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Post by walterwhite on Jul 29, 2018 10:14:16 GMT -6
Brand new to the crystal game! I tried out MFE, Fa’s cone 6, and Fa’s#5. MFE yielded little to no crystals, and i didnt include them in my photos. The Fa’s cone 6 grew crystals nicely and the Fa’s #5 was too crowded. I tried a few different ramps, the two crystalline ramps out of the John Britt book and one out of a cone 6 crystalline PDF where i found the glaze recipes. If anyone can tell me what i did right/wrong i am all ears. Thanks so much! Images- s1244.photobucket.com/user/Anthony_Proia/embed/slideshow/"></iframe> |
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Post by Arnie Benton on Jul 30, 2018 10:47:14 GMT -6
Hi Walter -
You did good!
There are many more variables involved in how many crystals appear and how they look.
For one, the coloring oxides - you'll find you get different numbers and shapes of crystals with Fe and Mn than you do with Cu, Co and Ni. Try different combinations and amounts. The amount of Ti matters, as does the amount of Zn in the recipe. Also, glaze thickness, temperature of crystal growing ramps and where the piece is located in the kiln.
With all of that variability it's just trying different possibilities. Getting a third to a half of any kiln load to put a smile on your face is as good as it gets for quite awhile.
I recommend taking pictures of each piece in each firing and keeping details of each firing schedule and how each piece was glazed and labelling each piece so you can match it up with the firing it was in. That's meticulous record keeping but the only way I know to make sense of things.
Arnie
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