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!
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.
Here are some of the pots, glazed and ready to load in the kiln for the glaze fire. |
| Bisqueware: dry, rough-textured and plain ol' nekkit. |
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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.
The visiting family made some nice things (below)!
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| Some glaze-fired pots, (Cone 6 stoneware) |
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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.)