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More of the Mayco Glazes, Please
As promised, here is part 2 of Testing Glazes and Clay Bodies in the Electric Kiln. I shared three Mayco glazes tested on three clay bodies, although I didn’t run a full glaze x clay body test. What I found is that I adore Kentucky Mudworks Speckled Brown Bear clay under anything — the Pullen Arts glazes, the Mayco glazes and even the Amaco Potter’s Choice Indigo Float. There was another Mayco glaze that I ran a patch test on,…
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Kiln Unloading
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Meltdown
I was on track to have a load of pottery ready two days before Christmas, and then in the middle of firing, I heard a thud… the familiar sound of the fuse box. I went out to check the garage, and the kiln had shut off, but the kiln sitter had not tripped. It smelled like burning wires and plastic. I turned off the box fan and unplugged an empty power strip, and Joe flipped the fuse back over. There…