recipes 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 %.