Corinne P. Null on wed 16 jul 97
Just saw some pots by Winnie Hart-Owens, which she said are glaze fired,
luster fired, and then pit fired. Is this possible? Wouldn't the smoke
just rub off a high fired glaze? Maybe they're a low fire glaze, followed
by a real woodfire (hotter than a pit)? But then, that would ruin the
luster, wouldn't it?
Being confined to electric firing, I'm looking for ways to get a little
variability and thought this fit the ticket.
TIA
Corinne Null
Bedford, NH
cnull@mv.mv.com
Robert Compton on thu 17 jul 97
Corinne P. Null wrote:
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
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> Just saw some pots by Winnie Hart-Owens, which she said are glaze fired,
> luster fired, and then pit fired. Is this possible? Wouldn't the smoke
> just rub off a high fired glaze? Maybe they're a low fire glaze, followed
> by a real woodfire (hotter than a pit)? But then, that would ruin the
> luster, wouldn't it?
>
> Being confined to electric firing, I'm looking for ways to get a little
> variability and thought this fit the ticket.
>
> TIA
> Corinne Null
> Bedford, NH
>
> cnull@mv.mv.com
Corinne,
I suspect that the pit firiing was done for effects on the
unglazed portion of the glazed pot. We offer workshops on firing
techniques and some potters will glaze the inside of their pots to help
seal them and them pitfire afterwards to color the outside.
Please stop by our studio if you ever get over to Vermont.
Bob
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3600 Rt 116 http://homepages.together.net/~rcompton
Bristol, Vermont 05443 rcompton@together.net
Jim Duffy on fri 18 jul 97
Try it you'll love it! Many of the oxides react to the localized
reductions. Bare clay can smoke. It is not Raku, but it just might do.
John Guenther @ Indiana University introduced me to this tehnique. The
lower the original firing, the more effect can be obtained on the clay.
Corinne P. Null wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
>
> Just saw some pots by Winnie Hart-Owens, which she said are glaze
> fired,
> luster fired, and then pit fired. Is this possible? Wouldn't the
> smoke
> just rub off a high fired glaze? Maybe they're a low fire glaze,
> followed
> by a real woodfire (hotter than a pit)? But then, that would ruin the
>
> luster, wouldn't it?
>
> Being confined to electric firing, I'm looking for ways to get a
> little
> variability and thought this fit the ticket.
>
> TIA
> Corinne Null
> Bedford, NH
>
> cnull@mv.mv.com
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