[Re-Bisque??]

Hi!

I was Bisque firing my low-fire clay body to Cone 06 in my L&L Electric kiln and it konked out. 
Pretty sure it made it to 1300 degrees out of the desired 1828 degrees

I usually Bisque to Cone 06, glaze it and then Glaze fire to Cone 06.
Should I re-fire to Cone 06 before glazing? Or do we think it's ok to glaze and then just re-fire to Cone 06?

Thanks!

[3/4" Slab with a pool carved out in front]

11 hours ago, Magnolia Mud Research said:

my thoughts:
1. 3/4 inch is thick, but probably not too thick. 
2. as I understand the pool will be carved in near the middle of the slab (and will not be 3/4 inch thick when finished carving) while the remainder areas will be the full 3/4 thickness.  
3. If my assumption is correct, I would carve out some of the bottom side of thick areas  or just scratch thin cut lines say 1/4 inch deep on the bottom side to provide a better drying capacity. 
4.  or punch short holes from the bottom with a thin needle to in thick areas to increase the drying capacity. 
5. when drying place the item on some small blocks to allow air to flow under as well as over the slab during drying. 
6. these techniques have been useful for my work where the thickness were on the same order as yours and even twice as thick.  

LT

Thank you so much! Thats super helpful advice.

[3/4" Slab with a pool carved out in front]

4 minutes ago, JohnnyK said:

Hi Meegan...Welcome to the Forum. What you might consider is raising the pool slightly above the surface of the slab, kinda like a wading pool, with maybe a 1/4" coil as the pool's sides.

Thanks Johnny, I thought of that but I'm trying to replicate the pool at the Roosevelt hotel in LA with the David Hockney bottom.
Do you think it's too risky to carve it out?

 

[3/4" Slab with a pool carved out in front]

Thanks Johnny, I thought of that but I'm trying to replicate the pool at the Roosevelt hotel in LA with the David Hockney bottom.
Do you think it's too risky to carve it out?

[3/4" Slab with a pool carved out in front]

Hi everyone,

I'm creating a swimming pool scene on a 3/4" slab of 06 Clay with grog. 
My plan is to carve out 1/4" deep area for the pool along the front half of the slab and put people, lounge chairs on the back half.
My concern is that having varying thickness on the same slab will cause cracking. Also, is a 3/4" slab too thick?
I usually make them 3/8" but since I'm carving out the pool I made it thicker to compensate.

Any thoughts or other ideas would be much appreciated!

Thanks!