09

Oct

First October Kiln Firing

It was a bright sunny morning, perfect for the first kiln firing of the season!

We still haven’t quite unpacked from Burning man…

Before firing I had to do a bit of maintenance to the kiln, as well as some spot touchups on the kiln shelves.

: This wasn’t crucial but I wanted to test out the kiln repair cement and make sure I knew how to use it.

: More preventative maintenance.

: Kiln shelf touch ups!

I did two firings, both to a soft tack.

Both firings came out beautifully. A couple of pieces needed more firing but all in all I’m please with the result. Here’s the finished product that’s come out of this firing so far…

I’m in the process of putting them up in the Etsy shop as we speak. I’ll post a new pendant each day. 🙂 Two of them are already up.

Until next time! :3

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01

Feb

New Arrivals/Kiln Firing Results

I finally got a spare minute to post how the firing went!
These are what they looked like before…

And here are the results!

They’re for sale in the Etsy shop.

These were fired to a soft tack. I’m thrilled the frit held its shape so well!

I’m going to do another batch of these, with the following tweaks:

Slightly larger frit for texture
Thinner clear cap. The clear I had was super thick, and didn’t fuse into the cap I wanted without requiring a longer/hotter firing, which would kill all the texture I was trying to create with the frit.
Slumped bail made from clear glass as opposed to using metal bails, so as not to spoil the composition. 🙂

Up next on the agenda: What to do with all the overfired/fail pieces, and more scrap projects.

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