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glazing of un-known pot?

A friend has posed me a question on glazing (or at least preserving) a pot that they threw themselves at some place in Poole (UK) several years ago.

I'm wondering about what my options are.

I'm pretty new to pottery so any advice is welcome.

My initial instinct is that in order to glaze the piece one needs to know the precise clay it was formed from so a suitable glaze can be selected -> which pretty much rules that out.

I've not seen the pot yet but from their description ("I got it back in a few hours", "it's very fragile") is that it's actually greenware that has been quickly dried.

Thoughts?

Reply to
pbhj
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If I am understanding correctly, I would just bisque fire it.

Reply to
annemarie

That was my thought.... Cone 06 has to be pretty safe right.... then I started wondering if there were any clays that would melt at that temp.... I was wondering if the tiniest bit of clay could be scraped off and then test fired at different temperatures to see how it stood up. And then there is the issue of glaze fit....

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DKat

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Eddie Daughton

Thanks Dkat and Eddie,

Do I need to worry about moisture content, it's been kept in a regular house so I wouldn't expect to particularly.

I usually fire bisque to cone 06, so it sounds like I can just put it in with the rest of the stuff.

As far as glazing goes, Eddie you say to use an earthenware glaze ... would it not matter which one??

Reply to
pbhj

You may still want to fire this inside a bowl you don't care about just in case it decides to form a puddle at cone 06.

pbhj wrote:

regular

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btpanek09

Reply to
pbhj

Simple answer is "Softly softly catchee monkee" fire as normal bisque to

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Eddie Daughton

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