Currie glaze tests by Debbie Engle
Talc Set on different clays

Glaze tests carried out using Ian Currie's grid method, as outlined in Revealing Glazes

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Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
On porcelain, cone 6 oxidation

Talc Set on porcelain


Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
Over black slip on Laguna Buff Sculpture clay, cone 6 oxidation

Talc Set over black slip


Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
On Laguna B-3, cone 6 oxidation

Talc Set on B3 brown


Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
On WC 365, cone 6 oxidation

Talc Set on 365


Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
On WC 40, cone 6 oxidation

Talc Set on 40 w/sand


Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
On Laguna Buff Sculpture clay, fired to cone 6 in reduction.

Laguna Buff Sculpture clay, cone 6R


Corner C= Ferro Frit 3134 30%; Nepheline Syenite 30%; Whiting 20%; Talc 20% (Talc Set)
On Laguna B-3 clay, fired to cone 6 in reduction.

Laguna B3, fired to cone 6 in reduction


buretteBurette used for measuring glaze

Debbie's blending chart (PDF)


Currie grids by Kathy Greaves, Talc Set and Roy/Hesselberth Glossy Base Glaze 2, thumbnail version

Currie grids in pursuit of cobalt greens, page 1, thumbnail version

More Currie grids in pursuit of cobalt greens, page 2, thumbnail version

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