Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Cone 10 Gas Fire Workshop at Watershed

 This last weekend I attended a workshop at Watershed. We kindled the kiln overnight Friday and ran a firing cycle over about 10-11 hours on Saturday. We cracked the kiln open Sunday afternoon. 
 Storage jar with Celadon glaze.
 Bowl with Red Art Shino glaze.

 Jug with Malcom Davis (R.I.P.) Shino. The glaze was quite thick and went into the kiln quite wet. The white bumps are likely soda coming to the surface. The black tone is the result of carbon trapping.
 Jar with Tenmoku glaze
 Jar also with Tenmoku.

 Jar with Black 'Tea Dust' glaze.


Below are from my electric kiln this last weekend (it was a productive weekend).
Cone 5 fired with commercial glazes.


 The Tagine came out fine with an "Oatmeal glaze over the copper carbonate banding.
I made the mistake of firing the lid on three supports, I was worried the glaze was going to run. The lid warped a bit so that it doesn't flush with the base. I'll make another but I'm going to try to use this one anyway.

 Some Bowls...


 Yunomi..