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Description : How can I make my own pottery clay using red georgia clay?

Last Answer : answer:I would look in a book with clay recipes specific to the cone you want to fire to.A good one is The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes by James Chappell A good earthenware throwing body recipe ... 10-fire clay 10-Kaolin 8-SIO2 10-40-60 mesh grog 2 -Jordan clay fired to cone 08-04

Description : How can I make my own pottery clay using red georgia clay?

Last Answer : answer:I would look in a book with clay recipes specific to the cone you want to fire to.A good one is The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes by James Chappell A good earthenware throwing body recipe ... 10-fire clay 10-Kaolin 8-SIO2 10-40-60 mesh grog 2 -Jordan clay fired to cone 08-04

Description : Has anyone ever done a Saggar firing (pottery) and how do you generate some bright colors?

Last Answer : Saggar firing is extremely unpredictable, but here are a few additives that can favor bright colors: Salt You can just throw some rocjk salt in the saggar, or you can get fancier and soak some ... , so be careful). Favors oranges and pinks. Steel wool Used sparsely gives some nice reddish browns.

Description : How can I learn about a native american arrow head and pottery fragment collection I inherited?

Last Answer : Contact an archaeologist or palaeontologist from the area, possibly from a nearby university. If they aren’t expert in that particular period, they will know someone who is.

Description : How many coats of glazing can be put on a bisque fired vessel?

Last Answer : answer:It depends on the formulation of the glaze and the thickness of the coats. If it's a glaze with a high alumina content that stays put, then you should be fine; a runnier glaze will run even ... too thick, you can always wash it off the bisque, let the bisque dry completely, and start over.