Dinah Snipes Steveni on tue 29 sep 09
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Dennis Gerasimov on tue 29 sep 09
Dinah,
Wow, this is super-interesting. Thank you for sharing this technique.
Can you tell us more? What type of organics do you use in the saggard?
How big is it? What type of clay are you making it of?
Dennis
Dinah Snipes Steveni wrote:
> I have always had good luck using a cylinder shaped hand built saggar wit=
h lid sealed on. Bisque fire cylinder at the high end 1020 centigrade, and=
then glost fire empty to "cure". One saggar per item. (Porcelain going for=
sang boeuf.) Some will say lids not tightly sealed please -- some say don'=
t ever use electric kiln for this type of firing -- but with the shrinkage =
of the clay coils as the firing ramps up this will usually not be a problem=
due to wet clay shrinkage so press in the clay coil as carefully as you ca=
n. I put organic matter under and around the piece in the saggar; vacate k=
ids, animals from studio etc and ventilate. [Health and Safety types should=
appreciate this.] I am interested in reading others' takes on this practic=
e, which is a neat strand of chat.
>
>
>
> It's another way to achieve some interesting results. The only element is=
sue I ever experienced in 4 0+ years of firing was when I set a piece too c=
lose to element in my desire to pack everything into the glost firing. A ha=
ndle slumped etc etc causing the usual OMG! reaction upon opening the kiln =
door. Very salutary ($$$) experience which has not been repeated.
>
>
> Dinah
> http://www.dinahsnipessteveni.com
> http://www.dianthusceramics.blogspot.com
>
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