mel jacobson on fri 21 dec 01
all kilns are too hot when you unload them.
that is the way it is suppose to be.
several hard and fast rules from hay creek.
if your gloves start on fire, it is too hot to unload.
when the pots are set on the grass, and it begins a
major grass fire, it is too hot to unload.
if your glasses melt when you are unloading the kiln, it is too hot
to unload.
when the flashlight you are using to see the pots melts and drips
onto the pots, it is too hot to unload.
if all the hair on your arms, and your eyebrows burn off, it
is too hot to unload.
if you have to rip your leather gloves off and do a dance
yelling #%^&#&#$@#(($%%$, it is too hot to unload.
if your underwear starts on fire, it is too hot to unload.
we dip our underwear in itc 100.
if the pots are cool to the touch when you are unloading...
you are an anal repressed dork.... no potter on this earth
can unload a cool kiln. i have never in my life unloaded a
cool kiln. geez, what would you do with yourself? how could
you wait that long.
in fact, the dock six women have never loaded a kiln that was
cool. they have to wear heavy gloves just to load.
when you fire all the kilns in camp, and that is about seven
every day...that means you unload warm, well, hot..no, really
hot. the pots are happy as hell. but you should hear the
cries of joy....`god damn, look at this phew hot, damn...
(drop pot on lawn) shino..kick with tennis shoe...and watch
shoe turn black. man, look at this...glove melts`.
we love pots. fresh hot pots. we get excited about hot
pots. nice, well fired hot pots.
that is the way it is suppose to be.
no rules.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Kurt Wild on fri 21 dec 01
i love standing with my back to the open hot kiln
it feels so good like a hot shower
but i can only stand it until my blue jeans get too hot and then I need to
"dance " around or drop my pants to cool down
Kurt
Terrance Lazaroff on fri 21 dec 01
Mel;
What a great sunshine response.
Terrance
Elizabeth Hewitt on fri 21 dec 01
The few times when because of other distractions, I couldn't unload my
kiln until it was totally cool, I felt a sense of disappointment. It
didn't feel good and right. I wouldn't want to be deprived of the
involvement in that very last step in firing. I've wondered why "they"
can't come up with a kiln with at least one little window so we could
watch the entire process. I'd love to see the whole thing. I guess
anything short of diamond would melt, right?
My reasoning for not waiting until it's cool, if I can take a glazed
casserole out of my oven at 400 degrees without it effecting the glaze,
exposing my pots of the same temperature to the air should not effect
the glaze on them either. Seems like any problems they have would
already be established by the time they get to 400 degrees. I usually
wait till it's a bit cooler for my own safety. One of the suppliers
told me when I was too uninformed to argue it, the lid should not open
until the temp. is 130 degrees or cooler. Since we were talking about a
crazing problem, I don't think my own safety was the issue there.
Pots are a lot like brownies...they need to come out hot, my opinion.
Elizabeth
potterybydai on fri 21 dec 01
Elizabeth said: > The few times when because of other distractions, > I
couldn't unload my kiln until it was totally cool, I felt a sense of
>disappointment.
I think twice I've unloaded a cold kiln (went away for the weekend right
after the kiln shut off, or something---I certainly couldn't have been
here), and the pots almost seemed that they weren't mine. They were cold
and impersonal! I love holding a warm pot fresh from the kiln. I've even
been known to hug one to my body if it's just the right temperature! I'm
much too impatient to wait, wanting to see how things came out; I try to
have at least one glaze experiment per firing, and am dying to see if it's
as great as I want it to be (rarely,but I'm not discouraged). If I have a
whole load of production stuff, sometimes the thrill isn't there, because
it's all so predictable (barring a screw-up), but at least I have the
comfort of a warm pot to hold.
Dai in Kelowna, BC, putting on my last-before-Christmas firing tonight.
"Life is what happens while we're continuously planning what
our futures will be..... and before we know it, it's over."
----- Original Message -----
Maid O'Mud on fri 21 dec 01
mel said:
"all kilns are too hot when you unload them. that is the way it is =
suppose to be."
I'm printing that off in huge type, and hanging it in my studio. I =
laughed MAO when I read that as that is *exactly* just what I did this =
morning. I never heard of the 451 test, but many times my pots have =
burned holes in the cardboard covering of my table. Why a cardboard =
covering? The paint was glueing itself to hot pots, and I had trouble =
getting brown paint off the pots!!!!
mel also said:
".... no potter on this earth can unload a cool kiln. i have never in =
my life unloaded a cool kiln. "
I unload two (2!) cool kiln loads last summer. That was when I knew it =
was time for a big change. I changed temps (10 down to 6) clay body =
(off white to now a deep brown) and of course glazes (muted tones to now =
bright blue and exposed brown touchable surfaces). =20
If you're unloading cool, you're bored with what you're doing. Change =
_something_!!
sam - who today had builders over to start my new addition to my studio. =
colour me excited!!!
Sam
Maid O'Mud Pottery
Melbourne, Ontario CANADA
"Effort does not always
equal output" sam, 1999
claybair on sat 22 dec 01
Whew.... it's good to know that of all the things I am....
one that I am not is an anal repressed dork.
Thanks Mel... your posting was hilarious and true!
Gayle Bair- still uses her flashlight with the melted tip!
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
mel wrote>>
all kilns are too hot when you unload them.
that is the way it is suppose to be.
several hard and fast rules from hay creek.
if your gloves start on fire, it is too hot to unload.
when the pots are set on the grass, and it begins a
major grass fire, it is too hot to unload.
if your glasses melt when you are unloading the kiln, it is too hot
to unload.
when the flashlight you are using to see the pots melts and drips
onto the pots, it is too hot to unload.
if all the hair on your arms, and your eyebrows burn off, it
is too hot to unload.
if you have to rip your leather gloves off and do a dance
yelling #%^&#&#$@#(($%%$, it is too hot to unload.
if your underwear starts on fire, it is too hot to unload.
we dip our underwear in itc 100.
if the pots are cool to the touch when you are unloading...
you are an anal repressed dork.... no potter on this earth
can unload a cool kiln. i have never in my life unloaded a
cool kiln. geez, what would you do with yourself? how could
you wait that long.
snip<<
Earl Brunner on sun 23 dec 01
The rule in my college was, "You may not unload the kiln until you can do it with
your bear hands." That was no problem after the first semester and the nerves in
your fingers were all gone.
> mel wrote>>
>
> all kilns are too hot when you unload them.
> that is the way it is suppose to be.
>
> several hard and fast rules from hay creek.
>
> if your gloves start on fire, it is too hot to unload.
> when the pots are set on the grass, and it begins a
> major grass fire, it is too hot to unload.
> if your glasses melt when you are unloading the kiln, it is too hot
> to unload.
> when the flashlight you are using to see the pots melts and drips
> onto the pots, it is too hot to unload.
> if all the hair on your arms, and your eyebrows burn off, it
> is too hot to unload.
> if you have to rip your leather gloves off and do a dance
> yelling #%^&#&#$@#(($%%$, it is too hot to unload.
> if your underwear starts on fire, it is too hot to unload.
> we dip our underwear in itc 100.
>
> if the pots are cool to the touch when you are unloading...
> you are an anal repressed dork.... no potter on this earth
> can unload a cool kiln. i have never in my life unloaded a
> cool kiln. geez, what would you do with yourself? how could
> you wait that long.
> snip<<
>
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