brewmeister83
Chumono
Expected! And appreciated!
Unfortunately, I do not have much control over the time the pots are in the kiln since I do not have my own kiln. I did learn how to load the kiln yesterday so I am working towards that. The seems...I am working towards cleaning them up. Refining the pot is an art as well I am finding out. These pots will more than likely never leave AZ so do not have to be overly concerned about freezing. Thanks for the observations. Much appreciated and hopefully you will see some improvement in the future.
I figured that might be the case, been a while since my ceramics courses in college so I can't quite remember what the solution is to eliminate pinholes at a shorter time/lower temp, I usually work in the earthenware/low stoneware range myself so a lot of that high fire glaze chemistry stuff has been forgotten over the years. Still, nice work regardless. Can't wait to see how you grow and progress.
An olive I have been working on in a pot I made. Bonsai and pot at the same amateur level! Will improve in the future.
From one pot head to another : Isn't it sooo satisfying to use something you made with your own two hands? Makes all the work worth it IMHO.
Native low-fire stoneware clay amended with local (my backyard) iron-rich subsoil and reed ash (also from backyard/wetlands). Soda fumed in saggar of my "kuro-gama" style raku kiln to cone 04/cone1.