On a brighter note

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My last firing was splendid. Identical temperature top and bottom, really no oxidation I could see anywhere. I refired a couple of dozen soup bowls to brighten them up a bit, and I'll have to redo a replacement casserole lid that didn't shrink enough to fit, but everything else is gorgeous.

Even the steamer crock.

Got some gorgeous special orders out: octopus plate, desert tortoise pasta server, even the little kitty portrait pots.

And the ultimate in slow cookers: a sloth casserole.