EvaB Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hello, I've been taking handbuilding ceramic as hobby, no wheel, no kiln. I managed to fire some pieces, some pots and mugs, by renting a kiln, using the 2 firings. I am now wondering whether i could shorten the process. Do you do it? Can you give me some advice? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kielb Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Once firing is a thing and usually is fired at the rate of a bisque firing because the clay still needs to go through this process. Also not all combinations of glaze / clay / firing schedule, work out without reasonable testing and refining. Folks who once fire successfully usually have proven tested clays and glaze combinations that they have tested successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 I believe @oldladyis our resident once-firer. She can maybe give you some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvaB Posted December 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, Callie Beller Diesel said: I believe @oldladyis our resident once-firer. She can maybe give you some help. thanks a lot i'll contact her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvaB Posted December 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Bill Kielb said: Once firing is a thing and usually is fired at the rate of a bisque firing because the clay still needs to go through this process. Also not all combinations of glaze / clay / firing schedule, work out without reasonable testing and refining. Folks who once fire successfully usually have proven tested clays and glaze combinations that they have tested successfully. yes, i understand it's more risky and more prone to disasters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Once firing while using somebody else's kiln is tricky. Bisque firing everything first solves/prevents a lot of problems for the kiln owner. Asking them to skip the bisque firing for you is asking for a lot. They may not want to do it, and that would be their right. Make sure to talk about this with the kiln owner before you hand them an un-bisqued pot with glaze on it. If they are loading a large volume of pots into glaze kilns every week, they might not notice a green pot slipping past. There's a good chance your own pot would fail, and possibly cause damage to other pots around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 eva, unless you have your own kiln, once firing is not for you, Mea is right. when you do own your own kiln, it is possible to single fire your work. it works best if everything is approximately the same thickness so you may not have the skill yet to make pieces that would survive. learn all you can as you go from novice to experienced potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 Some Public spaces Candle under 200F overnight just for the sake of candling overnight under 200F. Some of them do because someone not as thoughtful as you brought greenware without asking! Some of them do because the old kiln person programmed it that way and no one knows how to change it! Point is, if they are already "water smoking" the kiln, disasters are near impossible, so inquiry is worth it. I'd do anything to single fire. You could find a "safety saggar" of sorts, so if your stuff blows up, it doesn't ruin anything but your stuff. Weigh for dry and nothing will blow up! Sorce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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