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Raku Glaze Recipes 1

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Alligator

Copper Matt

Gerstley Borate

8 cups

Bone Ash

2 cups

Copper Carbonate

.5 cup

Cobalt Oxide

.25cup

Optional: Cobalt Carbonate

2%

 

Alligator II  
Gerstley Borate 4 cups
Bone Ash 2 cups
Nepheline Syenite 1 cup
Copper Carbonate 1 cup

 

Alkaline Blue

Turquoise where thick
Yellow where very thin

Frit 3110

70

Gerstley Borate

5

Flint (Silica)

10

Soda Ash

10

EPK

5

Copper Carbonate

3

 

Alkaline Blue

 

Frit 3134

60

Soda Ash

30

Whiting

5

EPK

5

Copper Carbonate

3

 

 

 




Basic White Crackle

Apply it thick and you will get a nice bright, opaque white

Gerstley Borate

65

Tennessee Ball Clay

5

Nepheline Syenite

15

Tin Oxide

10

Flint

5

Black Gloss

 

Borax

10

Gerstley Borate

40

Soda Ash

20

Nepheline Syenite

10

Barnard Clay

10

Cobalt Carbonate

4

Copper Carbonate

2

Blue Crackle

Gloss, 
Dark Blue, small crackle

Gerstley Borate

80

Cornwall Stone

20

Cobalt Carbonate

6


Clear Crackle

 Basic Crackle I use. GRF

Gerstley Borate

65

Nepheline Syenite

20

EPK (Kaolin)

5

Flint (Silica)

10


Copper Blue/Bronze Raku

 

Borax

3.09

Gerstley Borate

41.24

Nepheline Syenite

41.24

Kona F-4 Feldspar

14.43

Copper Carbonate

3.09


Copper Luster

 Apply Thin. Dark Cranberry Luster?

Gerstley Borate

80

Nepheline Syenite

20

Cobalt Oxide

1.1

Copper Oxide

2.1

Yellow Ocher

7.8


Copper Stain
(aka Copper Matt)

 Apply then wipe off with a sponge leaving stain in crevices. Coat with Piepenburg Clear?

Frit 3110 (Ferro)

10

Copper Carbonate

90


Crusty Lusty

 

Gerstley Borate

8 cups

Bone Ash

2 cups

Copper Carbonate

1/2 cup

Cobalt Oxide

1/4 cup


Del Favero Luster

Gloss, Turquoise, turns copper penny luster under strong reduction?

Gerstley Borate

80

Cornwall Stone

20

Copper Carbonate

2


Dry Alligator

Matt

Gerstley Borate

44.25

Nepheline Syenite

10

Bone Ash

19.75

Copper Carbonate

10


Egg Shell Blue

Mottled blue to gold orange peel?

Granular Borax

960

Gerstley Borate

960

Red Iron Oxide

10

Copper Carbonate

20

Cobalt Carbonate

30


Ferguson's Blue
(no relation)

 

Frit 3110

70

Gerstley Borate

5

Flint

10

Soda Ash

10

Kaolin

5

Copper Carbonate

3


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If you have any comments on these recipes or would like to contribute other recipes please e-mail me at pottery@garyrferguson.com