07.12.2021
One of the coolest part of soda-firing is the randomness that happens during the firing. So anyone who is soda-firing needs to be aware of this before they expect “matched perfection”… ‘cuz that’s not gonna happen!
Here’s a great example…
As each of these mugs have the exact same glaze on the interior. All from the same bucket of glaze!!!
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But notice the color variation that happened during the firing… based on shelf location, firing, atmosphere, reduction, oxidation & tons of possibilities!!! A wide range of unexpected colors…. all from one bucket of glaze!!!
![](http://firewhenreadypottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-glaze-comparison-3-1024x1024.jpg)
![](http://firewhenreadypottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-glaze-comparison-2-1024x1024.jpg)