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| Triaxial Chart |
Triaxial blending is a method of testing varying amounts of three different materials or colors.
For my Triaxial blends I used Dixon Clay that I low fired to cone 04. I made 21 pinch pots and followed the chart to the left. I mixed Nepheline Syenite, Frit 3124 and Georgia Kaolin.
For my high fire experiments I used Aurora White Clay and fired to cone 6. I don't tend to fire much higher so I choose these two temps to go to for my future work exploration. For the Triaxial for this firing I used: Custer Feldspar, Magnesium Carbonate and Silica.
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| pinch pots bisque fired- ready for low fire ingredients |
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| a=custer feldspar b=silica c=Mag carbonate |
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| a= Neph Syenite b=Frit 3124 c=ga kaolin |
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| everything was measured with extreme care |
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ready to be glaze fired
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| numbers 1- 21 cone 6. Notice how they get dry and really cracked looking |
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| #1 in Aurora cone 6 firing |
My findings for the high fire tests were this: #1( 100% custer feldspar) seemed thick, smooth and had a matte gloss beige color to it. Like pudding. There were some slight cracking. #7(40% custer feldspar, 60%Silica) white and smooth. #8- major cracking occurs, dry and white.#21 very little sticking to cup , very chalky, almost dust.
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| #21 cone 6= extreme cracking and chalky |
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| #7 cone 6 smooth and white |
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| Low fired #1-21 |
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| Low Fired to cone 04 #1-21 |
The Dixon clay red pots are the low fired ones. #1 was 100% Neph Syenite. - it turned out smooth , and white
#2 was a milky white clearer than #1
#4 milk white but cracks start appearing.
#17 shiniest clear- 80% Frit 3124, 20% Ga Kaolin
#21 100% Ga Kaolin- cracky white- not smoothe
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