Difference between oxidation and reduction! GR10-C matte on Plainsman H443

Thursday 11th July 2013

Same body, same glaze. Left is cone 10 oxidation, right is insight-live.com/glossary/125">cone 10 reduction. What a difference! This is a Ravenscrag-Slip-based recipe on a high-fire iron stoneware. In reduction, the iron oxide in the body and glaze darkens (especially the body) and melts much more. The behavior of the tin oxide opacifier is also much different (having very little opacifying effect in reduction).

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Talc, Tin Oxide, GR10-C - Ravenscrag Cone 10R Silky Talc Matte, Reduction Firing, Oxidation Firing

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