pooped. + home time
happy with the results but sometimes when opening the kiln the feeling of dissappontment from seeing failed pots kind of overwhelm the successful ones ; setting them aside now and the cycle begins anew for the last gas firing in two weeks.
some takeaways from this firing, not to use shino glazes next time, celadons look nice : maybe an additional day to fire / reduction cool/ spray more soda
2. grinding bricks & mateos slices his thumb on angle grinder- simultaneously i have a crazy nosebleed; take a break..
3. some of my faves from this firing, made some fish like bottles that kind of started accidentally from a vase that had no bottom and i sliced in half, almost throwing it away but decided to just smush them together;
6. mop and reset the kiln pad for the next crew loading in a few days
7. putting kiln wash on the bricks so they dont stick together
8. everything (and then tossed things)
tldr: just look at the pictures
firing day
6 am (@mateoskraft turns the burners up) - ongoing
2. preparing and soaking wood for later
3. preparing dry materials for burritos (packets), discussing when / where to put rails and wood / spray
4. wrapping burritos
5. waiting for top and bottom to even out, cone 6 bottom cone 2 bending on top
6. cone 8 falling and we start railing burritos in; followed by wood / right side port only
7. cone 9 fallen and kiln evened out, start spraying mostly on left side of the kiln to see the effects between burritos and spraying, also built spray ports into the door to directly spray onto sculpture and tumble stack
now wood reduction cool.. until... later... current time 10:29pm
2/2
3-9 pm..
load the front stack jenga tumble stack a whole shelf of pieces together (exciting!) and then brick up our beautiful kiln which due to an incident (explosion) has and will continue to bow out each firing.. smashing bricks into place and contemplating reality as deliriousness sets in.. two hours of discussing spray ports and second guessing brick orientation and smashing bricks with mallet ..
energy - delirious/10
i am pooped .
1/2
9:40 am - 3 ish pm
loading the back stack of salty (our salt / soda kiln), starting with putting gluing wadding (which i thought it was called doofer until today i realized its not called doofer..) to the bottom of the pieces so they dont stick to the kiln shelves and then placing them onto the shelves, kind of like a puzzle where we try to imagine the flame and soda path and how one piece can influence the one beside / around it
so cold today .. hands so dry .. energy good (at this point)
tldr put da doof on da pot put da pot in da kiln ft fisheye
loading the (first&) last cone 10 soda firing of the semester with @mateoskraft tomorrow,, some wips from the past month or so
long month but fast year
i am pooped
learning lots lately! attachments are fun and i dont hate making mugs anymore
peace and love and see everyone soon. spring is coming!!!!!!!! rahhh
🧧Happy Lunar New Year!! 新年快樂！!
We're back this upcoming Sunday February 22nd for Hamilton's second Lunar New Year Market!!! We're really excited to show you what we've been cooking up since last fall!! Come have a chat, say hi, and pick up some locally handcrafted ceramics!!
see you there between 1-6pm!!
51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, L8L 1B5
@redpacketpopups@hamiltonchineseassociation@cityofhamilton
祝大家 ：龍馬精神、身體健康、萬事如意！！
One of three mugs made this semester inspired by @akirasatake using coarse nepheline syenite in my throwing slip to add texture to its exterior. Quickly becoming one of my favourite mugs in my rotation.
Cone 10 stoneware
Salt fired, glazed in white salt with stripes of oestrich’s green
