Michelle Lowe on thu 20 apr 00
Okay, so you get the fire hot, what about covering? Do you cover or not
for reds and oranges? And do you start a bed of coals underneath the
bottom layer of pots? More details please!
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Rick Brady on fri 21 apr 00
I never start my pit fires on a bed of coals. Just sawdust and twigs in the bot
Regards,
Rick Brady
Pleasanton, CA
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From: Michelle Lowe [mailto:mishlowe@amug.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 1:12 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Pit Firing RED, cover or no?
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Okay, so you get the fire hot, what about covering? Do you cover or not
for reds and oranges? And do you start a bed of coals underneath the
bottom layer of pots? More details please!
Michelle Lowe, potter in the Phoenix desert \|/ |
mishlowe@amug.org -O- | |
mishlowe@aztec.asu.edu /|\ | | |
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Vicki Hardin on sun 23 apr 00
I use a cover with the saggar inside the a gas fired raku kiln. The saggar
is a trash can that has holes put in it with a blow torch thanks to Roger
Allen at the Chicken Farm!! Its filled with the pots and packed tight with
sawdust. A copper echant that came from a printer is poured over and through
the sawdust. Roger has suggested also fuming with a solution of nails
dissolved into acid. I plan to try this soon. It looks good on his pots.
Fire to red heat. Doing this will also burn off the soot left by the sawdust.
Good firing!!!
Vicki Hardin
http://iloveclay.com
Jim Brooks on mon 24 apr 00
I pit fire and get reds..and dont cover the pit at all..unless it begins to
rain... Jim
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