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From the album: saggar, horse hair, feathers, foil saggars, Obvara
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I'm a beginner potter and I've tried wood firing pottery outdoors because an electric kiln is not very accessible for me. My small kiln is about a bit bigger than 2'x2'x2' and made from regular red bricks with a regular grill grate halfway to place pottery. As you can probably tell, it has terrible insulation and I can never get it to a high enough temp to fire glazed pottery. I can bisque fire and it works but It never gets hot enough to melt glaze, even the low fire glazes I use. I really don't want to ditch this project because I've already put so much time and material into it but I don't have the time/material to build a much bigger kiln or spend days firing. I also don't have a huge budget. What fairly inexpensive materials I can use to insulate my small kiln so that it can comfortably reach cone 06 and complete a glaze firing? I've looked into getting ceramic fiber board to line the inside of the kiln with, fire bricks are very expensive and probably out of my price range. Any advise from someone with more experience in this field would be very appreciated, Thank you! -
From the album: saggar, horse hair, feathers, foil saggars, Obvara
these were developed from an idea of using small tiles in a sagger with a pot. The byproduct was intriguing and this is the result for more finished pieces.- 5 comments
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From the album: saggar, horse hair, feathers, foil saggars, Obvara
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From the album: saggar, horse hair, feathers, foil saggars, Obvara
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From the album: 2017 Stuff
The final result of my first animal head sculpture. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out--as you can imagine, I was sweating when this piece was in the kiln!! My fella, its intended and current owner, was extremely happy when he got it for Christmas. <3 Sculpted from Clay Art Center (of Tacoma)'s Xtra White lowfire earthenware, painted with Amaco, Mayco, Duncan, and Clay Art Center underglaze, fired to ^03.© Me and my fella
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From the album: Fullacreations Pottery
Stamped slab bowl with stain under a commercial clear glaze. Formed on a hump mold.© craig fulladosa
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From the album: Late 2015
Fuzzy goat...I bet he's gonna eat those pansies. Measures 9.5" across, made of whiteware, greenware underglazed, fired to ^03.- 9 comments
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From the album: Late 2015
A wood duck mug made as a gift for a lady's husband for Xmas. I cannot believe how wonderfully bright these colors turned out! The terracotta didn't alter the underglaze at all. Soooo happy with this chubby lil' guy! Seward terracotta, Clay Art Center underglaze, Mayco underglaze, Mason Stain Fired to ^03.© Cavy Fire Studios
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From the album: Late 2015
A bowl with "ears" a lady commissioned for her sister as a Xmas gift. I love this piece. Owls are such a special subject to make! Those eyes are gorgeous enough to drown in. SPS LF06 lowfire buff, Clay Art Center underglaze, Mayco underglaze, Mason Stain Fired to ^03.© Cavy Fire Studios
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From the album: Late 2015
And this is why I love terracotta. Look at that delicious red. Measures 8" across, terracotta with greenware-applied underglaze, fired to ^03.- 4 comments
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From the album: Early 2015
Meet Rocky, the little box of dynamite. Sadly, this beautiful bowl did not survive the postman. Grrr... Measured 11" across, fired to ^03.- 3 comments
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From the album: Early 2015
Amaterasu Omikamisama. Redart with white slip and underglaze, ^03.© Sarah Alderete/Capcom
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From the album: Early 2015
Here he is, Mr. Inlé himself. I could not, for the LIFE of me, get a good photo of him. No picture I took does this piece any justice... he's one of my favorites. Terracotta with white slip, ^03. Holds 15oz.© Sarah Alderete/Richard Adams
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From the album: Early 2015
Oh, man. This mug was such a beauty until I saw the dang spots where the glaze pickled on the inside and didn't fill in the bubble holes...hnngh. I didn't want to refire and risk the dragon's lines bleeding, and I couldn't BEAR to smash such a pretty mug, so I gave her to my fella. Terracotta with white slip, ^03.© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: Early 2015
My fella fancies himself a corgi fox. Micaceous redart with white slip and underglaze, fired to ^03. Holds 21oz.© Sarah Alderete/David Martinez
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From the album: Early 2015
Chewbacca and Junior were brothers--Chewy passed late 2014, and their bunmom wanted a big mug with their sweet faces on it. Yes, Chewy actually had that wiseguy smirk! Whiteware mug (26oz), fired to ^03.© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: Early 2015
Little Duncan here is a tripod bun. Isn't he precious? 10" wide-rimmed bowl, fired to ^03.© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: Early 2015
This is Chewbacca, another bun who loves his blankies. He sadly passed away in late 2014, at the age of eleven. The piece is a wide-rimmed 10" bowl, fired to ^03.© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: Early 2015
The lady who ordered this wanted her bun with his favorite blankies. The piece is a wide-rimmed shallow bowl that measures 10" across. Fired to ^03.© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: The Guinea Potter's Stuff
This is a whiteware bowl covered in black slip with a white underglaze illustration. Bisqued ^04, fired ^03. I donated it to River's Wish Animal Sanctuary for their Art for the Animals event. :3© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: The Guinea Potter's Stuff
Underglazed whiteware bisqued at ^04, fired at ^03.© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: MOAR STUFFS
I actually made this a flower pot on purpose, haha...not a trimming accident! I think it's perty...kinda... *hides*© Sarah Alderete
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From the album: MOAR STUFFS
This bowl was a process, to say the least. I threw it with whiteware clay, messed with the rim, and covered it completely with black slip. Then, I carved the dragon. I bisqued it, and since carving all those scales took away all of my sanity, I underglazed color onto the bisque, and re-bisqued it. Covered in shiny clear and fired to ^04. Dang thing had little crawl spots, grrr...re-fired to ^03 after adding a bit more glaze to the bald spots. VoÃla! Sold it a few years ago for a stupidly low $150... *facepalm* I'dve charged four times that if I was thinking straight. Live and learn!© Sarah Alderete
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