Joseph Fireborn
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Thanks. Definitely one of the best results I've had in pottery. The other 9 are pretty good too but this one is just right. -
From the album: Yunomi
Took a break from my pottery fast. I just took this out of the kiln. Figured it was worth adding to my album. -
How is everyone? It has been a while. Just wanted to check in and say I love and miss you all! Fired my kiln today. First time in 8 months I have even touched a pot. Made me realize how much I miss this community. Hope everyone's pots are great and their glazes are perfection!
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Knowing how dedicated you are you will make an awesome teacher. Kudos on your grades and Masters acceptance.
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It's a wonderful career to have, Joseph. I too have been an economist but have spent the last twenty years teaching secondary math with a middle grades specialty.
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Gabby that is awesome! I am so excited to be there in a few years.
Thanks Min for those words of encouragement!
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What is the best pot you have ever made? + pictures if you have them.
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Bonsai pots in use
Joseph Fireborn commented on yappystudent's gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
I like the moss. I have been thinking about growing it as well. I want to use it in my seed start mix with worm castings and compost too. I figure if I get it right I can create a seed mix that never needs to be fertilized from seed till in the ground. Of course, it is also beautiful to put over the roots of a bonsai. -
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From the album: Detail Shots
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From the album: Detail Shots
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From the album: Detail Shots
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This is interesting. Did you seal the saggar or is it just a loose dome over the bottom?Just curious because all together its interesting to think about saggars in electric. I know in the old days with wooden kilns people used to saggar fire porcelain to get perfect tea bowls etc, but never thought about it in electric to do the opposite.
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Firing the kiln tonight. Extending my firing to 20 hours from 18. I have pretty much settled on my glazes so I am now just trying to fine tune my single firing schedule. I have 4 glazes total and 2 wood ash pastes. All of the glazes are white. How hilarious is that? The last white glaze I added forms a lot of crystallization so I wanted to hold longer at the right temps and I also slowed down my cooling from cone 6 to 1800G at 125F per hour. I am firing two platters that I can barely fit in my kiln, so I am excited that they come out good so I can give them away.
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here ya go tom, just for you. -
Firing kiln with a bunch of vases with my wood ash glazes and modified slips. Excited to see them tomorrow night.
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Tom, I posted some pictures of a vase just for you.
Enjoy.
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I think they are reasonable representations of wood fired pieces, fresh out of an electric kiln.
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I am not trying to replicate wood fired pieces, I just really like those surfaces.
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Just peeked in my kiln full of test tiles with wood ash mixtures, pastes, and soda washes. Some very very promising results. Can't wait for the next 250F to cool so I can open that beast and spend days looking at every inch of every tile! It has been way too long since I have run a kiln load full of tiles.
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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.
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I talk to John on occasion still.
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I just emailed him thanking him for all his past post. They are enlightening.
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Getting closer. I have a lot of work to do still, aka a lifetime, but I know what I want from my work now. -
We had two nice days in a row here. I cleaned the studio up a good bit today and tomorrow I am going to mix up some ideas I have had brewing for a while: chicken grit, course grog, red sand, white sand(with smallstones) and black ice porcelain into my red rock clay. Nom Nom Nom. I am going to mix the black ice and red rock at different amounts looking for a dark black reddish body that I can spray with soda ash solution(safely) and then rub wood ash/flux mixture all over it dry. Then fire it on top of seashells! Can it get any more exciting!? I think not! 2018 is going to be a great year. I am only working with 2 glaze bases: Charles Titanium Grid 10 and Milky Gloss. The rest will be ash and soda mixtures. I also won't be glazing the entire pot anymore. Looking for that sheen. My elements are going to hate me, c'est la vie! But I also have to replace my controller tomorrow. Busy day Busy day!
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Thanks, sir.
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From the album: Yunomi
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Anything worth doing is worth doing badly at first!
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Right On Brother! Denice
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Finally over my cold. I had such plans for this break, but between a family cold, kiln controller dying, and freezing cold garage I haven't gotten much done. However, I am going to accomplish a lot in the new year! Going to continue to work on my surfaces and glaze development. Exciting times.
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good time to plan for the next steps you want to take. drawing what is in your head, checking if you are prepared for actually working with clay when it gets warmer and you feel better.
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I have spoke to a bunch of people who had a miserable holiday break including myself and my husband. My husband told me yesterday that he couldn't wait to get back to work at least he gets paid for being miserable. The gray skies and extreme cold doesn't help. I am still down and out from my MS relapse, I have two half finished pots in my studio but they are so cold I don't have a problem with them drying out. Denice
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Beginning wheel throwing projects
Joseph Fireborn replied to Pres's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
We stopped eating gluten, as it was tearing our stomachs up and making me and my wife ache. We didn't realize it but over the last 30 years we have developed a sensitivity to gluten. We have cut it out completely and feel much better. It is hard to do. I agree the apples look better with the pie crust deliciousness, but there is no way I could eat that now. I might make an apple baker. It looks interesting to throw and we love apples. Yum. I had forgot about this post. I need to throw the bowls and cut them in half too. -
Enjoying the chilly weather by my warm kiln cooling down while I throw pots in the garage. Couldn't ask for a better day.
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Dante makes a small impression
Joseph Fireborn commented on yappystudent's gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
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Beginning wheel throwing projects
Joseph Fireborn replied to Pres's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
I have no idea what that even is. The only forms I have thrown are: mugs, cups, beakers, yunomi, etc. bowls, of all sizes and types. plates, platters vases I haven't made anything else, and the things I have made in these categories are pretty limited. But I am sure mine will need work, which will be helpful as you can draw a line on them in paint or something so others can see what they should be going for. I gather this is the goal of this post right? My bowls and plates should be near perfect though. I assume my cylinders will need some loving. -
Beginning wheel throwing projects
Joseph Fireborn replied to Pres's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
I'll throw the shapes and take pictures just to see where I am at in this. I think my cylinders are still not the best. I have a hard time getting the very bottom of the walls even. I will try this next time I am in the studio. Interesting stuff pres.
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