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high firing/doug/mel

updated mon 12 nov 01

 

Joyce Lee on sat 10 nov 01


Mel said:
"i like cone 10 over and just touching, and that
means that 11 is about at 2 o'clock. perfect.
(my glazes like heat. shino, rhodes 32...)"
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I think I'm going to quit fighting the ^11 firings. Now that Mel has =
described his best firings, I see by my notes that that is exactly the =
postion of my cones during two consecutive firings... and the glazes =
looked great.... after they cooled. They looked even better with a 3 =
hour soak at 2000 F.

Joyce
In the Mojave

chris clarke on sun 11 nov 01


Mel said:
"i like cone 10 over and just touching, and that
means that 11 is about at 2 o'clock. perfect.
(my glazes like heat. shino, rhodes 32...)"

I had a firing, just two days ago, that the ^11 went flat, oops. But my
temmoku test looked all pitted and gnarly. I thought it was overfired.

Is the only way you can tell if a glaze overfired is the puddle underneath
it? Does an overfired glaze ever pit? My other glazes like the heat, but
not that one. Maybe it's the formula.

chris


temecula, california
chris@ccpots.com
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