Wednesday, April 27, 2011

More cups?!?

Ah, but these are special: I'm trying out a porcelain clay body that may fire much whiter than the buff-color stoneware I've been using. However, the porcelain handles liked mashed potatoes, whereas the stoneware is more like butter.


I decided I'd better make some tiny cups to use as glaze test pieces. Porcelain can be semi-translucent when it's thin, but I think that's only when fired to cone 9 (high fire, approx 2300 degrees Fahrenheit). This porcelain is a mid fire clay body (cone 6, approx 2200 degrees Fahrenheit). I don't think it will look much different than stoneware. I'll be happy if it's white!

No comments:

Post a Comment