Magic

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Through some kiln magic or potter's dumb luck, even though I missed a damper adjustment and slowed the firing down by a good hour, pretty much everything in the kiln looks amazing. There is literally one oxidized pot, low in a far back corner, and I'm beginning to think that, in replacing the hot-face on either side, we've also plugged up most of the leaks. I only lose three pots: a soup bowl with a cracked rim, and two bowls that got rained on. (Early in the preheat, before the kiln warms up enough, water vapor from drying pots and burned fuel can condense on the underside of lower shelves and drip down, washing a bare spot into the glaze.) One of them was a special order cow-patterned catfood dish, but as I made a spare, I have one for the customer and don't have to figure out what to do with the other.

The special orders all look good; check out all the bugs in that bowl! And Instagram lady, with three kids, is gonna be so happy with her mama robin casserole.

Got some gorgeous oval platters. The sloth is a special order, the octopus is for Anacortes, and the peacock is just because. Maybe I'll get Jon to photograph it for me before I put it out for sale.