Stoneware glaze experiments so far

Recipes:

Emmanuel Cooper Smooth White 1260 (from old edition of The Potter’s book of glaze recipes pg 164)

Feldspar 45

Dolomite 20

Whiting 10

Ball Clay 25

I then tested it with 10 different oxides:

1. Copper Ox 4%
2. Cobalt 1%
3. Tin 8%
4. Iron 7%
5. Chromium 1%
6. Nickel 2%
7. Rutile 8%
8. Manganese 4%
9. Titanium 5%
10. Vanadium 5%

Which were then all tested over each other (Greg Daly colour blend) which gave the 66 results in the picture. These were then tested on porcelain.

I have been given a broken Susie Cooper plate by a very good friend. This is the piece I am currently working on. I am considering using the individual fragments andimbedding each one in its own candy jar. When I was researching Susie Coopers work I was struck by the huge range of colours she used throughout her career, I felt a bit like a kid in a candy shop with such a rich array of colours and iconic shapes to choose from. I am currently in the process of making a 3 piece mould of an old plastic sweet jar and whilst that process has been happening I have been experimenting with an old jar mould I found in the back of the shed at work. The results of the casts from the old jar mould have been very clunky and ugly but it gave something to do whilst I am waiting for my mould to be finished.

I have also been considering fixing the above plate and turing it into a 3 tier cake stand with the top an bottom new plates reflecting the original colours or being white with the pattern etched into it.

image taken from: http://www.shopadilly.co.uk/Auctions/susie%20cooper?cat=870

http://www.cakestandheaven.com/cakestandheaven/prod_1382833-Susie-Cooper-Bone-China-Red-and-White-Three-Tier-Cake-Stand.html I want to buy this!