Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: kiln firing, pottery, process, production

After a frantic & productive weekend, and some fast drying in front of the fans,
everything was ready to be loaded & fired in the electric kiln. My plan is to fire to cone 04
so that I can bisque my stoneware, aas well as single-fire my glazed terra cotta pumpkins!
Sure, it may not be my tightest packed kiln ever. But considering I had nothing
even in the works just five days ago, I think I filled it pretty well.

Layer #1 – clear glazed (yes, the green turns clear) mini pumpkins and some ovals.

Layer #2 -more ovals, stamped bowls and a couple terra cotta pieces left over from Camp.

Layer #3 – even more ovals… and two terra cotta trays being re-fired for studio friend Lisa.

Layer #4 – clear glazed Jack O’Lanterns… and one lone oval that didn’t fit down below!

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