tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post8530047928940322463..comments2023-11-30T09:42:16.566-05:00Comments on Whynot Pottery Blog: Loading the kiln for a February Firingcookingwithgashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-40710783395342998912014-02-12T17:11:58.773-05:002014-02-12T17:11:58.773-05:00It's always so hard for me to remember to take...It's always so hard for me to remember to take pictures while loading, we focus on the pots not the photography.<br />Funny story about the cat, glad it turned out well.Lori Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233955188892423314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-19253032344811102022014-02-11T09:08:34.408-05:002014-02-11T09:08:34.408-05:00thank goodness the cat got out; I am amazed that t...thank goodness the cat got out; I am amazed that the tools survived several firings, are you getting snow?Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-69843822531548657242014-02-11T04:58:15.035-05:002014-02-11T04:58:15.035-05:00when I was in college our prof. told us this story...when I was in college our prof. told us this story: a potter had a firing and couldn't find his cat...the pots were the most beautiful ever and the potter realized the cat had sadly been inside and died and turned to ash, which made lovely glaze...the emperor was passing and loved the work so much he said "make me a pot with glaze like that except HUGE! bigger than me" and so the potter made a pot bigger than the emperor, crawled into the kiln and had his apprentices brick it up and fire it.... :) I was just blogging how boring potters must seem to non-potters when discussing glaze, but that one gets some attn!Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-63464610830778360572014-02-10T19:52:00.225-05:002014-02-10T19:52:00.225-05:00Happy Monday! Sounds like you were having a nice ...Happy Monday! Sounds like you were having a nice one.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156180100389224114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-85036402719385206092014-02-10T16:45:34.853-05:002014-02-10T16:45:34.853-05:00Yes, crazy cat story... I needed to repair what I ...Yes, crazy cat story... I needed to repair what I had written, where is my editor!???cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-61909427193017816202014-02-10T16:05:18.237-05:002014-02-10T16:05:18.237-05:00I LOVE kiln photos but yikes....that poor cat! Hap...I LOVE kiln photos but yikes....that poor cat! Happily, I have today off too. Yippee!!! Can't wait to see the finished pots later this week. Claudia from Idiot's Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541460586713196175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-66478541637512901652014-02-10T15:44:53.246-05:002014-02-10T15:44:53.246-05:00Yikes, I agree with Tracey, that kitty story is fr...Yikes, I agree with Tracey, that kitty story is freaky! Can't wait to see all the beauty to come out of another firing. :)Anna M. Brannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891156072805878934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-16103948141227457822014-02-10T15:16:56.040-05:002014-02-10T15:16:56.040-05:00Sort of a day off for me too, at least until 5pm! ...Sort of a day off for me too, at least until 5pm! That cat story is one for a book about potters, lucky it made some noise! Can you imagine.... " hey where is our cat". Haha!Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.com