Firing log #46 - stoneware glaze

• Pottery
• 11 Oct 2023

• Wednesday 11 October 2023
• Experiment to see if single firing works for bone dry plant pots
• Stoneware (6 pieces)
• Sibelco Scandi Throwing Clay
• Sibelco Smooth Textured Black Clay
• Sibelco Spotted Throwing Clay
• Vitraglaze Almond Milk
• Vitraglaze Island Turquoise
• Kiln = Little Chief
• Programme (7) = Normal speed (mid) but with 20 min soak instead of 40 mins
• Total electric kiln firing cost = about £??.??

Time	Temperature (°C)	Event	Duration	Cost (£)
06:32	19	Start kiln		??.??
??:??	700	End of segment 1	??.??	??.??
??:??	1160	End of segment 2	??.??	??.??
??:??	1220	Start of 20 min soak	??:??
??:??	1220	End of segment 3	??:??	??.??

• Black plant pot with Almond Milk (left) => will do this again 👍
• Black plant pot with Turquoise (middle) => colour didn’t show up well 😒
• Black plant pot with Turquoise then Almond Milk on top (right) => some cracks around rim caused by glaze crawling perhaps 👎
• Both cups are nice, especially the spotty one (left) 👍
• Grey plant pot with Turquoise => too heavy 😒