Recipes

Beck Porcelaneous Stoneware

A reliable clay body that I have developed and changed over the years and use for most of my work.

OM4…………….....25

Tile 6 Kaolin……….25

Nepheline Syenite….18

XX Sagger…………..14

Pyrophelite…………14

35 Mesh Silica Sand.…8

12 Mesh Brick Grog…4

Beck Soda Stoneware

A new clay body that I developed in 2020 for my Jerome Project Grant.

Gold Art……..………30

EPK…………………..35

OM4…………...…….15

Neph Sy…….……..….15

Pyrax HS………………5

12 Mesh Brick Grog…1/2

Silica Sand……………..3

200 Mesh Molochite.....10

RF Studio East Soda Slip (Revised)

A slip from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls studio which I have slightly revised as material accessibility changes. I mix it up to a 1%ish milk consistency and dip my pots bone dry. Works well in both wood and soda firing.

Grolleg Kaolin…...…50

Calcined EPK……....20

Nepheline Syenite….30

Yellow Iron Oxide…0.5

Bentonite………...…2

RF Studio Celadon Blue (Adapted) ^10

From the University of Wisconsin-River Falls studio which I have slightly revised as material accessibility changes. I use this as a liner glaze - it is a trusty and holds up to slow and reduced cooling in both wood and soda firing.

Custer Feldspar……..…43.9

Grolleg Koalin……...…...13

Whiting………...……..15.6

Silica…………...……...25.1

Magnesium Carbonate…2.4

Red Iron Oxide…………..1

Bentonite………………..3

Dark Wadding

Wadding that produces darker marks. Seems to respond to body reduction well.

Newman Fireclay……1

Grog…………...……..1

Alumina Hydrate……pinch

Classic Soda Wadding

Wadding for posts and what I use on the bottoms of some pots.

Alumina Hydrate…..1

Tile 6 Kaolin……….1

Grog………..………1