Does anyone out there single fire ash glazes? As far as getting the slop to stay on the pot there are no problems, the problem is that as, in my experience, ash glazes are nicest when applied nice and thick, the glaze water soaks onto the pot wall and causes cracking. I'm guessing that I could get round the problem by glazing at leatherhard, but the pots are all dry now, as I was a bit late with working out my recipies. I'm sure that if I watered the slop down and applied two or three coats, waiting for the pots to dry completely between coats this would get round the problem, but this obviously amounts to the equivalent of glazing several times the amount of pots that I acually have. Any tips or hints for a young potter would be warmly welcome.
Thanks,
Alistair.