VESUCG - Vesuvius Crystalline Glaze
Modified: 2022-10-13 21:47:34
Cone 7-9 - Titanium-free with whiting, magnesium carbonate
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Ferro Frit 3110 | 50.00 |
| Zinc Oxide | 25.00 |
| Silica | 18.00 |
| Whiting | 5.00 |
| Magnesium Carbonate | 2.00 |
| 100.00 | |
Notes
From Crystal Glazes Book 1 by Fara Shimbo, page 146.
Best at cones 8 or 9 but will work at 7.
Crystal number: Plentiful on tiles or vessels.
Rate Of Growth: .5 cm diameter per hour.
Crystal Color: Very white, opaque.
Crystal Shape: "Mountainous" on a vessel(shown in photo); can vary widely on a tile.
Ground Color: Colorless transparent on both tiles and vessels.
Crazing: not too bad.
Color Response: Works well with all colors. Copper comes out a sea or mint green, close to a true aquamarine. Nickel works great.
Seeding properties: Excellent with zincite. Also seeds quite nicely with very small pieces of hemimorphite, producing a somewhat more acicular crystal.
Related Information
Links
| Firing Schedules |
Shimbo Crystal Schedule 1
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| Typecodes |
Crystalline Glaze Recipes Fara Shimbo
These are from Fara's Crystal Glazes books 1 and 2. Most are the frit 3110, zinc, silica base recipe (50:25:25) with small material additions at the expense of silica. |
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