Julie Milazzo on sat 23 mar 02
Here's a little info from one who's only pit fired
three times, so take it with a grain of whatever you
have handy. I don't know about the charcoal, but do
not even attempt to use soft wood. I know you've done
your reading, and my first firing was done with pine,
and it didn't even get hot enough to burn off the glue
we stuck the copper on with. Nor did it volatilize the
copper. My best piece, from the third firing, was
rubbed with sigellatta (sp), bisqued, wrapped in a
copper Chore Boy scrub pad, then wrapped with
newspaper, poured some salt and copper sulphate along
the outside of the pot, inside the newspaper, then
wrapped a shell of paperclay around the whole thing,
to keep the copper in. No reds, or anything, but a
really cool black and green spiderweb effect where the
choreboy touched the clay. To find out the effect of
your mystery substance, you might want to try this
mini saggar approach. I guess that's it. Oh yeah, and
keep a few holes in the can to help it burn a bit.
Jules
--- David Cross wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> My wife and I are planning on attempting some
> pit-firing soon. I've been reading up on the topic
> and have gone through some of the archived notes and
> have a couple of questions:
>
> 1) People talk about firing with sawdust, hardwood,
> etc. I'm wondering about using charcoal in the mix.
> It seems that it would provide a long, hot burn --
> but
> the fact that no one mentions it leads me to doubt
> the
> use of this as a fuel source. Is there a reason to
> stay away from it?
>
> 2) My wife acquired a container of blue rock-looking
> stuff. Our only hint is the CoCu (cobalt copper)
> written on it. Any idea what it might be and how it
> would act in a pit-fire? Since we have no other use
> for it, we'll probably throw it in to see what
> happens. Just curious to know if anyone knows what
> it
> is an how it might act.
>
> Thanks,
> David Cross
> dlc3007@yahoo.com
>
>
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David Cross on sat 23 mar 02
Greetings,
My wife and I are planning on attempting some
pit-firing soon. I've been reading up on the topic
and have gone through some of the archived notes and
have a couple of questions:
1) People talk about firing with sawdust, hardwood,
etc. I'm wondering about using charcoal in the mix.
It seems that it would provide a long, hot burn -- but
the fact that no one mentions it leads me to doubt the
use of this as a fuel source. Is there a reason to
stay away from it?
2) My wife acquired a container of blue rock-looking
stuff. Our only hint is the CoCu (cobalt copper)
written on it. Any idea what it might be and how it
would act in a pit-fire? Since we have no other use
for it, we'll probably throw it in to see what
happens. Just curious to know if anyone knows what it
is an how it might act.
Thanks,
David Cross
dlc3007@yahoo.com
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