So, I haven't thrown anything new in several days now, and I'm going into withdraw. I have tons of stuff left to glaze, but I truly hate my glazes right now. They are all commercial cone six glazes, and I've had tons of trouble with pinholes. I have done everything suggested to me by my extremely helpful Mud Team, and none of it has worked--at least not consistently. Glazes that normally give no trouble at all came out terribly in the last firing. I basically have three glazes that work well, and I am sick of them.
The predicament that I have right now is that I am soon going to be changing to cone ten, and I really don't want to invest in a bunch of cone six glazes to finish up what I've already got bisqued. Then again, I can't waste all of this work that I've spent time, energy and money on creating. I guess I'll just have a bunch of stuff that all looks alike.
I'm still trying to get everything together for the kiln build--I'll call again tomorrow to pester them to get me what I want!! hehe. I am really anxious to get started experimenting!
In other news, I finally got a graduated background for taking images, and it works pretty well. I will be building a homemade soft box for getting rid of some of the glare. Here's a couple of pics I took the other night while playing around.
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The pots look good!
ReplyDeleteAhh, glaze frustration - I hear ya. I think that's why I made it simple on myself and only use 3 glazes.
I too need to branch out, but have been feeling rather lazy lately.
its amazing the difference that background makes isn't it. Will make your life so much easier.
ReplyDeleteI hear you too about glaze probs and frustration. Last fall all my old standbys started going absolutely haywire. i don't think we're ever prepared for that.
(btw you should modify your comment preferences. Right now they are set so only people with blogger can leave comments.)
Cheers!