Voici quelques pièces réalisées avec cet émail « Red de fer »:
To obtain this glaze (Iron Red), I followed the same methodology as to obtain my Water Green glaze. Namely, I had my transparent oak ash based glaze to which I had added different oxides at different concentrations.
Here we can observe the addition of iron oxide at different concentrations:
With the highest iron concentration, we observe the appearance of red crystals. I explore this by adding silica:
This bodes well for a nice Iron Red! However, the glaze is quite runny, even with the sample with the most silica. I decide to continue in this direction and to add more silica:
A la suite de ce test, j’observe 2 résultats très intéressants! Celui de gauche qui va me procurer mon Red de fer, je pense, et celui de droite qui me fournit un émail un peu sous-cuit avec une texture et une couleur qui peuvent être exploitables. Vous pouvez suivre la suite du développement de l’émail « Pierre de lave » (à droite) ici.
I then decided to proceed with a thickness test on these 2 samples (you can find a small description of the tool manufacturing here):
Before validating this glaze, I test it on small pieces:
The result is very successful in my opinion. One of my most beautiful enamels!