Grey White Shino

Monday, May 01, 2006

Grey/White Shino #1

Nepheline/Syenite75.95
Lithium Carbonate3.03
Whiting0.70
Ball Clay17.53
Silica2.79

Bentonite3

Grey/White Shino #2

Custer Spar37.5
Nepheline/Syenite41.5
Kaolin15
Silica6

Bentonite1

Grey/White Shino #3

Custer Spar83
Whiting9
Silica8

Bentonite3

Grey/Shino #4

Nepheline/Syenite79

Lithium Carbonate2

Ball Clay16

Silica3

Bentonite3

Grey/White Shino #5

Nepheline/Syenite73
Kaolin22
Lithium Carbonate3.15
Silica5.1

Bentonite3

Grey/White Shino #6

Nepheline/Syenite71.43
Ball Clay28.57

Bentonite4

Grey/White Shino #7

Nepheline/Syenite33.33
Custer Spar33.33
Ball Clay33.33

Bentonite2

Grey/White Shino #8

Nepheline/Syenite82
Ball Clay16
Lithium Carbonate2

Bentonite3

Grey/White Shino #9

Lithium Carbonate5
Ball Clay16.5
Nepheline/Syenite78.5

Bentonite3

About Me

About the Author: Edouard Bastarache lives in Québec, Canada, and has a colorful history. He studied surgery, internal medicine and neuroendecrine physiology and was a medical researcher and consultant in Occupational & Environmental Medicine between 1971 and 1983. Since 1983 he has been a full-time consultant in occupational and environmental medicine. At the same time as his medical studies, he studied ceramics under Julien Cloutier at La Boutique d'Argile (The Clay Shop) and later also taught at the same school. Bastarache now lives in the Sorel-Tracy region of Québec, near the St. Lawrence river. He uses waste materials from steel plants located in the area to color many of his glazes and clays. He fires most of his work to cone 9 1/2 in reduction in a 60 cubic foot downdraft gas kiln. His first book, "Substitutions for Raw Ceramic Materials" is available in 8 languages: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil), and Esperanto. He also recently published Toxicology Ceramics Glass and Metallurgy, in English and French Steven Goldate Ceramics Today Australia