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Red effect glazes in an electric kiln

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to obtain reds and/or bright colours in the glazes when fired in an electric kiln?

I understand that you need a reduced environment for these, but is it possible during an oxidised firing?

I'm new to experimenting in mixing my own glazes, and at the moment, its a mind-boggling array of scientific calculations. So does anyone have any glaze recipes I can experiment with?

Is there an idiots guide to glaze making? ;-)

When first starting did any of you find mixing own glazes mind-boggling, and if so, how did you overcome it?

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J M
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You can get red and bright orange and yellows with cadmium selium glazes at lower temps in Oxidation firing ie electric kiln Unless you need a large volume it is probably much simpler to purchase prepared from local pottery ( Ceramic ) supplier . They have reds for much higher temps also and fired as reduction >

Reply to
Ken

Yes JM: There are a few "idiot's guides to glaze making":

You can buy a cheap version of glaze calculation software, such as GlazeMaster (my favorite), Insight, Matrix etc. The software will do all that nasty math for you and print out a recipe for you to try

There are any number of good books for glazes, such as Clay and Glazes for the Potter, Potter's Pallette, just do a Google search and prepare to be boggled.

I've struggled for a few years now to create cone 10 glazes for porcelain and have come up with four that work for me. With my clear, I can add colors that mimic a rainbow of choices. But I had to "borrow" a tenmoku and adjust it for my clay. I'm still in search of the perfect blue :>)

Good Luck!

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wayneinkeywest

You can get an earthy red with lots of Spanish or special iron oxide in your glaze.

digitalfire.com was an excellent source for information but I can no longer find my way around it. You might try it though (there was a great article on Red Iron Oxide glazes which I could not find). Mastering Cone 6 Glazes is very nice and has a nice clear glossy glaze that is a raspberry red. Low firing with stains I know works... You can get reds in oxidation firings... they just can't be copper red (which if not reduced is green... partially reduced is a really ugly green/red).

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DKat

Thanks for the replies...I'll certainly do some investigating. I forgot to mention that my glaze firings are to 1250 C as I work with stoneware, so I'd be looking at high temp glazes. I have a few basic recipes, but red isn't one of them. I too would like a nice deep blue glossy glaze - our local college has a fantastic mottled blue, but haven't managed to get the same effect. It's almost a blue/black with brown/purple-ish flecks - any ideas? I imagine a lot of cobalt is used!??

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J M

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