Lily Krakowski on mon 7 jul 03
Single firing--glazing and firing a pot that has not been bisqued--is
something that requires a bit of learning.
The disadvantage is that if a pot plans to crack or warp or somesuch it is
"better" it does it in the bisque as less money is lost. As in bisque firing
pots can touch, be stacked on top or inside each other, bisquing is a form
of cheap "insurance" . Also I find it takes more time and skill to glaze a
raw pot.
I apply my glazes to pots just after I trim them. Very much the way I slip
decorate. I apply with brush, sometimes trailer, exactly the way I handle
slip. Easier for me as I have problems these days holding a pot for dipping
or pouring.
The glazes are adjusted to raw firing. As a rule 3% extra Bentonite--just
about that--will make a low clay glaze work fine. Other suggestions are in
the archives I expect, as I wrote them out some time ago, for someone else
who asked.
The main thing is practice.
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
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