First ever pot. Thoughts?

[Mihai]

Nice dude
Realy looking good the square semi cascade pot is my favorite!
I might buy some pots in the future for sure!

I'm more into the snake one. But that's probably because it took a shitton of time to do the texture ).
Whenever you like something, shout out . Hope to make more soon.

 

[Mihai]

And speaking of the snake one... Let me tell you a story about chain fuckups ). Sold the snake one pretty fast. Right after, saw an imperfection in the glaze that bothered me to no end, so I though... Why not refire it? Worked great before... Agreed with the buyer, he was all in for a refire.
Well... Wanted to test how some glazes and engobes behave when adding CMC gum for brushing, so I used a pot I hated and never finished instead of test tiles, mixed my glazes, threw everything in the kiln, set the program and left town.... I know... Bad idea.
Got back four days later to find the kiln still at almost 800°C. As it turns out, after my firing was done and everything was almost cool, got a power failure that screwed the controller, it started a firing schedule again and overfired by around 100°C before topping out.
Result: snake pot stuck to the shelf, chipped in three places. Pretty green crystalline glaze went matt and featureless, client dissapointed by Mihai saying sorry dude, I screwed up.
Glaze test gone to hell as the temp was wayyy to high. Good part is at least no kiln damage.
Next up... Pics:
Snake before:

Snake after:


What was supposed to be a dark brown matte engobe completely vitrified. Shitty engobe result, kinda nice shiny glaze tho' ). Makes you crave some caramel cake:

Light leather brown engobe, turned slightly glossy but pitted to no end:

Metallic red glaze (looks a lot redder in natural light) actually like this one:

What I was hoping would be a nice crystalline crackle glaze up next. Temp was way to high and it turned too liquid so all the metallic particles settled on the bottom:

Last one i actually like. Gold brown with a metal luster:


You can also see sone appaling pink and light blue that turned out so hideous I'm not even going to post them.
Moral of the story: do not leave your kiln unattended for a few days. Bad shit will happen!

 

[Tentakelaertje]

And speaking of the snake one... Let me tell you a story about chain fuckups ). Sold the snake one pretty fast. Right after, saw an imperfection in the glaze that bothered me to no end, so I though... Why not refire it? Worked great before... Agreed with the buyer, he was all in for a refire.
Well... Wanted to test how some glazes and engobes behave when adding CMC gum for brushing, so I used a pot I hated and never finished instead of test tiles, mixed my glazes, threw everything in the kiln, set the program and left town.... I know... Bad idea.
Got back four days later to find the kiln still at almost 800°C. As it turns out, after my firing was done and everything was almost cool, got a power failure that screwed the controller, it started a firing schedule again and overfired by around 100°C before topping out.
Result: snake pot stuck to the shelf, chipped in three places. Pretty green crystalline glaze went matt and featureless, client dissapointed by Mihai saying sorry dude, I screwed up.
Glaze test gone to hell as the temp was wayyy to high. Good part is at least no kiln damage.
Next up... Pics:
Snake before:
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Snake after:
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What was supposed to be a dark brown matte engobe completely vitrified. Shitty engobe result, kinda nice shiny glaze tho' ). Makes you crave some caramel cake:
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Light leather brown engobe, turned slightly glossy but pitted to no end:
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Metallic red glaze (looks a lot redder in natural light) actually like this one:
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What I was hoping would be a nice crystalline crackle glaze up next. Temp was way to high and it turned too liquid so all the metallic particles settled on the bottom:
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Last one i actually like. Gold brown with a metal luster:
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You can also see sone appaling pink and light blue that turned out so hideous I'm not even going to post them.
Moral of the story: do not leave your kiln unattended for a few days. Bad shit will happen!

Wow you are really onto something with that greeny crystalline glaze and the pink one next to it man! Love that pink ♡

 

[Mihai]

@Tentakelaertje I swear you had better be joking with the pink ). Can't read sarcasm at this hour.

 

[Tentakelaertje]

@Tentakelaertje I swear you had better be joking with the pink ). Can't read sarcasm at this hour.

I can't read sarcasm at all mate, was not kidding! It's killer!

 

[Mihai]

That was not what I expected )).
To me it looks like a pair of old lady bloomers.


But you know what, you get a panty pot in the next ).

 

[Traken]

That was not what I expected )).
To me it looks like a pair of old lady bloomers.
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But you know what, you get a panty pot in the next ).

rofl. Think of it on a pot for a pink flowered azalea or something like that. It might not be a color to slap on a pine, but it'd probably look nice on a flowering tree. Skip the pleats and ruffles though.

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Really man, that colour would look sick as hell on a suiban or on a pot with some kind of white/blue flowering stuff in there. Thanks for the granny panty image
Would love a panty pot of yours

 

[Mihai]

Hello Nuts. Hope you're all doing fine!
After a long long long absence, I'm back. You probs didn't miss me all that much, but nevertheless I'm back.
News since last year: I've built a kiln. Got tired of not having my own... Couldn't find one that didn't cost an arm and a leg.... So i made one.
First firing a week ago: a whopping success, as in the house didn't burn down and two nice pots actually came out.

 

[Trenthany]

Second pot done and I rather like this one.
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That second pot is fire!

 

[Trenthany]

I kinda thought that may have been the case...which is fine... doesn't change my opinion at all.
Happy accident, like you said!

There are no mistakes just happy accidents.

 

[Trenthany]

Test tiles freshly baked. #glutenfree )View attachment 233187View attachment 233188View attachment 233189

The blue test tiles did it for me! Love those colors!

 

[Trenthany]

Ok now that I’ve read everything. Lol
Did you sell that second ever pot? I looooove that one! If not wanna ship it to me?

 

[Mihai]

Ok now that I’ve read everything. Lol
Did you sell that second ever pot? I looooove that one! If not wanna ship it to me?

Hello. Sadly I do not. At this time it's housing a potentilla @defra 's house . My only pot avalable now is the brown semi-cascade I posted last night.

 

[Trenthany]

Hello. Sadly I do not. At this time it's housing a potentilla @defra 's house . My only pot avalable now is the brown semi-cascade I posted last night.

All your pots have been great but the first two were so clean!

 

[jaco94]

Magnificent work, you have talent

 

[Trenthany]

@defra i don’t like you because you found the pot first. Lmao!

 

[Mihai]

@defra i don’t like you because you found the pot first. Lmao!

) He actually won it in a giveaway I did two years back .

 

[Traken]

Hey Mihai. Welcome back, and congrats on the kiln.

 

[Trenthany]

) He actually won it in a giveaway I did two years back .

I actually just found you on here. Lol. Do you have a website or still doing very small runs?