11.01.2014
Today I finished up my latest batch of Christmas ornaments. A little more detailing, hand-built caps and some color slip accents. Drying now, but will soon go into my next soda kiln firing. Just in time for my Holiday Home Show the weekend before Thanksgiving. Mark your calendar… November 22nd & 23rd, 2014.
I love your ornaments, but how are they fired? Have you made a box to hang them in? I’m sorry, I’m a newbie to pottery and every new technique is SO exciting to me!
SHERRI – They are fired upside-down om a little tripod I make out of clay. Just three little points that the “cap” pf the ornament balances on. I dip the points in kiln wash before setting the ornaments on the tips. Since these ornaments are soda fired, the “shiny-glaze” is created by the soda atmosphere. The tripod tips leave very tiny little flashing spots, but the rest of the ornament gets full-surround firing effects. Click HERE for a quick link to a post that shows the ornaments as they go into the kiln on their tripods! I hope this made some sense…