I too do not like the rough lip on mugs, so I burnish them with a smooth stone to lay down the grog. I also finish all my bottoms this way . Great kiln opening!!
Thanks for watching! If I do use Ron on a more regular basis I'll definitely try burnishing some. For a clay that supposedly contains no grog, I am not sure why it is so rough.
Hi Sarah! Great comparison. I may need to order some Brown Bear now. Thanks for feeding my addiction! I've used Standard 266, but haven't been thrilled with the absorption or how the glazes work on it. On your pinholes outside vs. inside, perhaps the insides are cooling more slowly, allowing the glaze to heal over? Just an educated guess. I like the flashing on the Rue on some of the pieces. The trees are too cute! And I love that you do tests on small bowls, as it shows pooling as well as vertical surface behavior. I do the same, but try to add texture as well. Sometimes I do shot glasses instead of the dip bowls/trinket bowls. Thanks for sharing your findings!
You could be right about the cooling. It was a very fast cool this time around. But usually my drop hold firing schedule takes care of the pinholes, but speckled clay can be so temperamental. I know, I needed some more textured pieces to test!
Yeah, the black englobe is great, but my kiln shelves are dirty enough that I will often sand bottoms. With the black englobe I'd be sanding off the color and it would look more like a flaw. I do like it for sgraffito.
Thank you for sharing your tests! I am on the look out for a new clay body so perfect timing! I loooove the 'flashing' on the Roo clay. Could it be from being closer to the elements? Also, did you mention to what cone you fired? Will you be doing an absorption test? I am always looking for the least absorption possible for my mugs and bowls and such. 😉 Thanks again, I'll be looking up Kentucky Clayworks! Grtz, Monique
Yeah, I hear you on the absorption. B-mix 5 which is the most popular clay in this country has an absorption rate of 2.3% which I think is a bit high to be comfortable with. I'd like to find something that works the same but is a little tighter than that. The stats on the Brown Bear are: Shrinkage 15% Abs at cone 6 less than 0.5% ... those are good numbers to me. I can try to verify that myself, though I usually just do a paper towel test and consider it good. This firing was a soft cone 6. I am doing a larger review video on the Roo coming up this week. I have mixed feelings about that clay. The numbers for Roo are: Shrinkage ^6 11%, absorption cone 6 less than 1.0% kymudworks.com
Thanks for sharing your test results, Sarah. Love your trees. I have made 5 so far...WITH STARS as you said I must do!😅. Can I ask what microphone you are using and where you bought it from?
The stars sell the trees! Let me know how it goes. They don't seem to have the same mic on the Canadian amazon. But here is the link anyway. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGLMJB91/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It's like $20 here and it's for iPhone which I usually record on. I was having too many focusing issues on my DSLR.
I did a copy of it over on Glazy.org since I was substituting so many different ingredients. The original I believe was for some non-us ingredients. Here's what I mixed last: glazy.org/recipes/288973 I don't consider this one food safe, so outside of a cup or decorative only.
For re-fires I have this video: th-cam.com/video/O-IBF4u1P3U/w-d-xo.html The short of it is, it matters more what glaze you choose to add to the already fired piece than the method of application.
Dirty Snow is a flux glaze that I mix. It's most similar to Mayco's Light Flux. If you wanted to mix it yourself, the recipe is here: glazy.org/recipes/59413 I do substitute Strontium Carb for the Barium in a direct 1:1 sub.
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What a beautiful assortment. You're so talented!!
Thank you so much! I've been loving all the craft projects on your channel!
I love this one, and that new dark clay is awesome.
I am so excited to start working with it more!
I too do not like the rough lip on mugs, so I burnish them with a smooth stone to lay down the grog. I also finish all my bottoms this way .
Great kiln opening!!
Thanks for watching! If I do use Ron on a more regular basis I'll definitely try burnishing some. For a clay that supposedly contains no grog, I am not sure why it is so rough.
Hi Sarah! Great comparison. I may need to order some Brown Bear now. Thanks for feeding my addiction! I've used Standard 266, but haven't been thrilled with the absorption or how the glazes work on it. On your pinholes outside vs. inside, perhaps the insides are cooling more slowly, allowing the glaze to heal over? Just an educated guess. I like the flashing on the Rue on some of the pieces. The trees are too cute! And I love that you do tests on small bowls, as it shows pooling as well as vertical surface behavior. I do the same, but try to add texture as well. Sometimes I do shot glasses instead of the dip bowls/trinket bowls. Thanks for sharing your findings!
You could be right about the cooling. It was a very fast cool this time around. But usually my drop hold firing schedule takes care of the pinholes, but speckled clay can be so temperamental. I know, I needed some more textured pieces to test!
Great testing have you tried the black Engobe as well
Yeah, the black englobe is great, but my kiln shelves are dirty enough that I will often sand bottoms. With the black englobe I'd be sanding off the color and it would look more like a flaw. I do like it for sgraffito.
@@threelittlepotters what type of kiln shelves are those? Are they non-stick? I've never seen black ones before. Currently manifesting my own kiln!!
Thank you for sharing your tests! I am on the look out for a new clay body so perfect timing! I loooove the 'flashing' on the Roo clay. Could it be from being closer to the elements? Also, did you mention to what cone you fired? Will you be doing an absorption test? I am always looking for the least absorption possible for my mugs and bowls and such. 😉 Thanks again, I'll be looking up Kentucky Clayworks! Grtz, Monique
Yeah, I hear you on the absorption. B-mix 5 which is the most popular clay in this country has an absorption rate of 2.3% which I think is a bit high to be comfortable with. I'd like to find something that works the same but is a little tighter than that. The stats on the Brown Bear are: Shrinkage 15% Abs at cone 6 less than 0.5% ... those are good numbers to me. I can try to verify that myself, though I usually just do a paper towel test and consider it good. This firing was a soft cone 6. I am doing a larger review video on the Roo coming up this week. I have mixed feelings about that clay. The numbers for Roo are: Shrinkage ^6 11%, absorption cone 6 less than 1.0% kymudworks.com
@threelittlepotters thanks!! We are on the same page! Looking forward tosee what you find out. Thanks a bunch!!
@@threelittlepotters Thank you! I'll stay tuned for that video. Thks for sharing. 😘
Brown bear is my favorite clay but yes not as forgiving, cracks easily if not super slow dried and yeah bottoms have to be pretty even
Thanks so much for the info! I am really excited to do some more tests with it!
Thanks for sharing your test results, Sarah. Love your trees. I have made 5 so far...WITH STARS as you said I must do!😅. Can I ask what microphone you are using and where you bought it from?
The stars sell the trees! Let me know how it goes. They don't seem to have the same mic on the Canadian amazon. But here is the link anyway. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGLMJB91/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's like $20 here and it's for iPhone which I usually record on. I was having too many focusing issues on my DSLR.
Is aventurine blue green your glaze? I love it. Really enjoy your videos!
I did a copy of it over on Glazy.org since I was substituting so many different ingredients. The original I believe was for some non-us ingredients. Here's what I mixed last: glazy.org/recipes/288973
I don't consider this one food safe, so outside of a cup or decorative only.
Hi Sarah, I love your work. 🥰
May I ask, what is your technique to retire? How do you get the glaze to stick on already glazed pots? Thanks.
For re-fires I have this video: th-cam.com/video/O-IBF4u1P3U/w-d-xo.html The short of it is, it matters more what glaze you choose to add to the already fired piece than the method of application.
Can you explain “dirty snow” please? Thanks 😊
Dirty Snow is a flux glaze that I mix. It's most similar to Mayco's Light Flux. If you wanted to mix it yourself, the recipe is here: glazy.org/recipes/59413 I do substitute Strontium Carb for the Barium in a direct 1:1 sub.