Monday, July 13, 2009

those pillow pots

I posted these up on facebook the other day.
So apologies if you have already seen them!

I was pleased with how they came out of the kiln.

I had one favorite, the red flowers with yellow background, which ran and stuck to the kiln shelf.
I like it well enough that I just might keep it for awhile.


I have it sitting with some pots and it will hang okay.

I used cone 6 glazes on these and fired to just below a true 6.

This is a highwater clay body, red stone. It does not like to fire all the way to 6 so I keep it around 2185degrees- this hit about 2195 degrees at the top and 2181 at the bottom.
I have some cone 6 glazes which prefer to get a little hotter or soak a bit more.

I might separate those glazes from the tiles and pillow pots. I ended up with several flat bowls and trays which I would like to refire.
This was also the first firing in the new fancy computer kiln.
We both thought it did pretty well for the first glaze fire.
And I know the pictures are not great- so more apologies!
I hope you don't go blind from looking!




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7 comments:

  1. Linda StarrJuly 13, 2009 at 8:46 PM

    Oh Meredith, these are wonderful, I see why you like the red and yellow one, were you able to clean off the shelf fairly easily? I like them all but especially the blue and yellow one.

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  2. Gary's third pottery blogJuly 14, 2009 at 5:06 AM

    mmmm, nice!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 14, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    beautiful pillows, particularly the second one down with red flower... lovely color combination

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  4. Annapants!July 14, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    Fun stuff! Shoot, I wish the glaze hadn't run on you.

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  5. ShortstuffJuly 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM

    I like the ones with the brighter colors. Very cool.

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  6. cookingwithgasJuly 15, 2009 at 8:36 AM

    I will plan to make these again. Sometimes pots need to be fun.
    The shelf was easy to clean- I was more unhappy about breaking the feet!

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  7. cynthiaJuly 15, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    Gorgeous - I missed these on FB!

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