Directory of Salt and Soda Resources

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This category is for non-commercial sites focusing the techniques of Soda or Salt glazing.

Salt-glazing is a once-fire technique where common salt is added to the kiln at the end of a firing, forming a glaze on any exposed surface of the work.  The result produces an “orange-peel” effect. Soda-glazing is a chloride-free alternative to salt-glazing. Sodium carbonate or bicarbonate is added into the kiln at a high temperature to create soda-vapor resulting in a variety of surface effects.

Subcategories

• Ceramists and Potters

Resources in This Category

• Avicam: Why Soda Glaze?

  http://www.avicam.com/muse/henderson.php
  Excerpt from the artist's Bachelor of Arts (Honours) research report. Maryke Henderson graduated from the Australian National University School of Art in 2005.

• Castable Refractories and the Salt Kiln

  http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/art0015.htm
  Includes articles "Some Thoughts on Refractories and Salt" by Tom Turner and "Notes on Castables for a Salt Kiln" by Richard Leach.

• Low-Fire-Salt Fuming

  http://www.paulsoldner.com/essays/lowfire.html
  Article by Paul Soldner discussing the process, techniques and accidental effects of low-fire salting.

• Wikipedia - Salt Glaze Pottery

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_glaze_pottery
  Discusses the technical process and history of the salt glazed or salted process.

 

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