Glaze Profile: Carmen's Turquoise

Carmen's Turquoise

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Recipe

Nepheline Syenite	52.8
Silica	6.6
Whiting	1.9
Kaolin	8.5
Strontium Carbonate	30.2
-	=100
Copper Carbonate	4.3
Bentonite	2

• Specific Gravity ≈ 1.51

Notes:

• Reliable satin/matte turquoise.

• Leaves burnt orange edges on white stoneware.

• Doesn't always work well on dark clay bodies

• A turquoise that leans towards blue.

• Sometimes has metallic specks with heavier application.

• Does not tend to run.

• Does not tend to cover speckles in speckled clay.

• Recipe originally from The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes by John Britt.

Clay Body Key:

WS- Trinity White Stoneware

BM- Laguna B-Mix 5

TT- Trinity Terracotta

SP- Trinity Spectacular

SB- Laguna Speckled Buff

LM- Trinity Loca Mocha

DF- Industrial Mineral Co. Dragon Fruit

B3- Laguna B-3

FR- Laguna Frost

LF-Armadillo Longhorn Red (low fire)

Combinations