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On leather hard clay, wax all over.  Draw through the wax with a needle tool or your favorite tool.  Apply the under glaze and wipe off the excess.  Lin

On leather hard clay, wax all over.  Draw through the wax with a needle tool or your favorite tool.  Apply the under glaze and wipe off the excess.  Lin

And don't sand over the sink!  That will plug up your drains in no time.  Sand outside if possible.  wear a mask and just be aware of the negatives of dust.  Lin

And don't sand over the sink!  That will plug up your drains in no time.  Sand outside if possible.  wear a mask and just be aware of the negatives of dust.  Lin

And don't sand over the sink!  That will plug up your drains in no time.  Sand outside if possible.  wear a mask and just be aware of the negatives of dust.  Lin

And don't sand over the sink!  That will plug up your drains in no time.  Sand outside if possible.  wear a mask and just be aware of the negatives of dust.  Lin

Assuming that your wire will fire to cone 6 without melting, the span of your rod needs to be addressed.   If the rod sags at all the wires will slide together.  If the length of the rod is worrying put a support in the middle.  A shelf support of the right height will work.  lin

I did a lot of clay work with my grandkids when they were little.  Sometimes I had to make sure that joints were well enough joined and sometimes I would help them hollow out thick pieces.  All came through the firing  Lin

I did a lot of clay work with my grandkids when they were little.  Sometimes I had to make sure that joints were well enough joined and sometimes I would help them hollow out thick pieces.  All came through the firing  Lin

Pinch pots can be turned upside down and become bells.  Lin

I used to make large flat trays.  I didn't put a foot on them and fired them on a 1/8" plus bed of silica sand.  But I only fired to cone 6.  I didn't grog the clay.  Lin

I have always used my regular cone 6 clay for Raku.  No grog, just careful joining of parts.  Lin

Thanks for all your suggestions.  I shall relay them to the glaze chair.   And yes we have been using Gerstley Borate instead of Colemanite.  Lin

Is the unglazed area at the bottom  just a narrow band?  If so it is usual not to glaze a pot right down to the bottom.  It is hard to cover a large unglazed spot as it is hard to make the glaze stick.  As above, if you did not make the pot you have no idea what temperature to fire it.  If it is just a narrow band at the bottom and if it rally bothers you I would use a permanent marker as close to the colour of the vase as possible on the unglazed clay.  Lin

Is the unglazed area at the bottom  just a narrow band?  If so it is usual not to glaze a pot right down to the bottom.  It is hard to cover a large unglazed spot as it is hard to make the glaze stick.  As above, if you did not make the pot you have no idea what temperature to fire it.  If it is just a narrow band at the bottom and if it rally bothers you I would use a permanent marker as close to the colour of the vase as possible on the unglazed clay.  Lin

Is the unglazed area at the bottom  just a narrow band?  If so it is usual not to glaze a pot right down to the bottom.  It is hard to cover a large unglazed spot as it is hard to make the glaze stick.  As above, if you did not make the pot you have no idea what temperature to fire it.  If it is just a narrow band at the bottom and if it rally bothers you I would use a permanent marker as close to the colour of the vase as possible on the unglazed clay.  Lin

And make sure your pot has no dust or oil (from your fingers) on it before you glaze.  Lin

And make sure your pot has no dust or oil (from your fingers) on it before you glaze.  Lin

And make sure your pot has no dust or oil (from your fingers) on it before you glaze.  Lin

That is beautiful.  Lin

I can't think that it would be any different than flying with shampoo, lotion, toothpaste or any of the other things we might put in our checked luggage. You might be questions by customs when you arrive back in BC and have to explain that they are 'art supplies' .  Lin

Your glaze should match your clay, ie if you are using Cone 6 clay use a cone 6 liner glaze for the inside and a cone 6 glaze on the outside.  Are you doing you own firing or having the firing done elsewhere? If elsewhere consult the person firing that kiln as to what cones they fire to and if they will allow you to use a glaze that they don't provide.
Lin

Your glaze should match your clay, ie if you are using Cone 6 clay use a cone 6 liner glaze for the inside and a cone 6 glaze on the outside.  Are you doing you own firing or having the firing done elsewhere? If elsewhere consult the person firing that kiln as to what cones they fire to and if they will allow you to use a glaze that they don't provide.
Lin

Your glaze should match your clay, ie if you are using Cone 6 clay use a cone 6 liner glaze for the inside and a cone 6 glaze on the outside.  Are you doing you own firing or having the firing done elsewhere? If elsewhere consult the person firing that kiln as to what cones they fire to and if they will allow you to use a glaze that they don't provide.
Lin

Don't forget to put a cookie under your experiments!  Lin