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Chasing The Craze: When The Right Variables Are Off-Stage, Tina M. Gebhart
Chasing The Craze: When The Right Variables Are Off-Stage, Tina M. Gebhart
Art and Art History Faculty Publications
A smooth white glaze, (Figure 1) with a buttery surface and smooth breaking on edges, just enough change of whiteness in a crevice pooling, seemingly opaque when thicker, but with a certain glow, a slight grey showing through. It crazes slightly, a fine webbing of cracks. Not enough to be decorative crazing, and not enough crazing to make me abandon the glaze, but enough crazing that I would like it to be gone. I prefer a system-oriented testing approach as a kind of universal order. A simple Unity Molecular Formula grid mapping method typically shows a boundary line of crazed …
Techno File: Pyrometric Cones, Tina M. Gebhart
Techno File: Pyrometric Cones, Tina M. Gebhart
Art and Art History Faculty Publications
A pyrometer measures temperature, but pyrometric cones measure heatwork. What is a cone, how does it work, and what does any of this have to do with synchronized swimmers? [excerpt]
Technofile: Viscosity, Tina M. Gebhart
Technofile: Viscosity, Tina M. Gebhart
Art and Art History Faculty Publications
The article focuses on the effect the viscosity of a glaze or slip has on a piece of pottery. The article explains the term and provides tests that can be performed to determine the viscosity of a substance. It goes on to describe how one can manipulate the viscosity of a glaze or slip through the addition of water or other aids and includes step-by-step instructions for making a slip.
Techno File: Glaze Unity Formula, Tina M. Gebhart
Techno File: Glaze Unity Formula, Tina M. Gebhart
Art and Art History Faculty Publications
There are many approaches to modifying a glaze recipe, and different approaches can meet different needs. Some modifications change the colorant level while others change the colorant type altogether. Some may directly replace one material with another add a few weight unit more (or less) of one of the base ingredients in the recipe, or add an amount of an entirely new ingredient. These strategies we use to alter glazes tent to parallel how we cook and modify recipes in the kitchen, but adjustments to the base glaze using the kitchen method do not always give us the results we …