Lessons from the Kiln

Every firing teaches a lesson.  This time I learned that I must always check the thickness of the glazes before putting them on my pots.  Especially after a seven month break.  And I must not soak the kiln too long at the end.  This was made very clear to me when I unloaded this last firing and found that 90% of the temmokus, including the tea dust, ran because the glaze was on too thick and the kiln stayed too hot, too long.  Now most of them are on the shard pile, though some of the runs have been ground off and these pots sit in the corner of shame, also known as the seconds shelf.  We have ordered new diamond cups for the angle grinder to deal with the many, many shelves with great big blobs of glaze on them.  Sigh.

So here are the survivors.

Hamada Rust Temmoku Nesting bowls.  

Cedar Ash Oil Bottles

Red Shino Baking Dish

Red Shino Bowl

Small Cedar Ash Dish

Tea Dust Temmoku Faceted Bowl

Carbon Trap Shino Faceted Bowl

White Shino Faceted Bowl

My Favourite Cedar Ash Mug

2 Litre Cedar Ash Jug