Joseph Fireborn

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/

yea its neat. I never thought about it, i mean its useless for anyone who doesn't have a disk spinning 24/7, but still neat to watch.

You have a point, Joseph. It's still incredible though.

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

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!

Yeah, that's why I currently leave the glaze mixing up to you wizards...

lol. wizard. more like bumbling baboon.

A Baboon Wizard? Sounds like a new animated film!

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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.

Welp. I think I might have found a temporary direction for a while. I just unloaded one of the best pots in my short career. Pictures coming soon. I also figured out how to layer my white so that it wouldn't be so boring. But I will have to do a ton of testing before that is ready to be used on actual pots. This black iron rich glaze is so darn beautiful.

The problem with going in a direction is you never have consistent stock xD

I think I am going to go for it and just see what I can do with these 3 glazes. Of course I will satisfy my testing hunger with my yunomis as they are a wonderful place to explore form and surface. Can it be true? Will I stick to it? I highly doubt it. HBP is always right.

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.

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.

I gave up rather quickly because it hindered crystal development. On my winter list to try it again.

im going to use the grid method on this, when I get the book in the mail soon. I think that will be the best way to figure it out as the glaze will pool and i can test many things quickly, or atleast I hope quickly once I learn it all.

How did any of your tests go? Did you return to them? Searching the forums for various Silicon Carbide posts.

Joseph: I recommend anger management courses; throwing things is a sign of anger from stress.

= ). Oh my son loves to come in when I am throwing pots away. He puts on his safety goggles and tosses them in the trashcan as hard as he can. BAM.

Mine gets horribly gritty dusty,and not from clay. It blows in from the window into the yard.

Yea. I had more leaves and pollen then dust. I open the garage during the day to get fresh air and hear the birds sing and let my dog lay on the driveway. The wind blows it all in, rather annoying.

Exactly what happens with mine! As if pottery wasn't messy enough already!

That moment when you go into your studio and throw away all the test mugs and cups youve been making over the last year, then realize your trashbag is to heavy to pick up out of the trash can. The sound of funky blues playing in the background and the sudden urge to throw yunomi off the hump. Life is perfect.

Patience always pays off.

i hope so. lots of work ahead of me.