WAIT, FIRE & WAIT SOME MORE

I set about starting the glazing process on Monday as I mentioned in my previous blog post on Michael Simon. I am sure there isn't anything very different from the way I glaze to that of most potters who glaze simply, the biggest issue is segregating the various groups according to their final surface, keeping orders together to be fired together for some uniformity and finding the various spots, including two additional folding tables, my large eight foot table and various other flat spots around the studio including this one in the picture. This firing has a group of saffron serving pieces for an order as well as a small set of dinnerware in temmoku, a group in Oribe, Kuro-Oribe, Ao+ and more test pieces in the Hagi white with iron yellow over. The in-betweens this firing are being filled with about a dozen or so test cylinders and about 40 to 50 pods all trying out new glazes and glaze combos as tests, in other words the kiln is quite packed. I am quite anxious now that the kiln is fully loaded as is rather normal before a firing and have my fingers crossed on more than a few of the tests that also as usual, I am way to invested in. Now all I can do is wait, fire the kiln and wait some more.     

I should note the attached photo is just a small portion of what is glazed but these pieces were set out of the way early on due to the fact they are finished being glazed and all clean off.