Glaze firing progress
Author: stephen
I had my best oxidised firing so far on Thursday, what a relief and encouragement!
I kept to a 60′C/hour temperature climb from 1000′C upwards and by 1262′C on the pyrometer the bottom cones, nos. 8 and 9 had bent perfectly. Here are a few of the best, with a fuller representation at the end of this post as a slideshow.
This lidded storage jar is 8″ (20.5cm) tall. The body is thrown with 3lb clay with brushwork in iron oxide.
above: two 1lb Lidded Jars, approx height 5″ (13cm)
Brushwork in iron oxide.
Another two 8″ (3lb) storage jars.
The decoration on the one above has rutile as well as iron oxide. I like the little bit of chun blue around the knob on the lid!
On the jar below the chun/tenmoku glaze has been poured over the iron red glaze whilst holding the pot upside down.
above: Handled Jar, height: 8″ (20.5cm)
The Jar was thrown using red keuper stoneware clay, and the double poured bibs suit it well I think.
3lb jug / 2pint (2.5pint to the rim), height 7.5″ (190cm)
The glaze got a bit carried away with this jug and I had to chip it away from the kiln shelf which is a shame because I rather like the result.
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Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide brushwork -
Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide brushwork -
Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide and rutile brushwork -
Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide brushwork -
Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide brushwork -
Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide brushwork and a nice flush of chun blue -
Small Lidded Jar with iron oxide brushwork -
Lidded Jar; Iron oxide brushwork with crystalline blue glaze underneath. -
Lidded Jar; Iron oxide brushwork with that erroneous crystalline blue glaze underneath. -
Lidded Jar; Brushwork in rutile over iron oxide. The rutile give a distinct ochre colour. -
Lidded Jar; brushwork in iron oxide and rutile -
Lidded Jar; poured glaze application. A rich olive green reflecting its position in a hotter part of the kiln. -
Lidded Jar; poured glaze, a chun beginning to show on the right side -
Lidded Jar; brushwork in iron oxide and rutile -
Lidded Jar; brushwork in iron oxide and rutile -
Jug; brushwork in iron oxide and rutile -
Jar; poured bibs of glaze on keuper red stoneware body -
Jug; brushwork in iron oxide and rutile, and visible here is the crystalline blue glaze underneath. -
Jug; brushwork in iron oxide and rutile -
Brushwork in iron oxide mistakenly over crystalline blue glaze -
Jug, balluster shape; chun/tenmoku over red taggs yard glaze, poured application.
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