Today, I picked up Patrice in Fallbrook and we drove to the unfortunately named city of Placentia to do a soda kiln firing workshop with Kevin Kowalski. Omg! It was so great. There was only one other guy in the class and we did it at Kevin’s home studio. We took bisqueware and then used glazes or flashing slip on the pieces. (We glazed, he sprayed on the flashing slip). Then we glued 3 pieces of wadding on the bottom of each piece and then he loaded the kiln. He will fire it tomorrow for 12 hours and then Monday we will go back and unload, grind, photograph and admire our work. I’m so excited to see the results. What a cool process.
Bisqued greenware, ready to go!
Flashing slip examples
Glazes
Our masterpieces, ready for kiln loading
Loaded and ready to fire
Pick up day was just as exciting as glazing day! Patrice and I drove back up today to help unload the kiln after Kevin fired them all day yesterday. Amazing results all round! We then ground down the glaze from the bottom of some pieces and then took picture of them before leaving. It was a great weekend!
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