Hi!
1) I love the before/after kiln photos you post. I've never loaded a kiln myself, it's always been the kiln owners to do it, so I find it interesting to see how you arrange the ceramics.
2) And it's nice to see a lot of your ceramics all together.
3) Also I find it very funny how underglazed clay is pretty much the same before and after firing, while raw glaze is opaque and hides how it'll be after. Like gift wrapping <3
4) Do you know how big the kiln you use is? Over here we measure its internal volume in liters but maybe you use another unit.
5) I always love seeing one of your posts on my dash <3
1) I’m glad other people enjoy the before and afters too, I always find it fascinating. I was taught to load a kiln about five years ago and since then I’ve loaded/unloaded the kilns 60+ times—most of them mine, but some of then were student pottery from the studio’s classes. I find it much harder to load for a bisque fire, stacking pottery makes me super nervous lol. I prefer glaze fires.
2) I enjoy that too! since I don’t really sell at markets anymore, this is one of the few times I see a bunch of my pieces together. I always mean to take pictures of all of it grouped together, but I’m usually too frazzled during picture time lol
3) it really is weird. glaze will always mystify me a little. but, in my experience, older underglazes (30-40+ years, some of the ones I use are older than me) are often very different colours before and after firing, so it seems like the recipes have changed over time to make underglazes more similar from before to after
4) I’m pretty sure this kiln is 16.5 cubic feet. so like 467 liters. Canada can’t decide if it’s on imperial or metric, so we use both 😐
5) 🥰 thank you! I always love seeing your work too, you have such a beautiful and recognizable style
