front shelves 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…
front shelves back shelves The vault soda kiln was turned off last Friday, after techs Linda, Jay and Cheryl finished spraying the soda in. First impressions when the kiln door was opened on Tuesday were that they got it right! Pots were still warm so we wore gloves to pass ware from one excited participant to the next. Below are closer looks at the first…
Fraser Valley Potters’ Guild invited its members to take part in a joint soda firing instead of having a Christmas Party, just like last year. Lots of people signed up so, as before, we were given a 12″ x 12″ x 8″ space to fill, with the request that we bring at least one piece that was 9″ tall or more.This was a chance to…
For the last few weeks I've been concentrating on making enough stoneware pieces for a soda firing. I finished making slightly more than the allocated two cubic feet of ware in early October as I wasn't sure how much I'd see after cataract surgery on Oct 4th. All went well and within 24 hours I was astonished to see bright blue, and whites that I…
In a comment on yesterday's blog Lynda asks me to explain why I might like to re-fire a couple of pieces in an upcoming soda firing. Most of the time the heat, flame and soda combine to give interesting, pleasing surfaces all around the pots when the kiln has reached its top temperatures.. in our case cones 10 to 12. Flashing slips can produce orange…