Irene Poulton - Recipes

Here are a couple of recipes to get you started.

Recipes  (fire till glossy) approximately 1000 oC

Frit 4108 was named 3134 or 4508 Medium/soft Borax Frit - high borac oxide,alumina free leadless frit.
Frit 4110 Medium/Soft Alkaline Frit.
Frit 4110 was also known as 3110 a Medium soft alkaline frit
Frit 4064 was 4364 a lead bisilicate frit

Large White Crackle
frit 4108           100
kaolin                 10
tin ox                  10
silica                     6 
bentonite              2
 
 

 Tip:
To get a better crackle, warm the piece up in the oven, 
till touch hot and pour ink over, leave until cool then 
wash off in cold water. This closes the cracks over the ink.

Dry Fire Flash Glaze
Frit 4110                15
Frit 4064               4
Kaolin               9
Copper Carb             72

Base Glaze
Frit 4110           100
Whiting                10
Ball Clay              10

For colour add:
Persian Blue Copper Oxide           3
                      Titanium Dioxide       4

Lime Green    Chrome Oxide          5.25

Purple             Manganese Dioxide  5

Bright Blue Glaze
Sodium Bicarb            30
Soda Ash            20
Soda Felspar           60
Silica (Flint)            40
Ballclay            15
Copper Carb            4

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