Here are images from Saturday’s unloading of the kiln. Some good, some bad, but mostly good.
Most problems came from mistakes made with clay or glazes, the firing of the kiln was exactly how I planned… first time ever.
Got a nice gradient from about cone 12-13 in front, to cone 6-7 in the back of the first chamber, and an overall cone 6-7 in the rear chamber.
Biggest problem was crawling of iron brushwork on raw ware. I will touch up bare spots and refire these.
Lost both big slabs, which both cracked BADLY.
Madara and E-Madara items came out really nice overall, with lots of subtle blues.
20kg porcelain stone rock, melted like taffy.
Front of front setting, first chamber
bottom right side of front setting.
Upper left side of front
Bottom left side of front
Mid level of front, front to rear
Mid level of front, front to rear
Lower level of front
broken slab plate and bottom level of front setting
bottom of front setting
Front view of middle setting
2nd from top level, mid setting
2nd from top level, mid setting
3rd from top level, mid setting
3rd from top level, mid setting
bottom, mid setting
bottom, mid setting
rear setting, front chamber
rear setting, front chamber
bottom, rear setting
rear chamber view
rear chamber view
pots all laid out 1
pots all laid out 2
pots all laid out 3
Jakatsu (snakeskin) plates
Jakatsu detail
E-karatsu mature and underfired
pine and shrimp
bald spots on shrimp plate. will touch up and refire
slip trailed pine under ash glaze
raw glazed pots with bad crawling and cracking
