You can find the recipe in the upper right hand corner of the page. it should be right under the subscribe button. sorry for the confusion, i think i said that I would leave it in the comments section.
Hi Sue, You are a trememdous help. The artist's kiln says to dry fire it first without ware inside. I know to put a shelf on the bottom but do I put the little posts under the bottom or flat on the bottom? Do you bisque all your pots before the horsehair firing? You said 1200 degrees. the book shows fast, med, and slow ramp. Which do I use? Thanks again, it is so nice to have you as a resource and your work is wonderful.
Hi Carla, I put the littel posts under the bottom shelf. I rarely use another shelf. I just stack the pots on top of one another in such a way that it will be easy to remove them as i need. and yes i always bisque fire first. I use the fast ramp mode. this takes about 25 to 30 min. to get to temp. Remember to shut off the kiln and pull the plug before you reach in there !! have fun and post your results!!
Thanks Sue. I was putting it over terra cotta and probably put on 8-10 coats. It peeled off, almost like a glaze resist. Thanks for your great videos.
Another thing to try is to heat up some fire brick or a piece of broken kiln shelf along with the pots. pull the brick out first and then set the pot on top of the hot brick before applying the hair. this seems to help lessen the shock and i think helps to prevent cracking.
Yes I believe you can use different colored clays to make the sig different colors. I have been using a white clay, and to that sig i add mason stains to get different colors... Im sure if you start off with a red clay, you will get a sig that has a pinkish tinge to it.... give it a try and let me know how it goes!!
I'm a high school student working with stoneware also. I'm going to try terra sig in the following week, but I have read in several places that the pottery loses its shine after a certain cone. We fire to cone 6 for the second firing--Do you still have the shine, even after high firing?
Hi, sorry I cant answer that question. I have never fired a piece with terasig to cone 6. But I have also heard that the shine is diminished at higher temps. I bisque fire my pots to cone 07 and then use them for horse hair or other low fire techniques. Good luck and let me know how it goes!
Hi Sue, I fired and did the horse hair/feather thing on two very thin pots made with raku clay and covered with T-Sig. The effort was part of a raku class I gave this week in the evening in the rain, windy cold, and the pots did not crack and look great.
I am excited with this success and the T-Sig making the raku clay usable for the horse hair medium. Thanks for the application tips, Rick
So Sue, how did the show go? Well, I hope! If the weather was as nice up there as it was in VA, you had a great day for it. Even though I have done really well at the few I have done, I don't care for the show scene. Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Regards, Rick (muddsweatandtearscom)
Hi Rick, the show went very well for my first time out! It was a beautiful day so people were out and about. And I was the only potter! I do have to work on my display a bit. People are so creative with their space.
Hi Sue, Rick here again. I watched this video again as I am going to apply sig to a couple pots tomorrow. A while back a lady came up to me after a spray glazing class I taught. She is very accomplished with the horse hair pots and using sig. She suggested to polish the sig surface with a ladies nylon stocking. I tried this but I believe I waited to long as the sig was dry. I will find out tomorrow, Regards, Rick
Hi Rick, I never heard of using a stocking, but i read somewhere that a piece of a plastic bag from the grocery store works well. Just a piece pulled taught over your finger. Im going to try that next time. And yes, the sig has to be a bit damp. just when the sheen is gone. Good luck and let me know how it went! Regards, Sue.
Sue, I was impressed at the application and how the surface was with your method of application. I used it on a porcelain like stoneware and I also tried on a stoneware with a lot more grog. The sig made the latter pot as smooth as the first. I threw a couple pots from raku clay and will try the sig on them next. The kiln will be cool in the morning and I an anxious to see the fired results and then decorate with the horse hair and feathers. Regards, Rick
wow that is a very simple recipe. the one I just made was very complicated (for being just terra sig) and it doesn't shine like yours. nice. thanks so much.
on the top right hand corner of this page next to the date look for 'more info' it is a link highlighed in blue. if yo click on it the recipe will there.
thanks,jim.
jmg1957 1 year ago
@cartman16323
yes, calgon will have the same effect.
thanks for watching,
Regards, Sue.
adlesk54 1 year ago
Has the recipe been deleted? I tried to find it but no Luck?
colagrammy 2 years ago
You can find the recipe in the upper right hand corner of the page. it should be right under the subscribe button. sorry for the confusion, i think i said that I would leave it in the comments section.
adlesk54 2 years ago
Hi Sue, You are a trememdous help. The artist's kiln says to dry fire it first without ware inside. I know to put a shelf on the bottom but do I put the little posts under the bottom or flat on the bottom? Do you bisque all your pots before the horsehair firing? You said 1200 degrees. the book shows fast, med, and slow ramp. Which do I use? Thanks again, it is so nice to have you as a resource and your work is wonderful.
Carla
CarlaHerren 2 years ago
Hi Carla, I put the littel posts under the bottom shelf. I rarely use another shelf. I just stack the pots on top of one another in such a way that it will be easy to remove them as i need. and yes i always bisque fire first. I use the fast ramp mode. this takes about 25 to 30 min. to get to temp. Remember to shut off the kiln and pull the plug before you reach in there !! have fun and post your results!!
thanks for the positive feedback.
Sue.
adlesk54 2 years ago
Thanks Sue. I was putting it over terra cotta and probably put on 8-10 coats. It peeled off, almost like a glaze resist. Thanks for your great videos.
Carla
CarlaHerren 2 years ago
Hi Carla, glad I could help.
Another thing to try is to heat up some fire brick or a piece of broken kiln shelf along with the pots. pull the brick out first and then set the pot on top of the hot brick before applying the hair. this seems to help lessen the shock and i think helps to prevent cracking.
Sue
adlesk54 2 years ago
That is so awesome!
I have never seen that before.
Thank you so much.
:)
longbeforedawn 2 years ago
Hi June,
Yes I believe you can use different colored clays to make the sig different colors. I have been using a white clay, and to that sig i add mason stains to get different colors... Im sure if you start off with a red clay, you will get a sig that has a pinkish tinge to it.... give it a try and let me know how it goes!!
Thanks for watching,
Regards, Sue.
adlesk54 2 years ago
Hello, can you tint the sig with clay colours to give a mixture of shades.
I live in Worcestershire, England and enjoy your vids very much, regards, June.
juneyb01 2 years ago
Hi, I was just had a question about terra sig...
I'm a high school student working with stoneware also. I'm going to try terra sig in the following week, but I have read in several places that the pottery loses its shine after a certain cone. We fire to cone 6 for the second firing--Do you still have the shine, even after high firing?
ugotgirld 3 years ago
Hi, sorry I cant answer that question. I have never fired a piece with terasig to cone 6. But I have also heard that the shine is diminished at higher temps. I bisque fire my pots to cone 07 and then use them for horse hair or other low fire techniques. Good luck and let me know how it goes!
Regards, Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago
Hi Sue, I fired and did the horse hair/feather thing on two very thin pots made with raku clay and covered with T-Sig. The effort was part of a raku class I gave this week in the evening in the rain, windy cold, and the pots did not crack and look great.
I am excited with this success and the T-Sig making the raku clay usable for the horse hair medium. Thanks for the application tips, Rick
chfengr 3 years ago
Hi Rick,
Your welcome! Glad I could help.
Tommorow I will be vending at my first craft show. Wish me luck!
Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago
So Sue, how did the show go? Well, I hope! If the weather was as nice up there as it was in VA, you had a great day for it. Even though I have done really well at the few I have done, I don't care for the show scene. Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Regards, Rick (muddsweatandtearscom)
chfengr 3 years ago
Hi Rick, the show went very well for my first time out! It was a beautiful day so people were out and about. And I was the only potter! I do have to work on my display a bit. People are so creative with their space.
I got a lot of ideas! Thanks so much for asking.
Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago
Hi Sue, Rick here again. I watched this video again as I am going to apply sig to a couple pots tomorrow. A while back a lady came up to me after a spray glazing class I taught. She is very accomplished with the horse hair pots and using sig. She suggested to polish the sig surface with a ladies nylon stocking. I tried this but I believe I waited to long as the sig was dry. I will find out tomorrow, Regards, Rick
chfengr 3 years ago
Hi Rick, I never heard of using a stocking, but i read somewhere that a piece of a plastic bag from the grocery store works well. Just a piece pulled taught over your finger. Im going to try that next time. And yes, the sig has to be a bit damp. just when the sheen is gone. Good luck and let me know how it went! Regards, Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago
Sue, I was impressed at the application and how the surface was with your method of application. I used it on a porcelain like stoneware and I also tried on a stoneware with a lot more grog. The sig made the latter pot as smooth as the first. I threw a couple pots from raku clay and will try the sig on them next. The kiln will be cool in the morning and I an anxious to see the fired results and then decorate with the horse hair and feathers. Regards, Rick
chfengr 3 years ago
Thank you very much for the info.
I will try asap.
Regards
Lucia
luciastrougo 3 years ago
wow that is a very simple recipe. the one I just made was very complicated (for being just terra sig) and it doesn't shine like yours. nice. thanks so much.
Miachia916 3 years ago
Glad I could help. I searched through many recipies myself. I had all the ingredients in this one, so I gave it a try!!
regards,Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago
Very interesting and beautiful result.
Could not find the recipe eather.
luciastrougo 3 years ago
on the top right hand corner of this page next to the date look for 'more info' it is a link highlighed in blue. if yo click on it the recipe will there.
regards, Sue
adlesk54 3 years ago
what is the recipe for your terra sig?
Miachia916 3 years ago
I listed it under the comments section at the top of the page.
adlesk54 3 years ago