A perfect technique for your good lookin' face mugs! Thanks for showing this neat technique. Your cute DIY comment made me laugh. Very nice stuff! Thanks!
The thing that I, and my students loke about oxide washes is, they are pretty forgiving (Both in regards to the water/ oxide mixture and application). If you use too much, just wipe it off. Not enough, add more.
So if you had to come up with a formula...amount of water verses amount of oxide, what would that look like? Like 1 cup of water and how many teaspoons/tablespoons of oxide. I tried this on a pot and sure did something wrong as after I wiped it back and fired in was crackled and stained where heavier. My % of oxide was way to high evidently. Help would be appreciated. August
Hello Matthew, if you could you share with me the cone (temperature) you set to fire the red iron oxide face mugs that would be awesome. Thank you. Jane
I’m not sure about doing this on leather hard clay. The wash won’t have anything to soak into. Best possibility would be to figure out a way to do it on more dry greenware
I sell on my own website now through seasonal restocks. The next one is this Friday at noon EDT. I haven’t made any face mugs in a while. I need to but can’t find the time.
Has anyone tried firing an iron oxide washed pot at cone 6? Trying to figure our what the color is going to be like. Is it more a red-brown like the initial appearance of the iron oxide or a neutral brown like the one on the video?
I use advancer kiln shelves so nothing really sticks to them anyway. I’m not sure if they would stick at all with other shelves. I don’t think they would but can’t say for sure
@@MatthewKellyPottery Thanks. I need to make a few more mugs. I made one for my brother that's recovering from covid-19. I had the character smoking a cigar. He loved it.
