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Nov. 8th, 2024 08:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrI never did post the results of my last firing, the one where I'd blown up a cone pack and had to fire by guesswork and firing logs?
It actually came out pretty well. I shut down the kiln with bottom cones at about cone 9-1/2, as the top usually fires a half cone hotter. In this case, I could have let it go on another 15 or 20 minutes, but in general, everything reached temperature. Very little oxidation, even around the door, just a little bubble about shoulder height in the back right corner. Even the cone pack explosion did less damage than it could have, as it blew most of the shrapnel toward the door, not the pots. I did lose two special order pieces, a bowl and a tall mug, but should be able to make up replacements in my December firing.
Side and top views of the stack:
A whole bunch of mugs:
Some dessert plates from a special order:
And a few more pics I took for the Clayfolk Instagram feed. Didn't have a proper backdrop, so I improvised using some slab-roller felts.
It actually came out pretty well. I shut down the kiln with bottom cones at about cone 9-1/2, as the top usually fires a half cone hotter. In this case, I could have let it go on another 15 or 20 minutes, but in general, everything reached temperature. Very little oxidation, even around the door, just a little bubble about shoulder height in the back right corner. Even the cone pack explosion did less damage than it could have, as it blew most of the shrapnel toward the door, not the pots. I did lose two special order pieces, a bowl and a tall mug, but should be able to make up replacements in my December firing.
Side and top views of the stack:
A whole bunch of mugs:
Some dessert plates from a special order:
And a few more pics I took for the Clayfolk Instagram feed. Didn't have a proper backdrop, so I improvised using some slab-roller felts.