mmmmm....... Soda
new pots
i uploaded some new images of pots that were fired in the LSU salt/soda kiln.
i introduced a mixture of salt, soda, wood ash, and calcium carbonate around cone 6, and kept adding until cone 10. there was a nice variety in the atmosphere, from really ashy to light and toasty. the reduction got a little out of control during the middle of the cycle (a result of overcompensation due to the kiln being very open and the bricks stacked very loosely). i think this burned out some of the more pronounced flashing i had in the previous firing, but all in all i think the cal-carb helped the distrubution of atmosphere, and brought out a lot of color in the slips. More experiments to follow...b
i introduced a mixture of salt, soda, wood ash, and calcium carbonate around cone 6, and kept adding until cone 10. there was a nice variety in the atmosphere, from really ashy to light and toasty. the reduction got a little out of control during the middle of the cycle (a result of overcompensation due to the kiln being very open and the bricks stacked very loosely). i think this burned out some of the more pronounced flashing i had in the previous firing, but all in all i think the cal-carb helped the distrubution of atmosphere, and brought out a lot of color in the slips. More experiments to follow...b
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