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STEVE IRVINE RED Cone 10 NC-4 Soda Feldspa...... 41 .72 % Silica ...... 22 .25 Talc ...... 7 .34 EPK Kaolin...... 6 .45 Bone Ash...... 10 .23 Whiting...... 6 .45 Magnesium Carbonate Light . . . 5 .56 100 .00 %

Selsor RED Cone 6 Gerstley Borate ...... 12 .5 % Whiting...... 10 .4 Nepheline Syenite ...... 56 .3 Silica ...... 20 .8 100 % Add: Tin Oxide...... 1 .6 % Copper Carbonate...... 0 .8 % Red Iron Oxide...... 0 .1 %

jeff’s red Cone 10 reduction Custer Feldspar ...... 41 9. % Silica ...... 26 .2 Whiting ...... 8 .4 Frit 3134 ...... 8 .7 Zinc Oxide ...... 1 .7 Barium Carbonate...... 4 .4 Dolomite...... 8 .7 100 % Add: Bentonite ...... 1 .0 % Copper Carbonate...... 0 .5 Burgundy/Red Chrome Red Cone 6 Cone 6 Gerstley Borate ...... 8 % Gerstley Borate ...... 21 % Talc ...... 4 Whiting...... 20 Whiting...... 21 Nepheline Syenite ...... 16 Ferro Frit 3134...... 9 EPK Kaolin...... 11 Custer Feldspar ...... 31 Silica ...... 32 EPK Kaolin...... 9 100 % Silica ...... 18 Add: Tin Oxide...... 5 .00 % 100 % Chrome Oxide ...... 0 .15 %

Burgundy Red Chrome Red with Add: Tin Oxide...... 5 .00 % 0.25% Cobalt Chrome Oxide ...... 0 .20 % Carbonate

ODYSSEY BASE Cone 6 Gerstley Borate ...... 20 % Whiting...... 10 Nepheline Syenite ...... 30 EPK Kaolin...... 10 Silica ...... 30 100 %

A standard base from the Odyssey Center in Asheville, North Carolina . Contains high boron, calcium, and sodium, gives bright, glossy, transparent colors . Odyssey Base with Odyssey Base with Odyssey Base with Odyssey Base with 0.15% chrome 0.5% chrome 1.0% chrome 2.0% chrome

RANDY’S BASE Cone 6 Gerstley Borate ...... 31 .7 % Talc ...... 3 .8 F-4 Feldspar...... 19 .8 EPK Kaolin...... 5 .0 Silica ...... 29 .7 100 .0 %

An excellent and popular base (originally from Randy’s Red) .Contains a lot of boron and low alumina, gives bright, glossy, trans- parent colors . Randy’s Base with Randy’s Base with 0.15% Randy’s Base with Randy’s Base with 0.15% chrome chrome on stoneware 0.5% chrome 1.0% chrome

Reitz Green Glaze Emily’s Purple Cone 9–10 Cone 9–10 Gerstley Borate ...... 2 % Dolomite...... 7 % Whiting...... 5 Gerstley Borate ...... 12 Nepheline Syenite ...... 70 Talc ...... 15 Petalite...... 15 Custer Feldspar ...... 41 Ball Clay...... 8 Ball Clay...... 5 100 % Silica ...... 20 Add: Rutile...... 2 % 100 % Cobalt Carbonate...... 1 % Add: Bentonite...... 2 % Black Cobalt Oxide...... 2 % Tin Oxide...... 2 % Floating Blue Glaze (Cone 6, oxidation) Gerstley Borate ...... 26 % Nepheline Syenite ...... 48 Edgar Plastic Kaolin (EPK)...... 6 Flint (325 mesh)...... 20 100 % Add: Cobalt Oxide...... 1 % LightRutile...... 4 % Red Iron Oxide...... 2 %

From Jeff Zamek, Ceramics Monthly, October 2001 .

Left: SG-259 - A silky matt barium copper blue. Right: SG-259 with strontium carbonate. The surface feel is very similar, perhaps a little smoother in the strontium glaze.

SG-259 Opaque Blue Matt SG-259 Opaque Blue Matt (Cone 10) with strontium Barium Carbonate...... 38 .4 (Cone 10) Nepheline Syenite ...... 48 .0 Strontium Carbonate...... 31 .9 Tennessee Ball Clay #10...... 6 .1 Nepheline Syenite ...... 53 .1 Silica (Flint)...... 7 .5 Tennessee Ball Clay #10...... 6 .7 100 .0 % Silica (Flint)...... 8 .3 Add: Copper Carbonate...... 4 .0 % 100 .0 % Bentonite...... 1 .0 % Add: Copper Carbonate...... 4 .0 % Bentonite...... 1 .0 %

Pinnell celadon Cone 10 Custer Feldspar ...... 24 .50 % Silica ...... 34 .32 Whiting ...... 19 .61 Grolleg Kaolin ...... 19 .61 Barium Carbonate ...... 1 .96 100 % Add: Tin Oxide...... 1 .00 % Barnard Slip...... 3 .00 % TEA DUST Cone 6, reduction Custer Feldspar ...... 40 % Frit 134 ...... 9 Whiting ...... 16 Talc ...... 9 EPK Kaolin...... 10 Silica (Flint)...... 16 100 % Add: Red Iron Oxide...... 10 %

Basic celadon Cone 6 Custer Feldspar ...... 25 % Silica ...... 25 Whiting ...... 25 EPK Kaolin ...... 25 100 % Add: Red Iron Oxide...... 3 .00 %

hamada rust Cone 9-10 reduction Custer Feldspar ...... 77 .0 % Silica ...... 0 .1 Whiting ...... 6 .2 Kaolin ...... 4 .3 Gerstley Borate ...... 12 .4 100 % Add: Red Iron Oxide...... 7 .5 %

Base Only Tangerine Yellow Blue

Blue Green Turqoise Blue Light Green Lavender

Ochre Dark Green Medium Brown Charcoal Gray

Sherman’s Satin Matt Blue Dark Green (fatty matt!) Add: Cobalt Oxide...... 0 .5–2% Add: Copper Carbonate. . . . . 3 % Blue Green cone 6 oxidation Medium Brown Add: Chrome Oxide...... 1 % Dolomite...... 10 % Add: Red Iron Oxide...... 5 % Talc ...... 15 Cobalt Oxide ...... 1 % Charcoal Gray Nepheline Syenite ...... 35 Turquoise Blue Add: Mason Stain 6600 . . . . . 5 % Ferro Frit 3124...... 10 Add: Mason Stain 6373 . . . . . 5 % EPK Kaolin...... 15 Light Green The magnesium in this glaze can cause cobalt Silica ...... 15 Add: Mason Stain 6265 . . . . . 5 % to lean toward the purple side of blue . You can 100 % see this even in the Turquoise Blue (MS 6373) Tangerine Lavender Add: Mason Stain 6304 ...... 5 % stain . And even though there is a fair amount of Add: Mason Stain 4200 . . . . . 5 % calcium in this glaze, iron will pretty much stay Ochre Yellow brown rather than warming up to red/orange . Add: Mason Stain 4250 . . . . . 5 % Add: Mason Stain 6129 . . . . . 5 % linda arbuckle majolica (Cone 03, oxidation) Ferro Frit 3124...... 65 .8 % F-4 Feldspar (sub Minspar 200). . . . 17 .2 Nepheline Syenite ...... 6 .2 EPK Kaolin...... 10 .8 100 % Add: Tin Oxide...... 4 .0 % Zircopax...... 9 .0 % Bentonite...... 2 .0 % This is a smooth, white, opaque glaze that does not move during firing . It may crawl if thick in corners or pinhole over rough-trimmed surfaces . Add ½–3 tsp . Epsom salts to 5 gal- lons of glaze to flocculate if needed (for less settling and better application) . Colorants with flux are usually applied in a thin wash to the raw glaze surface .

Raku Turquoise (Cone 018, post-firing reduction) P-25...... 42 .5 % Ferro Frit 3134...... 27 .4 Silica ...... 14 .0 Lithium carbonate ...... 9 .8 EPK Kaolin...... 6 .3 100 % Add: Copper Carbonate ...... 3 .0-4 .5 % Bentonite...... 2 .0 %