Jacquie Jacobs

I have been making a series of busts with a mid-red cone 6 clay and have no experience with firing... I know some areas of the sculpture and much thicker than others and have punched some holes in the piece to vent it (also eyes are vents) 1. I was wondering if after 3 weeks of air drying if I should consider slowly extra drying the pieces in my oven at 200F to help mitigate any uneven shrinkage problems . 2. Also If I oven dry, and do it a month before the firing, will it still be useful or will the piece reabsorb humidity from the air? thank-you so much for any advice from experience! I tried to upload a picture from My website with no luck ... so I will put the web address here... ( they are pictured in the greenware stage ) http://www.jacquiejacobs.org/new-blog/2023/8/3/ceramic-busts