My last glaze firing finally worked! I got to Cone 10 and 1280! Seems a miracle after the last few firings!
Perhaps one of the key things was my new pyrometer that my daughter, Liz, sent to me from the USA (along with some other much appreciated goodies!) – SO much cheaper!
I am spraying glazes and as a result of the redo of the barn, Ronnie has rebuilt my spray booth!
As part of the moving process, alot of reorganization had to happen. It is a good thing!
Here are a couple of photos of what we did:
I have also tried a couple of “tricks” that I posted about in a previous post, where I mentioned the excellent advice given me by Loren Lukens.
If you are spraying glazes, you should definitely give that post a read! He is awesome!
I’ve moved my glazes to liter bottles that can easily be shaken for mixing!
I also found some cool velcro labels that I can attach to each sprayer, identifying the glaze in each! So helpful!
All in all, it is getting easier. The turntable in my spray booth is the one that we built earlier. Read about it in this blog post: Click here!
I’m gaining confidence and I’m seeing some good results!
Here is a slide show of the latest firing results (they are quick and dirty photos-hopefully, someday I’ll do some nicer ones!):
Keep the faith!
Luv,
Marian
Beautiful pieces! Love bottom right so neat and unusual
you should BOTTLE Ronnie !! He is amazing !!
KUDOS to your successful firing results Marian- think a trip up North might HAVE to be on the cards so I can drool over your fabulous new space !!
Keep the faith INDEED! GO GIRL !!! xxxx
That all looks fabulous and I can see why you are so happy with yr last firing
oooooh, ridiculously jealous of the spray booth!! And I can’t wait to see the final results of the reno. Glaze on glaze with copper red is always a winner in my books 🙂 Great post Marian!!!
Thanks! It is too good to be true!
I’m totally jealous of your new workshop, Marian, and though I’ve never even attempted to spray on glazes, that little area looks like it’s going to be a potter’s dream come true! Love the new work…GORGEOUS glazes! So many different colours and designs!
Thanks and you should try spraying glazes! You would love the results-so subtle, nice overlappings, less runs!
I love all of these wonderful tips you post about the things we potters love to do, thank you Marian! And I understand about having things shipped from the US… not only are we both originally from Texas and married to Aussies and living here, we pot too. The main difference is I’d love to be you with all that gorgeous space and “little jobs” of restoration to do on a historical barn. Oh well, someone’s gotta do it;) Love your blog!
Wow! Where are you? A fellow Texan needs to come see me and eat some Tex-Mex and a margarita! or Brisket!
Thanks for the compliments! Glad you like my work space and the blog! And yes, shipping from the US is not an economical venture!
Luv,
M
Hey, Thanks! Texans! Yeah! Come over for some Tex-Mex and a margarita! Thanks for reading my blog and the lovely compliments!
Luv,
M