there is some good and some bad…
seemingly amazingly, nothing catastrophic happened, and although there was some cracking, it is in a place that will not be viewable in the final piece anyways. 🥳
however, despite my anxiety and carefulness, the firing settings got messed up, and the piece was fired to come 6 instead of cone 06. but in the end this is not an altogether awful thing, since it means that it is extremely unlikely any more cracking will happen in the glaze firing as it has already reached the maximum temperature. the downside is this makes the piece much more difficult and risky to glaze in the parts that i plan to.
overall i’m very pleased, but there is still two more firings so the journey for this skull is far from over…
seemingly amazingly, nothing catastrophic happened, and although there was some cracking, it is in a place that will not be viewable in the final piece anyways. 🥳
however, despite my anxiety and carefulness, the firing settings got messed up, and the piece was fired to come 6 instead of cone 06. but in the end this is not an altogether awful thing, since it means that it is extremely unlikely any more cracking will happen in the glaze firing as it has already reached the maximum temperature. the downside is this makes the piece much more difficult and risky to glaze in the parts that i plan to.
overall i’m very pleased, but there is still two more firings so the journey for this skull is far from over…