Dry Glazebodies

Another direction arising from Ian Currie’s grid method are alumina matte glazes. We mixed several of these glazes into formable claybodies which were decidedly low in plasticity but malleable enough to mold. These clays took on colourants brilliantly.

Mottled Purple Varian

Dry glazes were tested for plasticity and for how much they would hold their shape when used as a claybody.

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High Alumina Dry Matte

Dry glazes were tested for plasticity and for how much they would hold their shape when used as a claybody.

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Crusty Calcium

Dry glazes were tested for plasticity and for how much they would hold their shape when used as a claybody.

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