Kiln Goddess

I've been finishing up a big batch of new work, preparing for fourth & clay's annual Spring Sale. This is the only time of the year that I sell seconds and old stuff that I'm sick of but I also offer first quality work. I have been working on a series of pots that have ropes and roses . I had high hopes that when I opened the glaze firing that these pieces would be beautiful. I had used glazes that I knew well and thought I had down pat....right...think again! The outsides of the pieces were beautiful. The matt white glaze was smooth and clean, the peach roses and shiny green leaves were without problems. However, the inside glaze, which is usually a no brainer,had crawled in lines and pocks. UGH...I was going to have to offer them all as seconds - even as seconds they were pretty UGLY.
Whitney Smith to the rescue. As usual the girl had a solution. Heat the pieces to 100 degrees apply more glaze and re-fire to the same cone (5). IT WORKED....no more crawling my dismal seconds are now perfect firsts. How often does that happen? A MIRACLE!
If you're in the area please join us this weekend and see what great stuff we have for sale