First bisque firing: succesful! Woohoo!
Griselda has no dials. Just five on/off switches. Makes for very uneven temperature distribution in the first hours of firing, and very sudden temperature jumps next to whichever element gets turned on. I was concerned about explosions because of that, but suspect that as long as all the greenware I put in is super-duper dry, it’ll be fine.
I’ll be glazing and firing again Sunday or Monday. Looking forward to it so very much.
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My name is Maaike Charron, and I'm a potter in St. John's, Newfoundland. I started fiddling around with pottery in summer 2006, when I was told volunteering in the local clay studio would get me free studio time. I mostly taught myself, spending a lot of time poring over books, magazines and websites, and occasionally pestering the more advanced (but very helpful) potters around me with questions. After about two years, I decided I'd gotten good enough to go into business for myself. This blog, started after my first big craft fair, was created to document the process of becoming a wondrously succesful craftsperson. (Or it will document How Not To Do It. We'll see.)
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