A workshop clear out involving a hammer is a good way to start the year. I had some disastrous firings just before Christmas and it was depressing to see the evidence sat there in front of me. Nothing like the satisfying tinkle of porcelain shards to clear the head!
Why my glazes came out so terribly I'm still not sure.
Any ceramic people reading this please help... I was expecting the following glaze to be white/transparent. Why did it come out brown?
Potash Feldspar 34
Talc 22
Whiting 12
China Clay 15
Quartz 16
Not a ceramic person at all so I can't help you. My step mom is a ceramicist though and I know she holds her breath each time she opens the kiln, you just never know... She spends a lot of time making little test strips of all her glazes. Must be kind of nice to smash everything.
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