We achieved a good firing of the smokeless kiln at Manor Stokes last weekend. Not all the cones went over completely, but on the whole the pots we unloaded yesterday were fine and most glazes were fully matured. I was happy with about two thirds of the pots I put in, which is not a bad rate of return for wood firing. And the less pleasing ones can be re-fired at some point.
Here is a selection of my pots from this firing (I'll upload a few more over the next day or two) :
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| Tea caddy, approx. 5 inches tall |
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| Carved vase, heavy ashing. 5 inches wide |
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| Carved vase, close up |
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| Coffee cup, glazed inside, unglazed outside |
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| Wine or spirit cup, 3 inches tall |
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| Guinomi, 2.5 inches tall |
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| Two textured pots, larger 3.5 inches tall |
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| 2.5 inches tall |
The egg cup above is very crusty with deposits of unmelted ash, having been placed right next to the firebox..it has a shino glaze inside and was unglazed outside. I would happily eat boiled eggs from it, but admittedly, it won't be the easiest thing to clean!
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| shino glaze inside |
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| Guinomi, approx. 3 inches tall |
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| Bottle vase, 3 inches tall |
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| Small cup, 2 inches tall |
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| Yunomi, 4 inches tall |
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| Planter with heavy ashing, 5 inches tall |
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| Cup with orange dots, approx 3 inches tall |
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| Soup mug, ochre ash glaze |
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| Textured vase, approx 6 inches tall |
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| Sake cup, approx 3 inches tall |
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| Chawan, approx 5 inches wide |
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| Shot cup, 2 inches tall |
Mark, beautiful stuff. The more ash the better, in my opinion. Keep up the great work!
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Hi Sam, thanks for the nice comment. For certain pieces, I would like alot more wood ash! May have to start putting it on there myself before the firing. Mark
DeleteOh so many beauties it is hard to make a choice of a favorite, wonderful work.
ReplyDeleteVery kind, thank you, Linda. :)
DeleteI love ash glaze. So attractive. I am so glad that you had a good result! My favourites are carved vase, textured vase and white sake cup. But others are also nice! : )
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm glad you like the textured vase as this was an experiment..I had no idea how it would turn out. I'd like to develop this technique further.:)
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