I had taken my two cubic feet of sprayed, bisqued and wadded ware to the Vault kiln on November 2nd, to join the most recent soda firing. The techs and Giovanna loaded the pots next day.
Clive Tucker was at my kiln shed on the Friday to repair my electric kiln (there was corrosion!) and then he headed over to Shadbolt to help with inserting soda. I didn’t go this time.
This collection of photos was taken on Tuesday this week.
When we have all lined up next to the kiln, passing warm pots back and discussing results, and the first stack of shelves is emptied, then it’s time to don masks, eye protection and gloves and attack the glass that has been deposited on all the shelves. After that we paint them with kiln wash and set them to dry, ready for the next group firing. Until that is done we can’t take the rest of the pots out of the kiln!
Once the back shelves had been emptied, and then cleaned up, we took a little time to discuss and learn from each others’ results. But it was a chilly November afternoon so rather quickly we packed up our new treasures and were gone.
Once again the techs, Jay, Tony and Linda did a great job of shepherding our pots into the kiln, giving them the requisite soda, and supervising the unloading and shelf clean-up. What a treat for me, and all the other participants! Thankyou all.
I didn’t study my pots until the next day and I still haven’t taken photos of them, but I am pleased with them. There’s only one that I’ll have re-fired in the next soda firing. Two that I re-fired in this one are now super!
Next blog will show a small selection of plates that were glaze-fired after Clive had fixed my electric kiln.
