Warped rims on my porcelain sculptures
Hi everyone!
I have been struggling with warping rims on my porcelain pieces. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on this matter. To provide some context, I make porcelain pieces using handmade leather molds. The challenge I am facing is keeping the rim in a circular shape, as it warps during the glaze firing process. I am considering firing the pieces at cone 6 to minimize the warping. However, I am also concerned that firing them upside down could cause the body's weight to b
I made a body of sculptures out of porcelain paper clay that were somewhat similar. I was using a translucent cone 6 porcelain and firing to cone 8. To prevent them from collapsing in the kiln I made a rudimentary saggar that I placed them into, then filled the void, as well as the piece, with silica sand. This went about half way up the side, I stabilized the "handles" at the top by rolling up some fiber blanket into a tight tube and running through each loop. For more complex shapes you can us
