We bisque fired on Thursday the 26th - as you can see below we had a packed kiln! We glazed over the weekend -lots of new glaze combinations - and are firing both kilns today. The small kiln is already finished it's cone 04 firing (about 1700 degrees), and the large kiln is well on it's way to the cone 6 (2100-2300 degrees) target!
We made sure to bisque fire the low-fire pieces before glazing this time, so hopefully we will not have a repeat of the bubbles in the glazes, which apparently can occur as gasses are emitted from the clay during bisque firing. So since these pieces are fired to bisque before glazing this time - fingers crossed!
We will be letting the kilns cool completely to avoid any cracking/crazing of glaze, and will be unloading Wednesday morning - the 2nd of July - so stay tuned!
We made sure to bisque fire the low-fire pieces before glazing this time, so hopefully we will not have a repeat of the bubbles in the glazes, which apparently can occur as gasses are emitted from the clay during bisque firing. So since these pieces are fired to bisque before glazing this time - fingers crossed!
We will be letting the kilns cool completely to avoid any cracking/crazing of glaze, and will be unloading Wednesday morning - the 2nd of July - so stay tuned!