In the previous blog I showed photos of most of the work that was fired in the Shadbolt Centre's Vault Kiln for eleven enthusiastic members of TriCity Potters. There's lots of good colour resulting from a variety of sprayed flashing slips. Some folks thought things were rather grey but that is something to learn about and use or avoid in future firings. Some slips are…
On Sunday ten members of TriCity Potters were finally able to go to Shadbolt Centre to collect our pots from last week's soda firing. As has become the arrangement now, in the time of Covid, we were invited to bring our two cubic feet of ware on the previous Monday but were not allowed to help load, fire or unload. Several participants used the…
It's almost two weeks since the exciting day when I returned to Shadbolt Centre to collect my sixteen pots from the latest soda firing. By the time I arrived almost all of the pots had been claimed and my pieces were arranged on a separate table for me. Safety precautions are important so we were given specific time slots to be there. I wore…
Just a week ago I took my two cubic feet quota of pots over to The Vault Kiln at Shadbolt Centre. It was all arranged so that folks could safely spray, glaze and wad their pieces before leaving them on shelves next to the soda kiln. I'd already prepared my pieces in my studio so merely left them in the kiln shed. We were…
By 8am on the Tuesday, just over a week ago, we five were taking out the inner brick door of the kiln. Nancy and Gordon joined us to watch and later Jan and Ron, the local wood-firing potters, came to see our results too. We were pleased with the orange peel and colours overall but I expect we reserved real study until after we each…