kiln fired!

i candled friday afternoon - 3pm. tweaked it up 9pm. got up at 4am saturday, gave a good advance. fired onto full speed at 5:30am. reached reduction at 8:30am. closed the flew & reduced for 2.5 hours, BUT found that i also reached cone 10 in that time. shut it down. opened th enext day.

gas, full arch, downdraft. softbrick, with brick foundation.

see ya

steev

Lovely looking glazes, I am looking forward to getting into reduction glazing with a gas kiln I am going shares in with some friends. Went to a potters conference the weekend just gone. One of the demonstrators was Greg Daly

Amazing glazes.Another demonstrator was Ah Leon and another was Peter Collis Great to watch such a magnificently skilled person throwing. Also Peter Lange a great weekend, lots of socialising :o)

Am wondering why you have those faces inside the bowls. What is their intended purpose?

That square thing built up of something like bricks. Kewl!

How did you make the patterns on slide 17 and 18? Rollers?

And why is the party pot called that? Because you bumped the edge during a party? ;-)

Thanks for showing your stuff, Steve!

Marianne

Really lovely! I sooooo miss reduction firing when I see a kiln load like this. Sighhhh....

Donna

bubbles -

LOVE that red glaze! I suppose there is no chance of getting that color with normal firing, huh?

~~~ it's normal for ME! well, reduction fire does fun things. that's a tenmoku base glaze with a rutile "jensen red" glaze on top. reduction really kicks it in. i got some pieces with red on one side, a kewl blue on the other where reduction was different.

Am wondering why you have those faces inside the bowls. What is their intended purpose?

~~~i'm about to do some composit pieces with basketwork &/or beadwork on the rim of the bowl. some will get indian dream catcher designs added to the rim. the idea of a face inside a dream catcher bowl is intriguing to me.

That square thing built up of something like bricks. Kewl!

~~~fun to build - but they get HEAVY! so this batch is also sawdust clay. the pieces are distinctly lighter.

How did you make the patterns on slide 17 and 18? Rollers?

~~~yes - i'm adicted to texture....

And why is the party pot called that? Because you bumped the edge during a party? ;-)

~~~ i made it for a friend of mine. her idea was for a sangria pot, and she's not a thrower. so, i threw the pot, and she can't take it home until she comes over & breaks in the *party pot*. she says she has several recipies...

see ya

steve

Hi steve, WONDERFUL work,I love the colors in your glaze. Sam.