10-07 · Chun base
Chun Blue
Milky lavender-blue. Apply thick. Under 1 mm it stays brown and glassy.
- Firing
- Cone 10, 1285 °C
- Atmosphere
- Reduction, Gas kiln C
- Finish
- Satin
- Colour
- Blue
- Food use
- Food-safe, used inside our own pots
- Movement
- Moves up to 2 mm
- Tile body
- Toasted stoneware
- Application
- Specific gravity 1.50, dip 5 s
Recipe
Dry weight. Base adds to 100, colourants on top.
| Material | % | Grams | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer feldspar | 45 | 450.0 | |
| Silica (325 mesh) | 32 | 320.0 | |
| Whiting | 13 | 130.0 | |
| Dolomite | 5 | 50.0 | |
| EPK kaolin | 3 | 30.0 | |
| Bone ash | 2 | 20.0 | |
| Red iron oxide | 1.5 | 15.0 | |
| Total | 101.5 | 1015.0 |
On the tile
- Thin
- Brown where thin, like toasted clay.
- Thick
- Milky lavender-blue.
- Movement
- Moves up to 2 mm.
- Note
- Apply thick. Under 1 mm it stays brown and glassy.
- In the shop
- Breakfast bowl