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Nature Boy Avram, my 3000th Post!!
Posted: March 2, 2012 in Art@homeTags: 3000, awww, baby, boy, cute, flower, green, nature, park, pic, picture
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First Firing Of The Kiln…..
Posted: October 25, 2011 in art and artisms, Art@home, daily(o.k., semi, quasi-ish) musings, etc, science and technologySo the first firing was just a 2 hour low fire. I couldn’t get any answers from anyone i know as too how hot the kiln could get on low fire, so we tested that first. Got up next morning, cone was still flat in the kiln sitter. Well, now we knew 2 hours at [...]
Epic Fail On 2nd Firing Of The Kiln
Posted: October 25, 2011 in art and artisms, Art@home, science and technologyOuch! Well, two hours of high fire following 2 hours at low fore is definitely too much!! Teat pieces were flat as a pancake!!! Turns out i was using the kiln sitter wrong, because the adjustment was corroded. Now i can move the adjustment on the shut off switch, i think the heat of the [...]
Finally, Success With The Kiln!!
Posted: October 25, 2011 in art and artisms, Art@home, daily(o.k., semi, quasi-ish) musings, etc, science and technologySo on the 3rd test run we have truly cone bending success!!! We are now a go for a full load of pieces!
