Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Misfire

After some consideration I'm fairly certain that my trouble with this firing was a cone malfunction combined with a quick cooling. I did a leak test on some cone 10 pots I put in the firing and they are vitrified. Some parts were unglazed and did not leak. The cone 6 glazes I used were supposed to be matte and completely melted and ran down the pots. The kiln took a very long time to reach top temperature, like 4 - 6 hours longer than I expected. I'm fairly certain that the kiln actually hit cone 8 - 10 range. I'm going to purchase a packet of cone 5 and a new box of cone 6 and try these glazes again.

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