Karen Sullivan on wed 15 nov 00
I make a small pinch pot of a clay I know...
I then take a bead of the test clay and place it
inside the pinch pot and fire at my desired temp.
If the bead melts into a puddle, the test clay is low fire,
if it keeps it's shape it should be okay.
bamboo karen
on 11/15/00 1:58 PM, Daraburn@AOL.COM at Daraburn@AOL.COM wrote:
> I found some beautiful clay near my home here in Tennessee. I am new to
> pottery and was wondering how I might determine how hot to fire this clay. I
> have an electric kiln. This clay is golden colored and it threw an nice
> cylinder. I am just afraid I will melt it all over my kiln. Looked in the
> archives and got the name of the book, The Potter's Alternative. Is this a
> good resource or can anyone recommend any other?
> Thanks,
> Dawn
>
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