Marcia Selsor
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Had a great time with my old friend and new friend from the forum at Home Slice Pizza. Talked raku and went to look at Laurene's beautiful raku pots from France and her recents tests. Fun evening in Austin.
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posted some of my favorites from the firings of the past week in the heatwave. Very happy with these results. they are in my gallery. July 2016
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Thank you both. I enjoy playing with seaweed, copper wool, and chips of hard wood in with the sawdust.
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Whow! Humbling! Inspiring!
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they are all so beautiful!
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From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Re-fired a "non-remarkable" foil saggar piece with added seaweed and some copper -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Playing with my favorite Gulf coast seaweed. I discovered the roots of the seaweed work well. -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Playing with my favorite Gulf coast seaweed. I discovered the roots of the seaweed work well. -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Playing with my favorite Gulf coast seaweed. I discovered the roots of the seaweed work well. -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Playing with seaweed. I discovered the roots of the seaweed work well. -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
obvara enhances texture thicknesses -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
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From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
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From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Large crackled surface with toasty colors from Obvara firing. -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
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From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
small piece of altered form in Obvara -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
Large Obvara pot 12" x 12" or 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
finger trails on surface and then covered with sodium silicate and stretched out. -
From the album: July 2016 some favorite results
crackled surface using sodium silicate -
From the album: Kilns
I start with the burner positioned 1.5 inches from the outside wall of the kiln. I back it out a little farther after 1000 F and increase the gas and air a little more. -
From the album: Kilns
I never go much more than this amount for the gas when firing raku. -
From the album: Kilns
This is my new raku kiln. I added a chimney after seeing german and Scottish Raku kiln. It does help draw the flame. -
fired my new raku kiln today for Obvara. whew, took it slow to 1650 and then started pulling the pieces. I usually have help for the lid on and off. Fired 13 pieces tumble stacked. I am beat. Dripping in this heat. drinking lots of water.
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Monterrey, MX is 200 miles from my house in Brownsville Tx. I think it is more likely the chemicals from factories in Matamoros.
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I think what JT said is right: you have a highly acid environment. Sulfur/ salt, and God knows what else. Time to move.
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I couldn't agree more.
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Obvara will be ready on Friday. May have to do a pre-dawn firing to avoid meltdown..of me!
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glazing espresso cups today and then preparing raku slabs for glazing. Glazing is one of my least favorite things to do.
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yes. I think that is why I've gone to terra sig lately.
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I'm with you, Marcia. I have to force myself to get glazing done.
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Guess I am the oddball: I have a very old brent whell out there I have turned on 3-4 times. Watching a wheel spin does not excite me.
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my big oval is really well insulated. Took over 30 hours for the bisque to cool. but the fan was running and it comes on at 120 F.
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so much nicer to fire in the winter, especially if its snowing outside & you can sit in the kiln shed with a nice cup of coffee!
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agree totally!
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My 6.5 top loader is custom built 3" brick and 2" fiber. Anymore I just turn it off when done firing and check it two days later.
