sorce
Nonsense Rascal
That's the Riddle!
If it doesn't have too large of particles, you can shave it down with a rib of death, or better, window screening, outside in a breeze.
Sorce
Diving into pottery
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That's the Riddle!
If it doesn't have too large of particles, you can shave it down with a rib of death, or better, window screening, outside in a breeze.
Sorce
TinyArt
Chumono
It may come out even more handsome with those edges blunted
mwar15
Omono
In case people didn’t follow the other thread here is the auction pot after it was glazed @LittleDingus The second pot it’s just the new dark clay I use unglazed.
LittleDingus
Omono
Gaea's listener
Yamadori
Nice marble effect, good work
mwar15
Omono
The kiln gods takith and givith. If someone wants the big one with the custom drainage make me an offer
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
That sucks when they don't make it in Round 2.
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
It really does. After all the work done, to have it fail in the end. It happens to all of us sooner or later.
This is a very unusual fracture pattern. Was your floor slab wetter than your wall slab when you joined?
Harewood Hobbyist
Yamadori
Even better than the final products is the visible improvement. Great work
mwar15
Omono
No, all the same. It fractured in bisque firing. I glazed mainly to use it as a test tile
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
You shoulda fired it upside down to catch drips and test more glazes!
Looks like a "foot snag upon shrink" crack to me, odd that it revealed itself after bisque, though it could have been a hot bisque, or started while drying. Or worse, poor handling by other folks loading? .....Not that that happens.
Sorce
mwar15
Omono
Here are some new very very custom drainage systems I’ve created.
I think I have been so paranoid about the bottoms sagging the supports under are too tall. As the pot shrinks the supports push up on the bottom causing the cracks. If anyone wants the small one let me know.
I think I have been so paranoid about the bottoms sagging the supports under are too tall. As the pot shrinks the supports push up on the bottom causing the cracks. If anyone wants the small one let me know.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Those are some really nice pots. Too bad they keep cracking.
mwar15
Omono
Thanks the large one is unglazed and the small one is a matte white. I was wanting a kind of grey but owell
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I like "drainage systems"!
Have you seen sag yet, or have you always been attempting to prevent it?
It doesn't seem like your pots sag much.
I stopped putting stuff under, it seems to always make problems.
I got more....but I just realized it's a LOT more.
Sorce
Have you seen sag yet, or have you always been attempting to prevent it?
It doesn't seem like your pots sag much.
I stopped putting stuff under, it seems to always make problems.
I got more....but I just realized it's a LOT more.
Sorce
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
I have not used any supports in firing ever. Most clay bodies are not going to sag except in the drying stage. You may want to look hard at the clay body.
mwar15
Omono
I really haven’t seen much sag it’s all preventative. I think I’ll take my chances on the next few pots. I don’t think it’s the clay body yet... I have used this clay before and others use it without problem. I think it’s something I am doing.
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
If the clay is appropriate it shouldn't sag unless you fire it beyond its recommended range. What clay are you using. I would guess it is one from Laguna.
Additionally, a little sag is a lot less of a problem than a broken pot.
Your pot is very nice and I know it was a lot of work my friend in pottery .... and bonsai.
mwar15
Omono
I use clay from Georgies. It’s an Oregon company.
