Joseph Fireborn

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.

Joseph, pot is illegal.

Someone should tell all these potters that.

So happy that you had that good experience, Joseph!

posted the final glaze surface of all my testing in my gallery, three close ups of a cup. perfectly glossy and within limits. CAN it get any better... I am sure it can, more test to come.

Yes. Great isn't it!

No. I just accepted that batch is bonked and I am using it... I didn't even mix a new batch. I will try again later, for now I am just accepting that I have a 5 gallon bucket of speckled glaze and using it.

Were the 'duns' for dramatic effect?

Lol yes

SHELF GRINDING TIME!

Some good looking glazes in the gallery Have you called them variation glazes or are they variegation glaze? Not easy with a bit of dyslexia.

I dunno. Variation glazes because they add variety to my pots? I dont even know what variegation means lol... sorry for the confusion I will just change them to glazes.

Variegation is where the glaze splits into two different glass probably because of titanium.

Should I send you a case of Red Bull? 2 packs of No-Doz, and 5 gallons of coffee?

No thanks. Just sweet tea does the trick.

Finalizing glaze recipes is part of the process.

I think my work is going to go in a different direction for a while. I am interested in exploring some of the surfaces I got in my firing. Most of the pieces were poop, but there are spots on the pieces that are beautiful and very interesting.

Can't wait to see your results good or bad.

good luck to ya.

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Wow fascinating, thank you for sharing!

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!

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.

Chilly, that's how it is with California. Except it's two drops of rain that stops us in our tracks. We drove down to L.A. last weekend after rain and there were accidents on every freeway.

Yeah, same here. It was fun. :3

Ah, the smell of fresh, musty clay!

Welp. Opened up some bags. Nice and moldy. Feels good to throw again. Started with a bowl as per usual.

I DID IT! After about 20 test firings with tweaking of glazes, bisque firing, and glaze firing. I finally have glossy glazes that I am proud to say are mine. Not only that but I achieved some beautiful results. I also solved my black clay bloating issue at the same time. Only took 5 months of work.

Congratulations!

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.

Good the results are on my blog. I am scaling down my testing to 15% per load, and making the other 85% of my kiln for sale. Or that's the plan anyways.

Get feeling better.

Great results Grype (or may I call you Joseph?).

Thanks Evelyne. Joseph is fine. I need to just change my name on here to my name. Grype was just something I came up with a long time ago. Stands for gryphon.

Best kind of day!!

The worst day in the studio, is still better than the best day at work!

Glad you fixed it.

So handy .... I'm fortunate that my dad is able to do those kinds of things because I'm not handy in that way at all. So he comes over and builds me shelves, and when he builds his own shelves, I go over and organize them for him in exchange.

Joseph, what's your Etsy shop? I'm on there every day.

Thanks Marcia.

Congrats Joseph!

Last order of clay I got from my supplier was almost soup. Had to dry it out on plaster boards. Next time I am opening a bag before I pick it up.

That would be awful. I want it soft but not soup or wet.

Check the made on date. My supplier stamps all their in shop clay. They are pretty good about rotation, it's (FIFO) First In First Out.

Unloaded a kiln of goblets for my aunts Agape youth retreat, mowed the lawn and then watched movies with my wife and brother Booter the rest of the night. We made vegan nice-cream. Hope you had a safe holiday also.

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!

I am excited to read my johnbritcone6 book after Christmas.

Yep. Mine comes in tomorrow. Plan on reading it while im testing my kiln, adjusting my cone offsets. Thanks for the tip on the falls creek shino. I found your post about it, and looked through the pictures. Looks amazing.

Tri color glazing is fun... Play around and you will find a combo you like... we use Birch, Fire Brick, Ox Blood or Jade... all different Companies ...

It's not specifically pottery, but it can be applied. Twyla Tharpe's "the Creative Habit!" Is interesting reading about some practical mechanisms involved in creating long term.

Zen and the Art of Pottery.

Thanks everyone for all the kind recommendations and all the personal messages. I didn't mean to scare everyone. It is just standard procedure infusions based on my treatments. Hope everyone has a good new year! I have a lot of reading to do in 2016.