Not a downer at all! I'm so new to this, so the wider perspective is really helpful, I think its what I need the most. I was under the impression that these fast firings were basically incomplete firings that would cause my ware to be brittle or have some other structural issue. Your comment is giving me the impression that these pieces are fully bisque fired, and if I do a glaze firing, the glaze might not turn out the way I want, but the pieces will be complete and structurally fine, am I understanding that correctly?
Thank you so much! I feel so zoomed in on the timing and the knob etc, the context is so helpful