Lack of success

Well my first cone 6 firing in my new location was a failure. The kiln cooled too quickly trapping bubbles in the glaze on all the pots. The matte transparent also came out a shiny and clear which leads me to believe that the long time the kiln took to reach temperature made the glaze over mature. It became fluid and started to run down the pot as if it were not a matte glaze at all. Quite disappointed in this one, however I did get some great color response in both the purple and the blue. As Churchill said "You can always count on American's to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else." Looks like I need to wrap my kiln is fiber or something.