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Old September 9th 04, 11:04 PM
Bubbles
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"Sue Doo Nym" wrote in message
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My blunder was when the tutor left me to choose a glaze and get on with it

for the
first time.
Unknowingly and just going by the pretty colour, I chose a glaze that

should only
be sponged on, or put on pieces that are horizontal. After carefully and
meticulously dipping, and then cleaning the bottom prior to going on the

firing
shelf, another tutor spotted me just in time. When finding out the glaze

and
telling me about it, the only way to salvage the piece was to wear a mask

and
gently scrape it down as best as possible. He told me I had put it on so

thick it
would have stuck to the shelf and caused all sorts of problems.
After the piece was fired it looked awful, exactly what I had done to it,

all
scratchy, although my brother in law reckoned it was the "rustic" look!


That's a bit better than what happened to one of my fellow students. She was
stressing around trying to get a vase finished, and there was some kind of
miscommunication between her and the teacher as to the number of the glaze.
Both the right and the wrong glazes were white before firing, so our teacher
didn't notice that the "wrong" glaze had been used and thus didn't sponge
off high enough up on the vase.

Final result, one ruined vase, one ruined oven shelf. The vase was glazed
onto the shelf all the way around.

Marianne


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Old September 11th 04, 04:32 AM
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I blew up a very nice pot by firing it with the lid on...

Linda D in TX
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Old September 11th 04, 06:06 PM
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Lcdumas wrote:
I blew up a very nice pot by firing it with the lid on...

Linda D in TX


Really? We always fire with the lid on in the school where I do my
pottery. Of course we wax all the rims very thoroughly, and have had
some sticking, but not blowups. Firing with the lid on assures a
better fitting lid, and better match of glaze.

Deb R.
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Old September 11th 04, 06:59 PM
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Deborah M Riel wrote:
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Lcdumas wrote:

I blew up a very nice pot by firing it with the lid on...

Linda D in TX



Really? We always fire with the lid on in the school where I do my
pottery. Of course we wax all the rims very thoroughly, and have had
some sticking, but not blowups. Firing with the lid on assures a
better fitting lid, and better match of glaze.


I always fire pots, that have a lid, with the lid on, making sure there
is absolutely no glaze between the lid and the pot! Occasionally they
stick a bit, but that can usually be solved with a piece of wood and a
hammer, tapping gently. Otherwise, especially with large lids, you don't
get a good fit, because everythings warps a little.

Monika


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Old September 11th 04, 11:49 PM
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I have never known anyone to fire a pot without the lid on (to keep the pot
and lid from warping out of fit). Perhaps the piece was fired to fast and
or their was still moisture in the pot....


"Lcdumas" wrote in message
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I blew up a very nice pot by firing it with the lid on...

Linda D in TX



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Old September 13th 04, 06:25 PM
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lids on, lids off, I don't know. I once fired a teapot, very happy
with it I was. Glazed on the inside, glazed halfway down on the
outside, wood fired, came out of the kiln looking lovely. one small
problem......... all the holes I'd spent time drilling in the body
before fixing the spout, all glazed up! I inserted a screwdriver down
the spout and tapped gently a few times. It split neatly down the
middle!

all the best,
Alistair.



"W_D_Great_Divider" wrote in message .net...
I have never known anyone to fire a pot without the lid on (to keep the pot
and lid from warping out of fit). Perhaps the piece was fired to fast and
or their was still moisture in the pot....


"Lcdumas" wrote in message
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I blew up a very nice pot by firing it with the lid on...

Linda D in TX

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Old September 13th 04, 06:59 PM
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"alistair" wrote in message
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lids on, lids off, I don't know. I once fired a teapot, very happy
with it I was. Glazed on the inside, glazed halfway down on the
outside, wood fired, came out of the kiln looking lovely. one small
problem......... all the holes I'd spent time drilling in the body
before fixing the spout, all glazed up! I inserted a screwdriver down
the spout and tapped gently a few times. It split neatly down the
middle!


Oh wow, Alistair! That's about the worst thing I can imagine. So close to
the finish and then BANG!

Did you fire with the lid on or not? :-)

Marianne


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Old September 13th 04, 08:08 PM
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The teapot story reminded me of a blunder of mine. I made a teapot for a
friend's wedding----and what a lovely teapot it was---the handle was great, the
spout fantastic-----the problem??? I forgot to make holes for the tea to come
out.
Silly me.
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Old September 13th 04, 09:35 PM
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"Marmaj40" wrote in message
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The teapot story reminded me of a blunder of mine. I made a teapot for a
friend's wedding----and what a lovely teapot it was---the handle was

great, the
spout fantastic-----the problem??? I forgot to make holes for the tea to

come
out.


You couldn't use a Dremmel to drill some from the inside?

Marianne


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Old September 14th 04, 02:13 AM
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But such a pretty flower pot?....

"Marmaj40" wrote in message
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The teapot story reminded me of a blunder of mine. I made a teapot for a
friend's wedding----and what a lovely teapot it was---the handle was
great, the
spout fantastic-----the problem??? I forgot to make holes for the tea to
come
out.
Silly me.



 




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