prepared by grinding chalk very finely then levigating the sand impurities out in the water . It ...
... flux but when between 10 per cent and 25 per cent is added it gives a silky matt quality not unlike sugared almonds . Whiting Whiting is prepared by grinding chalk very finely then levigating the sand impurities out in the water . It ...
Page 95
... flux to adhere to the ware at the correct temperature of the glaze firing . More flux can be added to an underglaze color if you wish , so that it can be used as in inglaze pigment . Inglazing is when liquid colors are painted onto the ...
... flux to adhere to the ware at the correct temperature of the glaze firing . More flux can be added to an underglaze color if you wish , so that it can be used as in inglaze pigment . Inglazing is when liquid colors are painted onto the ...
Page 99
... flux , or base , of the glaze is the essential ingredient and it influences the color and texture as well as the temp erature at which the glaze melts . It also acts as a solvent for the silica when the various components become ...
... flux , or base , of the glaze is the essential ingredient and it influences the color and texture as well as the temp erature at which the glaze melts . It also acts as a solvent for the silica when the various components become ...
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agateware Alan Caiger-Smith alumina applied areas ball clay base basic oxides bisque firing bone china bowl brush burnished carbonate casting slip cent ceramic china clay China stone clay body coils colored clays colored glazes copper cristobalite decoration dish earthenware edge felspar flux footring frit give glaze and fired glaze firing grog hand handling inglaze kaolin kiln layer leather-hard Lucy Rie luster manganese mesh metal mixed mixture mold painted pieces pigment plaster plastic clay Points to remember porcelain potters prepared printing Raku raw materials red clay reduce reduction firing rolled scraped scratched Sgraffito shape shrinkage sieve silica silk screen slab slip cast slip trailer smooth soda soft spray stains Stoke-on-Trent stoneware stoneware glazes suppliers surface surplus clay technique temperature texture thickness thin thrown tiles tool transparent glaze turning UK Diameter UK Height vase ware wheel wheelhead