Crackle Shino

Here are some images that people have been asking about. This Crackle Shino is made with Bruce's Crackle (see below for recipe).

Make the tea bowl and bisque fire.

Then glaze with the Bruces Crackle (or any high clay shino) then rebisque fire (at least 1100F) then black stain is rubbed into the cracks and then fired to cone 10.

You can use any stain or iron wash or slip or another glaze for that matter.  Experiment and have fun cause this won't last!

BRUCE’S CRACKLE

            Cone 10 Reduction

37.60   Nepheline Syenite     

  9.10    Kona F-4 Feldspar

12.50   Spodumene                           

25.00   EPK Kaolin

12.50   Kentucky Ball Clay              

3.30   Soda Ash      

John Britt
www.johnbrittpottery.com

Comments

claydancer said…
Thank you so much for starting this blog. This is awesome information! Is this set up for anyone following the club to post information?
John Britt said…
Claydancer,
If you want to post let me know,

John

johnbrittpottery@gmail.com
john, im doing similar tests with shino, but im glazing bone dry and then bisqueing. then rubbing in stain, firing this week in cone 6 reduction with a black patina and a copper patina rubbed into the bisqued shino surface. will let you know how it goes.
John Britt said…
Nice Ronan,

Let me know how it goes,

John
Togeika said…
John, look at Michael Coffee's technique. He puts Alberta slip and Chun Red under shino and get a wonderful crackle.

http://dmichaelcoffee.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/shino-first-really/
John Britt said…
Lee,

I have see those but don't know the CT recipe.

Is that Carbon Trap?
Togeika said…
John, Yes, Looking at the images, I think he used carbon trap. They tend to be less refractory. Malcolm's should work. I especially like the chun red under white shino. I want to try it!.
John Britt said…
Lee,

I think it has to be a low clay shino, like Penn State (20% clay) otherwise it will be the typical crusty nasty mess that the phrase: "shino first or the pots is cursed" refers to. Try the ones in the book , page 83, High Feldspar Shino, like Penn State, Pete's Gold, V&O, etc.