AusBonsai

A high-calcium glaze with 10% rutile and a few % iron can give a good mottled cream/buff glaze, as I recollect. That's around 1280 degC. Green glazes tend to clash with green leaves, but there are some high-calcium mottled copper glazes that can work because they have lots of different tones in them. Have fun!

Gavin

Thanks Gavin....I'd like to try the first one.

Pat

10% rutile in the current glazes( high calcium) I am making gives a more pumpkin colour. I will post a photo in a couple of days, when I finish the pots I am making for the bonsai sale on the Sunshine coast. Pat I have yet to try ash glazes, because I can't get a reliable supply of ash. I will have to look around.
Lynette

Royalties from you, Pat. Maybe a knighthood if you can arrange it.

Gavin

heh, heh ....you're not looking at getting fat then, Gavin.

Pat

There already Pat, it's filthy rich that I'm hoping for. Ah well.

Gavin

GavinG wrote:There already Pat, it's filthy rich that I'm hoping for. Ah well.

Gavin

I think your in the wrong game Gavin, if filthy rich is your goal luckily mum feels rich if she covers costs and can still afford a good cup of coffee!

A good cup of coffee is worth a King's ransom I'm told.
Don't know why, as every caff seems to have more trouble brewing a decent pot-of-tea than a cappuccino

Pat

Mum's excited! Picked up the new(used) gas kiln over the weekend.



Also Facebook page if anyone is interested.

Looks like a trans-warp beaming device

Have at it Marg... no stopping you now

That would make a great pizza oven

JaseH, does Marg do custom orders at all? ie, certain size or shape? I am struggling to find new pots that I like for a few of my bonsais

HarryBek wrote:That would make a great pizza oven

JaseH, does Marg do custom orders at all? ie, certain size or shape? I am struggling to find new pots that I like for a few of my bonsais

Hi HarryBek, at the moment she wont do custom orders sorry. Mainly as she's still nutting things out as far as glazes, clays, pot styles etc. At some stage in the future I'm sure she'll be up for it but its a bit hard at the moment.

But having said that, if you like something she has already produced(glaze/style) but want it in a specific size she may be able to help out?

Sounds good, I will look over her creations on the website.

Thanks for the reply

I had a crack at producing a rectangle pot using the same techniques I saw them use in Tokoname - mum cant do these on the wheel so why not!?



260mm x 180mm x 65mm

All credit for the glaze goes to mum though!

JaseH wrote:I had a crack at producing a rectangle pot using the same techniques I saw them use in Tokoname - mum cant do these on the wheel so why not!?



260mm x 180mm x 65mm

All credit for the glaze goes to mum though!

The apple never falls far from the tree. I guess this is especially true when the tree is a bonsai!
Nice job, bet your Mum is proud.