Stain and Wax Technique

Here is another sample of a technique we did at the Glaze Techniques Workshop. This is the stain with wax and applied with a brush. (From Michael Kline who does it much better, and did a demo at the Clay Club July 2010.)

I then poured on a shino and sprinkled dry wood ash and reduction fired to cone 10.

I added stain and frit to Michael's recipe (or at least what I thought was his recipe.) I thought it looked better on our light stoneware and in a non-atmospheric firing.

 Kline’s Black Wax (rev.)
2/3 cup Mobil Wax
1 part Red Iron Oxide (½ tsp.)
½ part Cobalt Carbonate (¼tsp.)
½ part Manganese Dioxide (¼tsp.)
1 part Black Stain (½ tsp.)
1 part Frit 3110 (½ tsp.)