Amber Celadon

Cone: 9 – 10
Color: Amber, honey, brown
Surface: Glossy
Firing: Reduction

Recipe:    (Percent)
Albany Slip ………… 35.87
Wollastonite………….14.13
EPK ……………………. 3.26
Gerstley Borate ……. 3.26
Whiting……………….. 7.61
Flint ……………………14.13
Custer Feldspar …… 21.74
Totals:        100 %
Also add:
Yellow Ochre………… 8.70

Comments:
You can do a straight substitution of Albany with Alberta Slip.  Substitute Barnard clay for Albany and it’s still amber, but darker and less yellowish.

Possible Health Hazards:
Flint: free silica-wear a NIOSH approved dust mask when handling dry material

Estimated Thermal Expansion = 7.70×10-6 /deg. C

Unity Formula for Amber Celadon:
0.110 K2O     0.317 Al2O3    3.015 SiO2
0.057 Na2O    0.042 B2O3     0.012 TiO2
0.733 CaO     0.038 Fe2O3    0.000 MnO2
0.099 MgO     0.000 P2O5     9.5:1 Si:Al Ratio

Percentage Analysis for Amber Celadon:
Percentage
Analysis
by weight:
64.14 %   SiO2
11.45 % Al2O3
1.03 %  B2O3
3.67 %    K2O
1.25 %  Na2O
14.56 %    CaO
1.41 %    MgO
2.15 % Fe2O3
0.34 %    TiO2