shinos

[Lee]

DJ wrote me a nice email. I am including here the shino part of my
response to him hoping others will chime in.

Best way to get crawling is with a thick application and a
lot of clay in the glaze. Also, the type of clay body can enhance
crawling, especially on the trimmed part. I am using a Mino
recipe right now. My personal change is using low melt spodumene
instead of regular. The calcined alumina oxide is expensive, but I
have tested alumina hydrate and it doesn't work. You can find all of
John Britt's high alumina shinos here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=JiLJPahXYWgC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=john+britt+mino-shino&source=bl&ots=ub2qSyMa8v&sig=yr2igwDMW5_w_KTaRzibuXykoyM&hl=en&ei=n2rXSdnHMo_GMoXZ7fQO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA85,M1

or here:

http://tinyurl.com/brittshino

The different styles of bowls from different places used
different clay. The original Japanese shinos used a clay with high
alumina content called Mogusa clay. I have fired it to cone 13
twice, and the clay is still non-vitreous. But the multiple firings
makes the glaze seal, like in the case of earthenware. Tea masters
like this clay because it makes a soft ringing sound just like raku
bowls do when the whisk is used in it.

Mogusa only has a little iron in it. Wet, it looks like the
flesh colored crayola crayon. I wedge in a little iron clay into a
light colored fireclay body and then wedge in sagger clay, which has a
high alumina content. When you trim with this mix, which is a
little short, you get those nicely textured feet.

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Lee Love in Minneapolis
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"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a
faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant
and has forgotten the gift." -- Albert Einstein

[djbr...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the response, Lee.

But I am not a him. I am a her. I'm a homeschooling mother of 4. I founded a character building homeschool and ran it for 23 years. Now, I am investing my heart and soul in clay. One day, I will turn into clay!

much love
DJ

[Lee]

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:13 AM, <djbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the response, Lee.
>
> But I am not a him.

Sorry! That a problem with initials. But, also, folks mistake me
for a her because of my name. I like it, because you are not being
treated as a stereotype.

Lee