One of the job perks of being a tech at a community college is experimenting with equipment I don't usually use. Scroll through to see. This is a Japanese wood firing. The kiln is heated using wood only over a three day period. Silica is released from the wood into the kiln atmosphere at 2400 creatING a glaze that adheres to everything in the chamber. After trying for more than year to make an antler cast in porcelain, one single piece finally survived the firing... #ceramics #woodfire #pottery #kiln #clayart #handmade #antler #porcelain #fromtheashes #finally
New glaze, new antlers... #ceramics #pottery #handmade #antlers #raku #glaze #madeinoregon #nature