Glazing pottery ladles and spoons

Yes something like kiln stilts are needed and then you are going to have holes unless the glaze is really thin where the pins hit.

good question, i know about kiln stilts, but don't like the marks they leave.

i suspose - but never tried - you can fully glaze a spoon and nest it in a high melt material powder? let it fire & portions will certainly stick, but when done buff it on a machine?

just curious - the concept of a release agent formulated for high temperature might work.

see ya

steve

steve graber

What if you punch a hole in the end of the spoon and hang it from a bead wire?

Thanks for the input. My question arose out of curiosity when I recently bought a new pottery book. It gives great ideas and techniques on throwing, but doesn't have much information on the glazing and firing methods.

One of the items was a punch/soup turine with pottery ladle. The end product looks amazing, but it didn't explain how the ladle was glaze fired (it looks to be glazed all over) and I couldn't understand how this could be done, other than by using kiln stilts.

regards JM