The translucency of Polar Ice porcelain

Monday 26th November 2018

Polar Ice is made by Plainsman Clays, it is by far the most expensive body they make (because of the use of New Zealand insight-live.com/material/925">kaolin and VeeGum). I call these my "sunshine mugs". They are fired at cone 6 (2200F) with a transparent glaze on the inside (G2926B) and G2934Y yellow silky matte on the outside (both mixed and applied at dipping glazes). This yellow glaze showcases the translucency in sunlight better than any other I have seen. The high plasticity and this "pie crust" method of making them enable thinner walls than any other method I know of, even casting. Although the walls of this piece are about 3.5 mm thick, I have achieved 2 mm using stiffer clay! Even with very thin walls, the weight of the handle does not pull the lips of these into an oval-shape.

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