zachariah schnare

Oct 19, 2011

Hum....What next?!?!?!?!??

This is a 4'x6' canvas painted with a tan-ish base coat. Now what to do next...?

Oct 11, 2011

Blue-Green / Copper Red Glaze

This is a Cone 6 Oxidation or Reduction Glaze, I am trying it in an electric kiln. Here is the mix:

Talc...................................3.3%
Whiting..........................14.29%
Ferro Frit 3134 ............13.33%
Kona F-4 Feldspar.......46.16%
EPK...................................6.4%
Silica................................16.52%
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......................................100%

Add
Tin Oxide......................2.4%
Zinc Oxide....................4.37%
Black Copper Oxide....1.07%

I am using the following firing schedule for this firing

Kiln Firing Type - #6

Sequence.......Rate......Temp.....Hold
1......................100........220.........0
2......................350........2000......0
3......................108........2190.......15
4......................125.........1500......0
Natural Cool from 1500

I'll let you know what results it yields.

New Glaze recipes

I have been looking around and decided to start working on some Cone 6 glazes. I am going to start messing with the following glazes right now

Post 244
EPK 28.7 %
FRIT 3110 21.5
Dolomite 16.9
Talc 2.9
Flint (Silica) 30

Post 244 - Instructions I will follow: Medium glazing thickness, I made the glaze thin enough that it runs off of my fingers as I remove them from the mixture. The key is to see the color of you skin at about 3 seconds after removing your hands from the liquid glaze. I will fire this glaze to Cone 6 and slow cool the firing by -125oF per hour from 2190oF to 1500oF and then turn the kiln off and let it cool naturally. It should give me a nice glossy wine red color.

We will see what happens.

Mar 31, 2011

These two cups are the newest of the glazes that I have formulated.

The Blue is called "JIM" and the Greenish is called "Test 'A'"

Oct 4, 2010

Jackson Pollock

My student gave me a cool link to help some people waist time at work. If you have ever wanted to paint like Jackson Pollock, you can. You can learn to paint like this amazing artist in less than 2 hours. You can practice all you want with only clicking your mouse! Try this site out and let me know what you think.