Diane S. Zubrick on sun 15 dec 96
On this subject of drying and with what Kirk said about drying in the
oven - I put my pottery on the top of my electric kiln while it is
running, or has the heat of over 500F inside, to get it very dry for
"once firing". I put it on the top and then lower the vent hood over
all. I also have a small enameling kiln that I also use for heating on
the top.
On the plates I dry this way, sometimes from leatherhard, I put them
upside down so they do not warp. Also on my flat pieces, I dry
everything upside down. When you put the artwork on top of a running
kiln certainly be careful because of the very hot surface as well as the
roughness of the top. The clay will actually start to bisque slightly and
become very hard.
Diane Schwob Zubrick
Applecreek Pottery
Centerville, Ohio
Karen Gringhuis on mon 16 dec 96
Using ones kiln as a dry box before firing makes sense but remember
that once you've done this, leave the pots in lace & fire them. If
you take them OUT of the kiln into the humid air again, you risk them
absorbing moisture from the air & you're right back where you
started. Hiarline cracks can even develop from cooling them before firing
in average air. Karen Gringhuis
ZALT@aol.com on tue 17 dec 96
The difficulty discussed in this thread can be resolved by establishing an
adequate preheating schedule, (normally by preheating the work in the kiln
overnight, with all the peep holes open and/or the lid of the kiln cracked
and the heat settings set to the lowest temp. It also sounds like everyone
answering this thread is force drying their work. Wrong!!!!! Clay-making is
like bread-making it takes patients.
For what it is worth
Terrance F. Lazaroff
St Hubert, Quebec, Canada !!!!
Talbott on wed 18 dec 96
The "funny" thing about my exploding mugs was that I heard at least
one explode the day after the bisque firing (about 12 hours after shutdown,
having fired to cone 06)... I believe that those mugs really did not dry
sufficently during that very hot and humid period prior to firing this past
summer. Also they were the only things in the kiln that did explode and
they were on the very top shelf and they were not capped... I believe that
if I had capped them with another self above them then things would have
went better...
.....Marshall....If you are interested in the CLAYARTERS' GALLERY please
e-mail me directly...
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>The difficulty discussed in this thread can be resolved by establishing an
>adequate preheating schedule, (normally by preheating the work in the kiln
>overnight, with all the peep holes open and/or the lid of the kiln cracked
>and the heat settings set to the lowest temp. It also sounds like everyone
>answering this thread is force drying their work. Wrong!!!!! Clay-making is
>like bread-making it takes patients.
>
>For what it is worth
>
>Terrance F. Lazaroff
>St Hubert, Quebec, Canada !!!!
Celia & Marshall Talbott
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P.O. Box 4116
Naples, Maine 04055-4116
(207)693-6100 voice and fax
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Diane S. Zubrick on wed 18 dec 96
I feel that I must comment to the last post that force drying is "wrong".
We have many different clay artists on this list and we all work in
different ways. Some of us are interested in process, some in product.
I am a limited production artist creating Redware. I do not employ anyone in my
designing, decorating, firing to selling.
I wish I had the luxury to always dry naturally, fire twice and any other
rules we were taught in clay. But I find myself often in a time crunch
due to my show schedule, which is often back to back weekends, and my
family's needs.
My artwork still looks the same in the end and is in people's homes all
over the world. That is important to me rather than the process.
Happy Holidays to all!
Diane Schwob Zubrick
Applecreek Pottery
Centerville, Ohio
Kirk Morrison on thu 19 dec 96
On 18 Dec 96 at 7:38, Diane S. Zubrick wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I feel that I must comment to the last post that force drying is "wrong".
If I lived somewhere less, humid and with enough time to wait until mid
fall I might agree, that it is "wrong", but I don't so, I don't.
> We have many different clay artists on this list and we all work in
> different ways.
>
> I wish I had the luxury to always dry naturally, fire twice and any other
> rules we were taught in clay. But I find myself often in a time crunch
> due to my show schedule, which is often back to back weekends, and my
> family's needs.
>
That is important to me rather than the process.
>
> Happy Holidays to all!
I agree totally if you are careful, bending and breaking some "rules"
is not a problem, especially if you are force drying slowly or using
your head in doing it. When I put greenware in the oven to dry I speed
things up but not all that badly. I open the door a crack and set it
to start so it wont go up much above 150. Heck I had a pottery teacher
years ago tell me to speed things up, put a almost dry pot in a gas
oven with the pilot light on.
Kirk
Happy Holidays to all!
> Diane Schwob Zubrick
> Applecreek Pottery
> Centerville, Ohio
>
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