glazing is done, for now . . .

glazing is all done.  yay!  i have stuff coming out of the kiln bisqued on wednesday.  glazing won't be done until there's a full load.  there's only 1/3 of a load for the reduction kiln, so it'll take a while for that.  but, folks still need to get their bisquing done..  hey, a few discoveries.  having a substantial foot that allows me to grip a piece while suspending it upside down over a bucket of glaze, dunking it then pulling it back out.  also, i've discovered a cooling rack is perfect for setting a piece on to pour glaze over thus freeing up my hands.  i'll be excited to see glaze results as i've tried a few new things and gotten bold with the glazing.  even dunked each piece in either snow goose or wheat  okay, let's begin.


the finished baking dish.

 



half a shelf of glazed pending reduction firing:



as compared to a full shelf of oxidation pending glaze fire:





getting prepared for some hard nosed throwing first stoneware then porcelain and yes, the porcelain is covered in mold because it does that so easily.  i shape the tubes of clay seen in the background behind the ball of clay into balls of clay then wrap them in brown paper towels because newspaper breaks down and is a pain to remove when i'm ready for the clay.  the paper helps keep the balls of clay from becoming slimey from the condensation that forms inside the plastic in which the whole kit and kaboodle is wrapped.







i can breathe for a while.  yay!

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