Joseph Fireborn

i found a firing schedule from Perry at Skutt for ^5, just take it to your cone temp.. ill try to post it in my gallery..

segment 1 rate 200 Temp 250 hold none

Segment 2 Rate 400 Temp 1000 no hold

Segment

Segment 3 Rate 180 Temp 1150 no hold = adjust if you are need/want more burn off..

Segment 4 Rate 300 Temp 1967 Hold none

Segment 5 120 Temp 2160 {^5} adjustable =Hold 5 minutes

Segment 6 Rate 125 Temp 1900 Hold 45 minutes

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If you think putting on mug handles is fun, wait til you pull spouts on pitchers, take a straight edge, center the spout, and back of pitcher, make allighnment marks, pull and attach the handle. Then find out that its been attached to one side!!! I didn't attach a crooked handle..must have been the dogs. "No good deed goes unpunished"! Take in a stray animal and it messes with the handles.

My puppy snatched up my finishing sponge yesterday. I was looking everywhere for it, then I came in and found it everywhere. I didn't think about her messing with my handles as well! No wonder!

A handle can make or break a pot.

I guess I will have to get a subscription to this stuff once I go production. It is just too valuable.

Welp. You can't beat 14 bucks for 180 days of awesome insight.

So, did anyone answer your question? I too, need a good wax resist.

Forbes wax resist; I get mine from Highwater Clay.

Yea, I got a few answers. I am gonna start with Forbes, as the first one I try.

I'm going to be doing this soon. Have fun.

I mixed it. It is darker in room light, but in the sunlight that is how it looks.

I will PM you recipe.

thank you!

You are truly among friends

Hah, I put the raven away. I never could figure out the bloating. Pretty sad really. I might pick it up again in the future, but for now. No ravens on my shoulder.

I <3 ceramics too!

4 of the 20 tiles came out nice. Now I need to test on bigger pieces.

You should try out ian curries volumetric blending.

I read that thread. I am not to that point yet, right now just looking for beautiful glaze combinations for functional work. Thanks though.

SHELF GRINDING TIME!

Geez! What a finnicky little brat of a clay body. Maybe you got a poopy batch..? :S

I am not sure. I will keep testing it little by little. = )

bisque it to 04 then take it to cone 4 then use low fire glazes on it ? that will burn the gasses off and still give you glaze options... it might work? I dunno , im still working with it myself, its some wicked clay...

Seattle Pottery claims their vashon series goes to ^6, as well as their crystal white porcelain. All of those bodies bloat like a gassed-up politician. Sooooo...either the clay's being over-fired, or your kiln might be a bit too hot.

Maybe, but others have stated they have fired to cone 6. I use self supporting witness cones. I am not over firing, if anything under firing. I go to about 5.5.

Good luck I have no idea about bloating.

Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Haven't had a good pottery dream for a while.

My only pottery dreams have consisted of me burning things down with kilns more worry than inspiration.

That's great! Keep up the good work

Mugs are my fav. good sellers to! I also found I like making pitchers and small creamers with a sugar bowl and lid... A lot of Coffee drinkers out there...

What kind of heater did you get?

Warm...is of the good.

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