VESUCG - Vesuvius Crystalline Glaze

Modified: 2022-10-13 21:47:34

Cone 7-9 - Titanium-free with whiting, magnesium carbonate

Material	Amount
Ferro Frit 3110	50.00
Zinc Oxide	25.00
Silica	18.00
Whiting	5.00
Magnesium Carbonate	2.00
100.00

Notes

From Crystal Glazes Book 1 by Fara Shimbo, page 146.

Best at cones 8 or 9 but will work at 7.

Crystal number: Plentiful on tiles or vessels.
Rate Of Growth: .5 cm diameter per hour.
Crystal Color: Very white, opaque.
Crystal Shape: "Mountainous" on a vessel(shown in photo); can vary widely on a tile.
Ground Color: Colorless transparent on both tiles and vessels.
Crazing: not too bad.
Color Response: Works well with all colors. Copper comes out a sea or mint green, close to a true aquamarine. Nickel works great.
Seeding properties: Excellent with zincite. Also seeds quite nicely with very small pieces of hemimorphite, producing a somewhat more acicular crystal.

Related Information

Links

Firing Schedules	Shimbo Crystal Schedule 1
Typecodes	Crystalline Glaze Recipes Fara Shimbo These are from Fara's Crystal Glazes books 1 and 2. Most are the frit 3110, zinc, silica base recipe (50:25:25) with small material additions at the expense of silica.

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