mel jacobson on wed 8 dec 99
warping and breaking do not often happen to bisque...
well, unless they go in ready to explode with water etc..
warping almost always occurs in the drying stage...not bisque.
i am very fussy about flat, hard surfaces to dry big plates.
many potters, for years have tumble stacked bisqueware.
it matters not.
so, in saying that, it makes no difference to a plate or platter
how you place them in the kiln.
so, i just stand them on the floor, put the feet against the wall of the
kiln.
one after the other...fill the entire space with standing plates.
can't get them all the way to the center, so stack bowls there.
in the past, i would put big plates rim to rim, or foot to foot, and the
weight of those would often break the bottom plate.
mel/mn
http://www.pclink.com/melpots
from minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a.
Chris Schafale on thu 9 dec 99
Hi mel,
I wanted to make sure -- are we talking about electric kilns or gas?
If electric, doesn't close proximity to elements cause the ones on
the outside to warp or have spots that are fired higher and thus
absorb glaze differently than the rest of the piece? Thanks for
clarification.
Chris
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> warping and breaking do not often happen to bisque...
> well, unless they go in ready to explode with water etc..
> warping almost always occurs in the drying stage...not bisque.
> i am very fussy about flat, hard surfaces to dry big plates.
>
> many potters, for years have tumble stacked bisqueware.
> it matters not.
> so, in saying that, it makes no difference to a plate or platter
> how you place them in the kiln.
> so, i just stand them on the floor, put the feet against the wall of the
> kiln.
> one after the other...fill the entire space with standing plates.
> can't get them all the way to the center, so stack bowls there.
>
> in the past, i would put big plates rim to rim, or foot to foot, and the
> weight of those would often break the bottom plate.
>
> mel/mn
> http://www.pclink.com/melpots
> from minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a.
>
>
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, NC
candle@intrex.net
Earl Brunner on fri 10 dec 99
I have noticed several responses on this thread about/with concern for doing
it in an electric kiln and leaning the pots agianst the walls of the kiln.
Start with the stack of bowls in the middle (or whatever) and thenbuild from
the middle out and stop short of the walls- problem solved.
Chris Schafale wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi mel,
>
> I wanted to make sure -- are we talking about electric kilns or gas?
> If electric, doesn't close proximity to elements cause the ones on
> the outside to warp or have spots that are fired higher and thus
> absorb glaze differently than the rest of the piece? Thanks for
> clarification.
>
> Chris
>
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > warping and breaking do not often happen to bisque...
> > well, unless they go in ready to explode with water etc..
> > warping almost always occurs in the drying stage...not bisque.
> > i am very fussy about flat, hard surfaces to dry big plates.
> >
> > many potters, for years have tumble stacked bisqueware.
> > it matters not.
> > so, in saying that, it makes no difference to a plate or platter
> > how you place them in the kiln.
> > so, i just stand them on the floor, put the feet against the wall of the
> > kiln.
> > one after the other...fill the entire space with standing plates.
> > can't get them all the way to the center, so stack bowls there.
> >
> > in the past, i would put big plates rim to rim, or foot to foot, and the
> > weight of those would often break the bottom plate.
> >
> > mel/mn
> > http://www.pclink.com/melpots
> > from minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a.
> >
> >
> Light One Candle Pottery
> Fuquay-Varina, NC
> candle@intrex.net
--
Earl Brunner
http://coyote.accessnv.com/bruec
mailto:bruec@anv.net
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