Devitrification of a transparent glaze

Wednesday 2nd March 2016

This glaze consists of micro fine insight-live.com/material/1245">silica, calcined EP kaolin, Ferro Frit 3249 MgO frit, and Ferro Frit 3134. It has been ball milled for 1, 3, and 6 hours with these same results. Notice the crystallization that is occurring. This is likely a product of the MgO in the Frit 3249. This high boron frit introduces it in a far more mobile and fluid state than would talc or dolomite and MgO is a matting agent (by virtue of the micro crystallization it can produce). The fluid melt and the fine silica further enhance the effect.

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Ferro Frit 3249, MgO, Firing: What Happens to Ceramic Ware in a Firing Kiln, Crystallization

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