We had a little explosion last month. It happened in our kiln during one of it's maiden voyages. We were attempting to home-make some of our Christmas gifts, but this little incident cut down the "home-made" by about three quarters. We basically got the kiln too hot too fast and the moisture couldn't escape the clay fast enough. Who would have thought that wet clay could be so volitile? Luckily the kiln remains untarnished, but we document the pot carnage.
The few that actually made it through the explosiong or that were fired at a different time, were able to be "glaze fired," the final step in making pottery. I always love how they go in the kiln looking kind of pale and homely, but come out looking all shiny and brilliant. It's basically a magical process.
Before
AfterDo you know what this means though? This means that we are now a self-sufficient pottery studio! Woo hooo!
-Nat
4 comments:
you guys are so big time now...congrats! I think we'll have to invite ourselves over to your studio sometime in the near future, maybe I can improve on my "ink well" skills.
Wow, glazing with the big dogs!
Woah, didn't know you had a kiln or a self-sufficient pottery studio. Very nice, I like it. The pots look good.
Very nice pottery indeed! As for the explosion...I guess those are the eggs on the way to a very shiny looking omelet!
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