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short while back I wrote a blog post about "recycling" test glazes
and making every attempt to see if I can get them to work as a stand alone
glaze but also in combination with other glazes as a base glaze, over a glaze
or in some other combination with existing or other test glazes. The Oribe test
I showed used a manganese dioxide/ cobalt carbonate glaze (MDCC) over it and I
also tried the same test glaze over my temmoku that I use. Illustrated is the
results of the first test using this new combo where what resulted is a soft
metallic surface that shows a wide array of visual textures which seem to
almost mimic oilspot textures around the form. I suspect all the oxides
interacted to create this surface and I would say trying these tests glazes
over and over again in various ways and incarnations can occasionally pay
off. I am not 100% sure what to do with
this surface at the moment but I will move on to the teabowl size phase next
and see what results that will yield. proceeding at this pod, to teacup to
teabowl pace may seem a bit cautious but in fact it saves money on making up
test glazes that then need to be thrown out and at the very least there is a
good maxim to embrace; "slow and steady wins the race".
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