LeeU

I always learn the most from my mistakes. The stuff that goes right I get so happy I forget what I did right! Glad you learned so much and got good results at the same time.

post some pictures of both successes and failure with explanation if you could.

Great job, Lee!! Love those experiments!

One can never have enough shelves .

if you go to the website for the parent co. you will find that some of them are gone.

I sent you a message.

Get with admin.

LeeU, are you trying to use your new logo as your avatar? If so, then I think your image is too large at 2300 pixels wide. Try uploading a smaller version. It only needs to be about 300 pixels wide.

Still failed ...contacted an administrator.

It was beautiful!!

Just out of curiosity, when did the double firing method begin? 20th c?

From what I have been told it started in the large pottery factories in England (?) when breakage by less skilled workers became an issue. Bisque firing means less loses than single firing. Don't know if that is true but it sounds right.

The books say that you have to bisque fire first when applying glaze. Nonsense. I just did 2 single firings (high fire) without problems either for the clay or the glaze. Perfect firings. I can understand that you are happy with single firings, Lee.

It's shear self-preservation-lack of containment makes me crazy! I even used some masking tape to put labels on shelf edges to keep me "honest"-plus I just plain forget where I get stuff from. Old Lady-great tip-thanks! Appreciate all the comments. Well, I appreciate everything about this site!

It really does look good Lee. You inspired me to rethink my little space. Been measuring and going to rearrange slightly.

jealous!

Excellent!

good omen for your progressive firing!!!

great score!

Thanks x five.

Yay!!!! Missed all you guys!

Thanks !

Goals..a good thing.

It's a process, just like everything else with pots!!

That is also my new mantra.

My former small business ofmany years was called Two Steps Forward (as in...one step back), so I guess some of what I learned from that focus was not to try to move too fast LOL.

Move as your feel comfortable with. And then move again. Or wax on, wax off.

I hope you mean honey jar. A honey pot is for "night soil", which used to be picked up by a honey wagon to be transported to a honey well out in the country to be spread on gardens.

funny, Alabama.

It happens to everyone, you just have to learn from it. Good luck with the next firing.

I have cried over kiln loads. I'm sorry! As long as you figure out what didn't work and what will work better, you'll get better (or at least different) results next time, hopefully closer to what you wanted. One of my designs has taken two years to get where is now and I'm still tweaking it. You'll get there!

Why are you wedging lots of clay? Reclaim?

I know just how you feel. I have about 30 lbs to do myself.

if your clay is coming in a box , be sure to drop it into the floor a few times on each side to soften it up. Don't wedge hard clay.

Looking forward to seeing your creative twists.