Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Bone dry, garden clay bowl.



The clay looks good.
No signs of cracking in the thrown body or where the thrown foot meets it.
So, fingers crossed as I head to the next stage: bisque fire.

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2 comments:

Fiona Wallace said...

Oooh, I'm envious!

My added grog reduced/eliminated the cracking, but the clay shrank around it, giving the pots a surface reminiscent of cottage cheese. Red cottage cheese, to be exact.

Now trying to figure out how to crush the grog to a finer mesh size...

Andrew said...

Dear Fiona,
What a frustration for you.
If you crush the grog, it won't be grog.
I think my clay is OK just out of the ground, but I think it's melt point was a bit close for my liking (I'm firing it to ^10)'
After reading your first comment (thank you so much) I did some research. It does suggest grog as a re idly, but also kaolin. I chose to use kaolin because that is what the main ingredient of porcelain is, it also raises the melt point.
I look forward to hearing more from you (I read your blog, you write beautifully. I read with delist.).
Sincerely,
Andrew.