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Ingredients

Ingredient Amount
Lithium Carbonate 1.00
Nepheline Syenite 60.00
Strontium Carbonate 20.00
OM 4 Ball Clay 10.00
Silica 9.00
Add Amount
Titanium Dioxide 5.00
Silicon Carbide 2.50

Instructions


I use this as a base glaze and have added a variety of stains. Different stains cause the craters to expand more, particularly red and yellow. I also get larger craters with faster firing. I apply it thickly with a brush.

This recipe was shared by Jill Birschbach in the September 2020 issue of Ceramics Monthly.