Grace Sheese on tue 3 sep 02
I've made the switch fairly recently.
Downsides: loss of beauty obtained in redux firing. difficulty in =
finding glazes that works/looks like a redux firing. start totally =
fresh with a new palette of glazes. learning how the glazes work. =
needing new chemicals that I didn't have before (mainly frits)
I use to use Laguna's cone 10 B-Mix but luckily Laguna makes cone 5 =
B-Mix so clay transition was easy, otherwise, changing clays.
Upsides: easier to fire. faster turn around time since the kiln is =
smaller (less pots to fill). faster turn around time also means testing =
and finding a good palette can be faster. cheaper-I use to pay my friend =
to fire in her gas kiln but now I fire in my Skutt in my studio/garage. =
Electricity not as expensive as one would expect. Lots of new =
info/discussion pertaining to cone 6 glazes.=20
Getting Ron and Jon's book was a tremendous help with glazing issues.
Hope this helps and good luck!
Grace
Jeremy McLeod on tue 3 sep 02
Grace Sheese wrote:
> Upsides: easier to fire. faster turn around time since the kiln is smaller (less pots to fill). faster turn around time also means testing and finding a good palette can be faster. cheaper-I use to pay my friend to fire in her gas kiln but now I fire in my Skutt in my studio/garage. Electricity not as expensive as one would expect. Lots of new info/discussion pertaining to cone 6 glazes.
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Besides, with the electric/gas conversion option, reduction fireings are not out of the question.
Best of both worlds?
Jeremy McLeod
Who's hoping to have an electric/gas option in my next iteration of "studio" after moving later this year.
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