Finally fired the big jar. It was a bugger to glaze by myself, I need to figure out a system for these.

 When I peeked in the kiln, I was worried, because the whole thing was listing to one side, but luckily it wasn’t stuck to the back wall of the kiln. The flat bottom had sagged a bit on one side onto the shells. Luckily it didn’t cause any ruptures in the sides of the pot.

Where it did sag a bit was around the shoulder, not too much, but made the lip of the pot warp some. Not sure if I like this or not. Some people might like the movement, and a lot of large jars often have this feature/problem. I think I would have preferred it un-warped myself.  The sag happened exactly where it happened on the wheel when I was finishing the rim. I fixed it at the time, but it came back anyway. Something to remember.

The glaze turned out ok, but far from ideal. The ame ran so much that it pulled the white down, stretching it too thin, and I lost much of the fine runs with the blues. The best runs came at the front of the pot, pictured.  (Sorry for the crappy pictures, I’ll photo the load properly and post as they get done.)  Final dims of the pot are 40cm tall X 33cm wide. Weight: 4kg/10lbs even.