Today I have some new pots that have been drying for a
couple of weeks and are just about ready to bisque.
The first is another of the oval I’ve made before but with a
boat like fine clinker finish. It’s 440 x 320 x 90.
The second is a cut down rimless version of an earlier model
with more compact feet. The result is a pretty attractive tub with nice
proportions. Dimensions at this point are 390 x 290 x 75.
And the last one is from a new mould, with a minimalist contemporary
look and integrated foot. It’s 370 x 260 x 83.
Speaking about boats I’m thinking about Japanese boat names
to label my pots. There are a number of traditional inshore fishing vessels
that would be good candidates. Here’s a picture of a taraibune which would be a
good name for a rimless oval!
These pots and one other are in the kiln and ready to go but
just need a little longer to be thoroughly ‘warm’ dry. I’ve also got a number
of test bars in there which have an assortment of additives to eventually test
for deformation at maturity temperature. I made a couple of new ones up this
week with additions of different types of sand.
From quite early on I cut the size of the shelves down. This
was after doing a cone test on each shelf during a firing. With the shelves
extending closer to the walls there was a quite large temperature differential
from top to bottom which does not exist with them the size they now are. The
pots can happily overhang the shelves as needed.
After this firing I’ll have a bit of a backlog of pots to
glaze fire. I’ve got a few more little tweaks I want to test first and have
bought a new small test kiln for glaze development. It’s due in a couple of
weeks. With a smaller kiln I will be able to run more cycles of development
without having to be limited in frequency by feeling the need to fill up the larger
kiln.
I really like the look of the last pot with integrated feet. Nice work!
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