Bruce Bowers on tue 15 dec 09
I am wondering if anyone has ever refired a wood fired pot (about cone
11-12) in an electric kiln and used low fire glazes in small areas.
I have a few wood pots that I like a lot and think would work well with a
few area of color only possible with 05 commercial stuff.
Would I lose the effects of flashing.
I am not worried about the ash since the surfaces are lightly covered due
to their protected placement in the kiln.
Any advise would be great.
I guess I could just try one, though, couldn't I?
Bruce Bowers
Steve Mills on wed 16 dec 09
I re-fire near misses from my wood-salt kiln in my gas Kiln; no problem
there. There is a current thread on re-firing in Electric. General consensu=
s
appears to be: "go for it!"
Steve M
2009/12/16 Bruce Bowers
> I am wondering if anyone has ever refired a wood fired pot (about cone
> 11-12) in an electric kiln and used low fire glazes in small areas.
>
> I have a few wood pots that I like a lot and think would work well with a
> few area of color only possible with 05 commercial stuff.
>
> Would I lose the effects of flashing.
>
> I am not worried about the ash since the surfaces are lightly covered due
> to their protected placement in the kiln.
>
> Any advise would be great.
>
> I guess I could just try one, though, couldn't I?
>
> Bruce Bowers
>
--
Steve
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
Les on wed 16 dec 09
Bruce - I remember taking a workshop at the Hui No'eau on Maui a few =3D
years ago given by a professor from one of the Eastern U.S. =3D
universities. I believe it was a school in Syracuse. In any case, he =3D
said he had the distinction of never losing a pot (I don't know if this =3D
is factual).
He had pots with him that were absolutely beautiful that had been fired =3D
6 or 7 times from ^ 10-11 down to ^04 with gold. I would say give it a =3D
shot!
Les Crimp in rainy Nanoose Bay, B.C. ( Vancouver Island)
lcrimp@shaw.ca
On 2009-12-15, at 5:55 PM, Bruce Bowers wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone has ever refired a wood fired pot (about cone
> 11-12) in an electric kiln and used low fire glazes in small areas.
>=3D20
> I have a few wood pots that I like a lot and think would work well =3D
with a
> few area of color only possible with 05 commercial stuff.
>=3D20
> Would I lose the effects of flashing.
>=3D20
> I am not worried about the ash since the surfaces are lightly covered =3D
due
> to their protected placement in the kiln.
>=3D20
> Any advise would be great.
>=3D20
> I guess I could just try one, though, couldn't I?
>=3D20
> Bruce Bowers
fran johnson on wed 16 dec 09
Bruce,
=3DA0
I have on occasion refired gas reduction pots in an electric kiln at c.6.=
=3D
=3DA0 I viewed them as experiments - one broke and I wanted to see if spooz=
e =3D
would heal it in the kiln. It did, but since the glaze used rutile as a col=
=3D
orant, the color faded to pale tan and white.=3D20
=3DA0
Another was heavily reduced and the glaze was rough inside. I wanted to smo=
=3D
oth it out so I could eat from it. I poured a clear c.6 glaze inside. After=
=3D
the fire there was little loss of color in the glaze or clay but the glaze=
=3D
was still too rough.=3D20
=3DA0
Having nothing to lose, I repeated the glazing and firing. This time the=3D=
A0=3D
reoxidation of the clay and glaze was clearly evident,=3DA0 there=3DA0is s=
ome =3D
yellow =3DA0where it was black before.
I don't know why wood fired pots would be any different than gas since it's=
=3D
the reoxidation of the clay and glaze that happens. You may not like the r=
=3D
esults, but I think worth the experiment.
=3DA0
Fran
=3DA0
--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Bruce Bowers wrote:
From: Bruce Bowers
Subject: Refiring Wood Fired PotS
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 7:55 PM
I am wondering if anyone has ever refired a wood fired pot (about cone
11-12) in an electric kiln and used low fire glazes in small areas.
I have a few wood pots that I like a lot and think would work well with a
few area of color only possible with 05 commercial stuff.
Would I lose the effects of flashing.
I am not worried about the ash since the surfaces are lightly covered due
to their protected placement in the kiln.
Any advise would be great.
I guess I could just try one, though, couldn't I?
Bruce Bowers
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