Whenever we potters open up our latest glaze kiln, it is always with a certain amount of anticipation. Will things turn out the way we hoped? Will we have an awful disaster on our hands?
Almost always there will be one or two pieces that end up being favorites of the firing. Please, share your favorite pot or ceramic object from your own latest firing.
Lapis Bowl
I fired this piece to a hard cone 6 in oxidation. My electric kiln has 3.5 inches of insulation, so it cools quite slowly. This resulted in the bowl having tiny but visible crystals growing in parts …
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My First Yarn Bowl Ever
This glaze does good when it is cooled a little quickly...I use an Olympic 1218 oxidation kiln. Firing to cone 5 takes about 4 1/2 hours, then cool down takes about 10 hours. I Have to wait until the…
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