Glazing
I guess I spent 12 hours doing ceramic stuff yesterday... I definitely didn't realize that much time had passed. :/
Most of the day was glazing all of the crap that I didn't get done earlier in the year, and I will be firing my first solo kiln this coming Monday. Wheeeeee.
I did wax resist on some of the pieces (actually, I found out how cool it looked and then went nuts, spending 4 hours doing this to nearly everything) so I hope that the glaze won't obliterate it all when it comes out of the kiln. It's a little nerve-wracking, since there are any number of things that can go wrong in a firing (the top and bottom could be uneven temperatures, it could cool too fast, there could be inadequate reduction to change the glaze colors -- especially important for this one glaze called "Pete's Cranberry" that usually turns a beautiful red/purple color over grey, but if the reduction is off then it just becomes a yellowy-green color with blue snotty dribbles.
Here's a shelf load ready to go into the kiln room:
And some mug shots of the largest color groups:
(These ones will be what are called "Voulkos Plum," "Waxy Black," and "Satin Green," though I also used "Teadust Tenmoku," "Yellow Salt," "Binn's Rutile," and "Pete's Cranberry" on other pots.
"Voulkos Plum" - These are just the raw glaze colors - when they're done, these brown looking ones will be a deep brown (nearly black) with a reddish-brown on all of the rims and edges.
"Waxy Black" - These will be straight up black - though I've found that it can have a slight green haze on the surface.
"Satin Green" - This color is perplexing... the glaze goes on super light in raw form, and I've had it turn out two ways: a deep midnight blue that becomes green where it is applied thickly, and also a pale speckly green. I have no idea what it will be this time.
I hope they turn out!
Most of the day was glazing all of the crap that I didn't get done earlier in the year, and I will be firing my first solo kiln this coming Monday. Wheeeeee.
I did wax resist on some of the pieces (actually, I found out how cool it looked and then went nuts, spending 4 hours doing this to nearly everything) so I hope that the glaze won't obliterate it all when it comes out of the kiln. It's a little nerve-wracking, since there are any number of things that can go wrong in a firing (the top and bottom could be uneven temperatures, it could cool too fast, there could be inadequate reduction to change the glaze colors -- especially important for this one glaze called "Pete's Cranberry" that usually turns a beautiful red/purple color over grey, but if the reduction is off then it just becomes a yellowy-green color with blue snotty dribbles.
Here's a shelf load ready to go into the kiln room:
And some mug shots of the largest color groups:
(These ones will be what are called "Voulkos Plum," "Waxy Black," and "Satin Green," though I also used "Teadust Tenmoku," "Yellow Salt," "Binn's Rutile," and "Pete's Cranberry" on other pots.
"Voulkos Plum" - These are just the raw glaze colors - when they're done, these brown looking ones will be a deep brown (nearly black) with a reddish-brown on all of the rims and edges.
"Waxy Black" - These will be straight up black - though I've found that it can have a slight green haze on the surface.
"Satin Green" - This color is perplexing... the glaze goes on super light in raw form, and I've had it turn out two ways: a deep midnight blue that becomes green where it is applied thickly, and also a pale speckly green. I have no idea what it will be this time.
I hope they turn out!