Joseph Fireborn

Thanks Marcia.

Congrats Joseph!

Looking great! I left some comments. Truly a gorgeous color!

i left some honest comments in your gallery, i was to blablabla to write it all here.

Thanks for honest comments and thoughts everyone/

That when I glaze fire and realize a mistake in size, or texture, or whatever, I have several weeks of partially finished work with the same mistake because I didn't know yet!

Haha. It's awesome isn't it!

Ah well. Forward progress is all I really want.

Thanks Old Lady and Benzine!

Congratulations a Libra,  my birthday is October 15.   Libra is a great first child,  I was quiet and had lots of patience,  Libra's are all about balance and peace.   Most Libra's are very artistic so you may have a potter in the womb.    Denice

Congratulations. So much to look forward to.

SO glad for you, your pots are really excellent too!

Thanks Babs! Really loving pottery.

I don't always have days like this. But when I get so much done, with a smile. Good on you Joseph.

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.

Tom, I posted some pictures of a vase just for you.

Enjoy.

I think they are reasonable representations of wood fired pieces, fresh out of an electric kiln. 

I am not trying to replicate wood fired pieces, I just really like those surfaces. 

Nice. I have some really beautiful wood ash results that I just pulled out of the kiln. I am very happy with them. Formulated them all myself. Getting the hang of the feldspars. Out of the earth and into the fire was an absurd recommendation from John. I miss him.

I talk to John on occasion still.

I just emailed him thanking him for all his past post. They are enlightening. 

Congrats on the 3 year mark-is that 3 years with clay from scratch 3 years ago?

Yes. I have never touched potter until three years ago. I was bored out of my mind and needed something to do. Got addicted. It has been awesome. Mostly because of everyone here.

Most glazes turn out better if thinned. Add water, double dip the rim. If the rim is better take water out. If the body is better, don't double dip the rim!

Alabama

Potters are devoted to a material that is hard to manipulate, frustrating and under appreciated.

I /agree with that, Denice.

There is an interesting part to selling pots. It is very personal what somebody likes, I have sold many things that I thought looked friggin terrible but the customer loved it because of what I hated.

Great stuff Joseph. I like the rustic look of the glaze. The aged wood you used for the photo surface plays off that idea nicely.

Thanks. I had an old flower pot I just broke up and thought it would help show the look I was going for in my pots. At first I thought it was too distracting, but later I liked it. Sort of makes the pots feel like that's where they belong. I am not sure I am going to keep going down this path though. A lot of decisions to make this week about production. I want to become more efficient and I am not sure that I want to work with a dark stoneware because of the amount of kiln time it takes...

I will check out your etsy store tomorrow its late. I sieved 100 mesh 8 bucket s of glaze 3 times each by hand with a paint brush. Very tired.

Cool, I posted the email I got from Amazon in the Business and Marketing forum as Amazon Handmade, if anyone is interested. Best wishes for your success.

Neat email. can't read the links but seems like program is pretty good.

I am happy with what I am making now. Just wish there was more time.

Your stuff is awesome.

I am seeing over and over again that people are drawn to the things I especially enjoyed making. Do it! Make things that you would love to buy.

Joseph, you should try a currie tile next time. Once you try it you won't go back

I thought about a currie tile or a tri blend. I am not sure where to start. I probably wont even worry about it for a while as I have so much other more important work to do. Maybe when I get some slow time or I just feel like taking a break to experiment.

Posted some of the stuff from the kiln, just a few pictures. My wave mug came out ok. Needs more work. Can't wait to put that on the inside of a large shallow bowl.

Except it rained today! So I am throwing 3# bowls all day. I forget how much I enjoy throwing bowls. Something so simple that is so complex to get a beautiful inside and outside curve. Plus all the different profiles. So enjoyable. Kiln at 650F. MUST RESIST.

Listings? You sell real estate I take it?

Etsy Listings.

But your a tenacious newbie. And one with plenty of common sense. Your good man. Happy for you.

Appreciate the kind words mark.

Grype, sounds like a very beneficial experience. Those things can really influence your growth more than a technique.

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...

I clean it every day, it takes 30 minutes of my precious time but it is totally worth it

I don't usually make much of a mess, but I had glaze on the floor, and clay everywhere. A good 2 hours of mopping and scrubbing everything down.

My problem is I work out there after my son's bedtime ... by the time I'm done it's 1 am and I'm too tired to clean up my mess. Then the problem builds. Clay is so messy.

Yea. I am in it for the long haul. Once I find the combinations I want I can just spray those and it will drastically increase my spraying time. I pour the insides and wax the bottoms ahead of time, so all I have to do is spray the outsides. I also have 5 spray guns. My brother in law is a auto body painter he gave me 3 guns he doesn't use anymore, but they work fine for what I need them for.

*decrease my spraying time* not increase.

LOL I read it as "decrease". I like dipping for the bright inside colors I like; but I will probably start spraying the clear I do on the outside since it only needs one coat anyway.

It's La Nina I think. But I have no idea what that means. All I know is its 70 degrees one day, and then below freezing the next. It's absurd and makes everyone have sinus problems all the time. I dont like to work when its that cold, cause even with my heater in the garage it still hurts my body.

You hang in there Joseph I think your doing great work and spring will be here soon.

Thanks. This week is supposed to be nice, so back in the studio I go!

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Did you all already tried to throw with Southern Ice? Absolutely best porcelain to throw, ever!

I haven't. The main reason for buying a bag was to try a glaze combination out that I really enjoyed on stoneware, hoping it would be brighter on porcelain. It ended up being a lot more boring on porcelain as the iron from the stoneware body comes out into the glazes and makes the much more interesting. So I will probably just turn the rest of the bag into slip.

take it easy, virus's have a way of coming back

Thanks for all the good wishes! Hope you all are doing well also.

Welp. Just finished spraying after 3.5 weeks of not touching a pot. Trying some new glaze combinations.

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!

Single firing, I take it? 

I have neither the skill nor disposition to attempt that...  I have had some of my students, make that decision for me though.  Thus far, it has been on wares, that I didn't stack...

Yes! I single-fire a good bit of work. Sometimes I bisque and sometimes I single fire it just depends. It would have been fine if I had turned on my preheat. Haha.

I am OCD, on my kiln.  I will check the program numerous, times, check that the vent hood is on,  etc.  Because that one time that you don't...

I thought about doing the same thing. I just threw a big bowl with no bottom and straightened the wall and cut it into tiles.

HOWWWW did I miss your avatar being a piranha plant?!! OMG

lol. I made that for my niece a while back. She is big into plants vs zombies so I just looked one up and made it out of clay. Was fun. She painted it later I think.