Hi Mark, and thanks! Have not tried ^5 but I think I should have. I spent quite a few firings calibrating the thermocouples. I have an L&L kiln. I use the slow glaze program and I guess I just wanted to get the temp. right. Until I really know more about how the kiln operates I am going to stick with the 'easy fire' programs! There is so much to learn!
So you did all the glazing and then glaze fired directly?
I also use bought glazes, but I find some special ones that change the properties of the "boring" ones and get some fab results - and thus don't need as much space.
Sue, I am assuming you brush glazes on? I teach folks when brushing to do one side and wait a couple hours or even a day before applying glaze to the opposite surface. The liquid from the first application saturates the bisque and the next side does not get the liquid absorbtion as deep into the clay as the first often causing faults like pin holes, diffent shades, crawling, etc. When dipping the glaze meets in the middle or spraying is almost dry anyway. glazing is frustrating! BR/Rick
If the bisque ware is dry enough before you "paint" on, you don't need to wait by far as long. Also, if your glaze is good, it will adhere to itself, even if the pot is a bit wet also.
I don't understand the "bisque ware dry enough" part. Bisque should be completely dry unless you washed it off. But, if it's working for you, don't change anything!
Many potters will wash off their bisque with a sponge right before glazing. That sponge should be almost dry if you don't want to make spots on the pot wher the glaze doesn't "stick" when painting it on.
Hi Rick. I dip my pots in the glaze. If I am putting a second glaze over it I wait for the first coat to dry. Yes, glazing is frustrating! I have wrecked perfectly good pots with poor glaze application. But I am learning and having fun with it!
Great work! Have you tried firing to cone 5 to see the results? Put a few sets of cones around the shelves...Congrats and good luck on your show.
rapidac 3 years ago
Hi Mark, and thanks! Have not tried ^5 but I think I should have. I spent quite a few firings calibrating the thermocouples. I have an L&L kiln. I use the slow glaze program and I guess I just wanted to get the temp. right. Until I really know more about how the kiln operates I am going to stick with the 'easy fire' programs! There is so much to learn!
Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago
So you did all the glazing and then glaze fired directly?
I also use bought glazes, but I find some special ones that change the properties of the "boring" ones and get some fab results - and thus don't need as much space.
ooo! I like the color at 6.10 - the third bowl.
Marihani 3 years ago
The pots were bisque fired first, then glazed to ^6
adlesk54 3 years ago
The ones that you carved into the slip as well? Those were the ones I was mainly thinking of when I asked that. The carving effect was really cool.
Marihani 3 years ago
Sue, I am assuming you brush glazes on? I teach folks when brushing to do one side and wait a couple hours or even a day before applying glaze to the opposite surface. The liquid from the first application saturates the bisque and the next side does not get the liquid absorbtion as deep into the clay as the first often causing faults like pin holes, diffent shades, crawling, etc. When dipping the glaze meets in the middle or spraying is almost dry anyway. glazing is frustrating! BR/Rick
chfengr 3 years ago
If the bisque ware is dry enough before you "paint" on, you don't need to wait by far as long. Also, if your glaze is good, it will adhere to itself, even if the pot is a bit wet also.
Marihani 3 years ago
I don't understand the "bisque ware dry enough" part. Bisque should be completely dry unless you washed it off. But, if it's working for you, don't change anything!
chfengr 3 years ago
Many potters will wash off their bisque with a sponge right before glazing. That sponge should be almost dry if you don't want to make spots on the pot wher the glaze doesn't "stick" when painting it on.
Marihani 3 years ago
Hi Rick. I dip my pots in the glaze. If I am putting a second glaze over it I wait for the first coat to dry. Yes, glazing is frustrating! I have wrecked perfectly good pots with poor glaze application. But I am learning and having fun with it!
Regards,Sue.
adlesk54 3 years ago