Preparing for the Monach Craft Fair

It has been almost a year since my last posts but there have been several firings since. Most recently I have been making more soap dishes and other items for my first sale at the Monarch Craft Fair on November 27th at the Louden Nelson Center.

See pictures here of what has come out of the kiln so far...

Glaze Number 2

My second glaze firing finished up just before Christmas. The pictures are here.

I am getting a bit more intimate with the little kiln. I have done another firing after this one and as many bisque firings over the winter furlough from work. More pictures of those firings soon.

This firing tried out a sienna/red glaze and some napkin rings. More hands and feet dishes and some pendants. Same clays and glazes as before. This was also a another cone 6 firing, although the cones placed in the kiln didn't but barely start to drop, a solid cone 5, but weak cone 6. I let the kiln stay off after the kiln sitter cone/bar (a cone 6) fell.

First Glaze Firing at Home

My first home glaze firing took place on or about 12/21. I have a small Cress 14" by 14" kiln (B1414) that I picked up used. It's stand was altered to add wheels and whom ever did it seems to have done a good job. They did a very solid welding and bracing job.

I have run several bisque firings to cone 06, but this is the first pushing cone 6. The hands and feet pieces in this firing were done for soap dishes as Christmas gifts. They were gifted with handmade soaps. The clays among the pieces at Hawaiian Red, Bravo Buff, Danish White.

Pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewstout/sets/72157623055681646/";