10/04/2007 (6:46 pm)
Prelim photos from 10-2_07 firing
Here are some photos from unloading the kiln yesterday. I hope to have some professional photos of these pots soon.
A stack of tiny bowls:

A tiny bowl:

Same tiny bowl in my hand to give an idea of size:

Yet another tiny bowl:

Three tiny bowls (I love this white creamy glaze):

This is a soup bowl:

A frog cup:

Carved and colored with Duncan underglaze colors

I am very happy with this set: a cup, saucer, and tea bag/spoon holder:

The bottom shelf before I finished unloading the bowls:

The technical stuff: All pots were made with ^5 B-mix. The carved bowl and frog were painted in the greenware stage. The cup and saucer set were decorated with slip colored with Mason stains in the greenware stage. All pieces were bisqued to ^04, then glazed and fired to ^6. Actually I should say ^6.5 because this firing went a little bit hot.
I used a bottom baffle shelf to deflect the flames, and a top baffle about 1/2″ from the top port to attempt to even out the heat from top to bottom. It worked, and I only had about 1/4 cone difference between the top and bottom of the kiln.
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