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Old 20-Jan-2006   #21
Dale Cochoy
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Originally Posted by stonemonkey
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I will try the adding a bit of another glaze to the Ash Glaze and see what it comes out like. Oh and the crackle, it is coloured after the final firing, just good old indian ink, slap it on then wash it off when it has soaked into the cracks. I have also used other coluur inks to get a different colour crackle, blue looks pretty cool.

Andy


Thats what I know is common, to give that Raku look, . Have you "Weathered" any to see if that black lasts? I see many at art shows done this way, but they are "art pieces" and not for sitting outside.
I always wondered that about Horsts, although I think he second-fired his ala smokey raku which would hold the color FAIRLY good outside continually once re-fired at raku temps?
In the past I tried some crackles but unless pretty dark underneath they weren't very impressive. I'm affraid of losing it later if not fired on?
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