Well, this was a pretty exciting firing. Lots of tests and major fiddling with the firing cycle - we slowed everything down, had passive dampers out from early on, closed the air down after the first 5 hours, took 15 hours instead of the usual 12 - and for the first time in this kiln's history there was no bloating in the second stack!!! And we hit cone 10 at the bottom back and cone 11 at the top back! There was major joy at Orde Creek Pottery on Saturday night! The only down side is that there was more reduction than I wanted so the beautiful teadust didn't happen and a bunch of the temmoku's ran. I refired the blistered, underfired pots from the low temperature back from the last firing and they all came out great (except for the one's that ran). I learned so much from this firing.
Tested an ash glaze with our pure cedar ash and was very happy with the results. Will mix a bigger batch for the next firing and have pots to show then. Also tried sets with trays which I'm very pleased with. More to come next time. And all the custom order sets, all 6 of them, came out great. No lids glued to jars, or bits of kiln in the bottom of cups or bowls.
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| Temmoku wine cups and tray. |
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| Cone 8 celadon that did just fine at cone 11. |
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| Orange shino shallow bowl/tray. |
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| Orange shino spice jar set. |
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| New shino "shell". |
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| Super reliable Leach White, good at very high temperatures without running. |
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