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Raw Material Storage

Here’s another quick update which I should have finished months ago. Way back when it was warm outside, I ordered myself some glaze chemicals. My largest order to date, in preparation to mix some of my own glazes and do a lot of testing.

glaze chemicals

glaze chemicals

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Raw Materials for Glazes

Recently I’ve been preparing to mix my own glazes.  I started stockpiling chemicals and raw materials last summer when a Laguna distributor in Michigan had a sale.  Over Christmas I got a few books about glazes including Mastering Cone 6 Glazes and The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes.  I looked through the recipes in these books and some that I found on the internet and drew up a list of raw materials that I needed to start testing recipes.  Then I did some price checking for some online clay and chemical suppliers.  (The pottery supply search helped!) [Read more…]

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