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raku is peeking, essentially

updated thu 23 sep 10

 

Elizabeth Priddy on wed 22 sep 10


If you can open a kiln and remove the pot at 1800 degrees, you can peek.

It is dangerous, you can burn yourself, your work might subsequently crack,=
the glaze may not care for it, your cones should have been in front of the=
spyholes because that is what they are for, for god's sake just go have so=
me breakfast and come back later there is nothing you can do about it now a=
nyway what do you hope to accomplish by doing this.....

But you are in the deep end if you are firing your own kiln, so you can pee=
k.

As I would admonish my 6 year old when he asks to do things that are comple=
tely impulse control problems but otherwise harmless, just be sure and use =
the good sense god gave you when you do it.

- ePriddy

Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA

http://www.elizabethpriddy.com