We unloaded & unpacked twelve saggars.
Most of the plates created to hold the saggars cracked during the firing. But there is a silver lining to that - lots of shards to use in our next firing. The pots were set on tables & carts for workshop attendees to claim.
I wish I could see all of these pots, once they've been cleaned and polished.
Clayworks artists had some nice results. Here are some of Cindy's cats....
...and just a few of Kim's pieces.
My flock has yet to be cleaned but offers a nice number of promising birds. Some will find their way into upcoming sales. A couple I'll hold on to as mementos of Jim Whalen's wonderful workshop.
Thank you Jim for everything you shared with us! I learned a lot & am looking forward to putting those lessons to work in a future barrel firing.
4 comments:
wow... what colors! how exciting... glad you're keeping some of these. :)
Wow, what great pieces and spectacular colors. I am kind of confused. Were all these pieces fired in a saggar? How did you get such beautiful colors this time? Especially the bright orange red and the blue? What chemicals/treatments were used?
Amy, not pictured are Elaine's bottles which are really lovely. Be sure to take a peek at them when you can. :)
Hi Linda, yep. All of the pieces pictured were fired in a saggar. We had 12 saggars, each holding several pieces. That orange/red hue is from the terra sig we made in the first workshop. The blue was probably the cobalt carb. The pieces were fired in the gas kiln (that was a first for me) which we took to a little over 1600. Had to leave it overnight to cool.
Oh thanks, the gas firing with the saggars answers my questions. I used aluminum and copper saggars in my last barrel firing with cobalt, but no such colors. I am rethinking how I load and fire my barrel and want to bring it up to higher and more sustained temperatures. I think I need to feed in more wood to keep the temperature constant for a period of time. This opens up a whole new world for me in terms of how to fire with wood. The pottery saggar with the open top seems to create a mini reduction atmosphere. It sure is fun thinking all that goes on, thx so much
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