In the past week, I glazed pots that were made a couple of months ago and bisqued* three weeks ago.
This lapse in time between each phase of 1) Making
the pots, 2) Letting them dry, 3) Bisque-firing them, before finally 4) Glazing them...
Disconnects me from them. It is ceramicus interruptus.
What we need here is momentum!
Here are unfired "oatmeal bowls"- remember these from a recent post?- as
they were drying.
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| Before the bisque fire. |
Below are those bowls, as well as some creamers (negative
space experiments you also may recall), plus a few pots made by a visiting family
(who had a Sunday activity in my studio). These pots have been bisque fired, heated to about 1830 F.
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| Bisqueware: dry, rough-textured and plain ol' nekkit. |
Here are some of the pots, glazed and ready to load in the kiln for the glaze fire.
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| Bisqued pottery with raw glaze on it. |
Lady Dragon, my kiln, heated up to around 2230 F over the course of 10.5 hours, and the dull raw glazes melted, fused and changed almost magically into colorful finishes
. The glaze-fired pottery- now
that I
like.
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| Some glaze-fired pots, (Cone 6 stoneware) |
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The visiting family made some nice things (below)!
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| Nice job, J family! |
* (FAQ: Bisquing is where the pots are heated in the kiln, reaching a
point of hardness where the pottery is still absorbent, but will no longer dissolve in liquid.)
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