Thursday, October 4, 2007
I LOVE FROST! (porcelain)
Many months ago (maybe even a year) I had purchased two boxes of Laguna's Frost cone 6 porcelain.  I fire to cone 6 and have used porcelaneous stonewares and a porcelain clay body for many years.  I wanted to try something that would be very translucent, something I had been told that Frost was.  Then after purchasing the clay, I spoke with many people, ALL of whom told me that Frost was horrible to work with.  It was hard to throw, it cracked, it didn't like attachments...etc..  So I was was afraid of my new clay.  Today I decided that really it is only clay and how bad can it be?  So far, not bad at all.  It is beautiful and white and creamy textured.  I love it.  It was not difficult to throw relatively small uniform, thin-walled vessels.  I am not pushing my luck with trying attachments yet.  The vessels I threw this afternoon have been stamped with my dragonfly and if all goes well, will become beautiful luminous candle lanterns.  I will post photos IF they survive drying without cracking and IF they survive the firing and IF they are as translucent as they are supposed to be.  I am very excited.
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i would love to see these pictures if you maybe still have them, you can find me at willstonebreaker@yahoo.com
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