Russ

Never did wood or other types of fuel firings, but thought it would be fun. Funny as I live very near a very renowned wood firer.
 
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Pres

Yes .c10 reduction . My kiln is as manual as it can get and is done strictly by color and cones.   Although Ive tried to get the firing time as short as I possibly could without compromising the kiln or wares, I still have plenty of factors that limit my control .   It has always been a fun friends and family gathering to fire our wood kiln but its a bit like herding cats.... weather has alot to do with the firing also. Decades of firing has taught me one thing. I have SOME control over firing but definately not  like a gas or electric kiln. But thats where the fun lies... the adventure of manual firing.  The adventure of herding the cats to keep the temperature rising  so when we finish we can get to the good food awaiting and the resting calm of knowing we accomplished yet another "successful " firing.

Yes .c10 reduction . My kiln is as manual as it can get and is done strictly by color and cones.   Although Ive tried to get the firing time as short as I possibly could without compromising the kiln or wares, I still have plenty of factors that limit my control .   It has always been a fun friends and family gathering to fire our wood kiln but its a bit like herding cats.... weather has alot to do with the firing also. Decades of firing has taught me one thing. I have SOME control over firing but definately not  like a gas or electric kiln. But thats where the fun lies... the adventure of manual firing.  The adventure of herding the cats to keep the temperature rising  so when we finish we can get to the good food awaiting and the resting calm of knowing we accomplished yet another "successful " firing.

Yes .c10 reduction . My kiln is as manual as it can get and is done strictly by color and cones.   Although Ive tried to get the firing time as short as I possibly could without compromising the kiln or wares, I still have plenty of factors that limit my control .   It has always been a fun friends and family gathering to fire our wood kiln but its a bit like herding cats.... weather has alot to do with the firing also. Decades of firing has taught me one thing. I have SOME control over firing but definately not  like a gas or electric kiln. But thats where the fun lies... the adventure of manual firing.  The adventure of herding the cats to keep the temperature rising  so when we finish we can get to the good food awaiting and the resting calm of knowing we accomplished yet another "successful " firing.

Yes .c10 reduction . My kiln is as manual as it can get and is done strictly by color and cones.   Although Ive tried to get the firing time as short as I possibly could without compromising the kiln or wares, I still have plenty of factors that limit my control .   It has always been a fun friends and family gathering to fire our wood kiln but its a bit like herding cats.... weather has alot to do with the firing also. Decades of firing has taught me one thing. I have SOME control over firing but definately not  like a gas or electric kiln. But thats where the fun lies... the adventure of manual firing.  The adventure of herding the cats to keep the temperature rising  so when we finish we can get to the good food awaiting and the resting calm of knowing we accomplished yet another "successful " firing.

it appears you really want to save the clay.   what size bag are you using?  the amount of work it will take to "save" the clay is probably not worth the enormous effort you seem to be anticipating.   just toss it and then you do not have to think about it another minute.  clay is cheap, stress is expensive. 
btw, it is not necessary to use plaster in your studio.  there are lots of ways to reclaim clay.

There's no reason to apply a clear glaze over a colored glaze unless you like how it alters the look of the colored glaze, and it will alter the look of the colored glaze, sometimes just a bit, but often quite a lot. The clear will not just sit on top of the colored glaze. Whenever you layer glazes, they mix and mingle, and often become runnier. To what degree all that happens depends entirely on the formula of the glazes, the thickness of the application of each glaze, and the order in which they are applied. Test, test, test.

And a sauna.

Tear down 1 wall and double the size! Then add a storage room for glaze and clay. Then add a storage room onto that for wares green and finished. Then add another space for a retail sales.

Tear down 1 wall and double the size! Then add a storage room for glaze and clay. Then add a storage room onto that for wares green and finished. Then add another space for a retail sales.

Tear down 1 wall and double the size! Then add a storage room for glaze and clay. Then add a storage room onto that for wares green and finished. Then add another space for a retail sales.

Tear down 1 wall and double the size! Then add a storage room for glaze and clay. Then add a storage room onto that for wares green and finished. Then add another space for a retail sales.

To me it looks as if glazes or slip are layered onto a textured piece and then partially removed by sanding or other method then fired. Almost looks like "raindrop damascus " in a way.

To me it looks as if glazes or slip are layered onto a textured piece and then partially removed by sanding or other method then fired. Almost looks like "raindrop damascus " in a way.

To me it looks as if glazes or slip are layered onto a textured piece and then partially removed by sanding or other method then fired. Almost looks like "raindrop damascus " in a way.

To me it looks as if glazes or slip are layered onto a textured piece and then partially removed by sanding or other method then fired. Almost looks like "raindrop damascus " in a way.

To me it looks as if glazes or slip are layered onto a textured piece and then partially removed by sanding or other method then fired. Almost looks like "raindrop damascus " in a way.

I use a digital scale in grams for glazes and a larger digital shipping scale for clay bodies  so.. weight!

YES.  Id try firing before i went to all the trouble of sanding and scraping.

As long as none of your ingredients are wet there should be zero problems with this.  Ive done this for years with -20f temps.

If you need it for glazes, just about any kaolin will work. I've used Sapphire, grolleg, Tile 6, etc, without problems.

As long as none of your ingredients are wet there should be zero problems with this.  Ive done this for years with -20f temps.

Had 80hrs worth of finished damp greenware on a ware cart rolled by a door. I left that evening and when i came back in the morning everything froze because I didnt close the door properly. Big bummer.

Im with Bill. Ive seen this alot over the years with high boron copper reds in a supposed reduction atmosphere. Ive often wondered if the green is produced right after the firing while the glaze is still quite fluid but susceptible to an introduction of oxygen.

Im with Bill. Ive seen this alot over the years with high boron copper reds in a supposed reduction atmosphere. Ive often wondered if the green is produced right after the firing while the glaze is still quite fluid but susceptible to an introduction of oxygen.