Meredith Kathleen Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 After I bisque fired this pot the bottom splintered off a bit. I reattached some larger pieces with clear glaze before the glaze fire and they worked out fine BUT I still have these gaps. Plus I really slacked on trimming Photo / Photo Suggestions to fill gaps and tidy it up a bit? It’s a white stoneware clay. I did find some pieces and can slot in; Photo many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 when faced with an unsuccessful pot, it would be better to make another one and do it correctly. i can not see any way to improve that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Kathleen Posted February 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 Yeaaah...I will be making more/am making more.....but I wouldn’t mind learning any repair techniques and I really like the rest of the pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 sorry, no answer here. maybe someone else knows how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi Meredith! Cool texture, colour. You might polish that foot off so it doesn't scratch surfaces, then move on t' next pot? I've been using a diamond grit polishing disc (which I've glued to a bat) to smooth off feet (probably got the idea here) - a splash of water keeps it cool and controls dust, a few seconds straight on, then rotating at increasing angle to round off the edge a bit, voila, done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 One of the reasons that most of us will be inclined to tell you to discard it and start again is that most adhesives will fail over time, causing the pot to weep if you were to put flowers in it that need water. If you just want to put pencils in it or similar, a 2 part epoxy, or something like a cyanoacrylate glue (Crazy Glue) will work for the purpose. Don’t use brands that expand when drying, like Gorilla Glue. Be advised that it will forever and always be a bit fragile. Selling it or giving it away is inadvisable, in the event it fails. So then, if you do indeed make more pots (and everyone here knows how addictive and awesome it is!), you tend to wind up with a lot of your own work, because making errors constantly and a lot is part of it. Eventually you have to start making choices about which pieces to keep, and which to toss. While I have a few of my first pots because it can be helpful on the bad days to see how far you’ve come, no one keeps all of them. You wind up being less and less precious about them, because there are so many, and your work does get better with practice. If you’ve got your heart set on keeping it, just be aware the shine might come off it later. Don’t be afraid to take a hammer to the ones you don’t totally love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta12 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hi Meredith. What they all said...I second. If you keep it, make it a planter or something to hold cotton balls. Flaws of that nature are not safe to repair. That is one reason everyone is telling you to abandon ship on that bowl. Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Mybe find out why they splintered off before making more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 In regards to figuring why it happened.... Many more info? Fire schedule blah blah... That looks like an odd happening. Sorce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 that pot was thrown and it looks as though it was left for a long time with a very thick bottom. we all did that in the beginning. thick bottoms will spall and look like shale that splits because of the weather. google spalling in geology for photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Trim that foot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 I dont think it looks thrown, wonder if it was. My thick bottoms ha! Usually crack. Almost looks like a bottom onto which a slab was added, no scoring, which then shattered. On firing..moisture trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Kathleen Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 12:45 PM, Sorcery said: In regards to figuring why it happened.... Many more info? Fire schedule blah blah... That looks like an odd happening. Sorce I am wondering if it happened because either or possibly both - the bottom wasnt entirely dry, I fired a bit too hot - instead of a cone 06 for bisque, I did cone 6.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Kathleen Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 On 3/1/2021 at 9:08 AM, Babs said: I dont think it looks thrown, wonder if it was. My thick bottoms ha! Usually crack. Almost looks like a bottom onto which a slab was added, no scoring, which then shattered. On firing..moisture trap. yep. basically a bottom.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Kathleen Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 5:19 PM, Hulk said: Hi Meredith! Cool texture, colour. You might polish that foot off so it doesn't scratch surfaces, then move on t' next pot? I've been using a diamond grit polishing disc (which I've glued to a bat) to smooth off feet (probably got the idea here) - a splash of water keeps it cool and controls dust, a few seconds straight on, then rotating at increasing angle to round off the edge a bit, voila, done. Thanks...you do that with the polishing disc after bisque and/or glaze fire? I'll have to get one of those...I think I have been neglecting my bottoms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Hi again Meredith! I'm running the foot on the wet diamond disc after glaze fire to give it a smooth polish. If/when it ever wears out, I'll go with a larger one - the six inch does the job ok though. A rough foot can be smoothed with sandpaper, perhaps not as fast and easy; aluminum oxide seems to work fine, work wet, else outside and breathe upwind. Trimming to a tidy foot makes for less work to polish, and burnishing the tidy foot (when still damp - try using the metal rib while still chucked up for trimming) gets it very close to scratch free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 +1 for cleaning them up while they’re still green, and being careful to dry them on a clean, smooth, crumb free surface. I would far rather give a foot ring a bit of a polish with a silicone rib while it’s still leather hard than spend any amount of time with a grinder. Prevention is far less work than remediation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Kathleen Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Hulk said: Hi again Meredith! I'm running the foot on the wet diamond disc after glaze fire to give it a smooth polish. If/when it ever wears out, I'll go with a larger one - the six inch does the job ok though. A rough foot can be smoothed with sandpaper, perhaps not as fast and easy; aluminum oxide seems to work fine, work wet, else outside and breathe upwind. Trimming to a tidy foot makes for less work to polish, and burnishing the tidy foot (when still damp - try using the metal rib while still chucked up for trimming) gets it very close to scratch free. thanks - i am always very attentive to the bottom of my pots that I throw - but this was a large hand built pot i made over the course of many sessions, i just totally neglected it! Lesson learned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Kathleen Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Callie Beller Diesel said: +1 for cleaning them up while they’re still green, and being careful to dry them on a clean, smooth, crumb free surface. I would far rather give a foot ring a bit of a polish with a silicone rib while it’s still leather hard than spend any amount of time with a grinder. Prevention is far less work than remediation. yes, absolutely - i just totally forgot to sort out the bottom, I hand built it and normally throw - when I throw I have a proper trim session but with this guy I just sort of blanked on the bottom trim and totally forgot...it was too thick, possibly a bit wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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