Ceramic Wadding Recipe

Wadding is made of the exact same ingredients as kiln wash but with much less water so it s more of the consistency of clay.

Ceramic wadding recipe.

Alumina hydrate 2 lb china clay 8 oz twvd ball clay 4 oz grog 80 s dust 4 0z. The surfaces in contact with wadding are masked from the atmosphere. Long a process of industry salt firing has also been embraced by ceramic artists and potters because of the beautiful read more. It s taken from the ceramic review book of clay bodies and glaze recipes.

Or you can also use straight kaolin as well. How to find the best kiln wash for your firing temperature and methods. When i was in graduate school visiting artist kirk mangus shared his wadding recipe. Equal parts silica sand grog sawdust and fireclay.

See more ideas about glaze ceramic glaze recipes glaze recipe. Stacking in a salt or soda or wood kiln. A tip from jane hamlyn known for her salt gl azed ware. Wadding is necessary in salt soda to prevent pieces from being glued to kiln shelves by atmospheric sodium or glaze runs.

The fireclay wadding acts as a resist protecting the area underneath from ash accumulation. The kiln atmosphere will reach around the wadding everywhere except the surfaces in direct contact with the wadding. Alumina hydrate wadding updated sat 25 sep 10. The benefit of this type of wadding is that the mark it leaves is the bare clay color.

Feb 28 2016 explore guy jencks s board woodfire glaze recipes followed by 145 people on pinterest. Dinah snipes steveni on mon 20 sep 10 i ve posted this recipe before. A cool trick for spectacular wood fired pottery effects. This is a recipe i kindly received from phil rogers if you didn t catch it on the video its 4 parts alumina hydrate 2 parts china clay 1 part ball clay and 1 part grog.

It s got the same refractory properties as the kiln wash but it is usually only used in atmospheric firings where something is added to the atmosphere of the kiln that will create a glaze wood salt and or soda. In any vapor firing process such as wood salt or soda wadding small balls or rolls of a refractory clay mixture is a must to keep surfaces from sticking together.