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peeling - in the name of the kiln,

updated tue 10 jun 03

 

Derrick Pottery - owner - Wesley Derrick on mon 9 jun 03

it's elements & the fire they........

Moondust .........phoey.

ARGGG! I'm laying this sucker to rest.
I feel quite sure that there will be few friends attending.

I'm all for adventure and exploration but jeez.
This one is for the birds my friends. About the only thing I liked about
this glaze was SOME of the aligator skin type texture (obtainable by much
more forgiving and promising glazes than this one...
as far as the the colors: I might have over reduced it a bit...but not at
all what I had seen posted as a sample photo. very brittle flakes and
mostly copper penny finish.
Dry matt with shiny behind the glaze (where it could be seen) on the body
of the pot. Totally dry matt on the inside of the pot with a little color
(blue) trying to struggle into existence.

Was not impressed and far too much trouble to deal with.

Thank you all for your help and suggestions.
Let's bow our heads.

Wesley