Ginger, terrified, plays with fire again….

It’s been twenty-four hours since I salted my kiln and shut it down last night, and the temperature is still about 900 degrees on top.  It was a good firing, with a steady climb to 2250 F, the temperature I

Porcelain, the risks and rewards considered…

I’ve been looking at those porcelain pots for a couple of days now.  The best of them were priced and packed off to my show yesterday.  During the process of sanding the traces of wadding from each foot, and checking

After the fun of firing….

I can’t imagine how I could load my kiln with conventional kiln shelves.  I use only recrystallized silicon carbide shelves, bar-stock, and posts in my firings.  After each firing, I carefully sand each piece by hand, removing bubbled glaze –

Making White… salt-fired porcelain

I really enjoy carving on this white porcelain clay.  This is a teapot form that I have thrown for many years, with a nice deep lid and and a handbuilt spout.  It holds about four cups of tea.