Flux Blends

An initial step in the project was to mix various proportions of feldspars and frits to see how these fluxes melted at cone 04, cone 6 and cone 9. These melt tests would serve as a guide to adjust melt levels. As materials, they were not easy to manipulate and fired into blobs.

Porcelain Slip and Feldspar mixes

One of our first series of tests was to mix cone 9 Porcelain slip with various feldspars. Because we were using such small amounts it would have been difficult to measure out the deflocculant to add to dry ingredients so we calculated the the weight and added 145g liquid slip to 100g of dry feldspar for a 50/50 blend. Click on to see the recipe and the results.

Porcelain Slip and Frit mixes

One of the next series of tests we did was to mix cone 9 Porcelain slip with various frits. Because we were using such small amounts it would have been difficult to measure out the deflocculant to add to dry ingredients so we calculated the the weight and added 145g liquid slip to 100g of dry frit for a 50/50 blend. Click on to see the recipe and the results.

“belleek” and Parian

We tested Belleek and Parian recipes using various frits and fired to various temperatures just to see what kind of results we might get! Click on to see the recipe and the results.