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Post  TimCaulton Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:28 pm

In a bid to really understand the ceramics art form or for that matter any topic that interests me I like to have a go at these things. Here is my most successful firing to date. The clay is from the back garden, aged about 1 year before use. Its got a bit of iron in it and is quite short and sandy, but gets better with age....anyway here is the photo essay.

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Sodium fumes causing the yellow flame

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Interesting copper coloured metallic particles forming on the footring....

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Finally some real glaze!
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Post  ev Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:25 pm

Your tea bowl is a work of art Tim Very Happy
Firebricks would be a better option to use than ordinary bricks.
Well done.
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Post  TimCaulton Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:28 pm

ev wrote:Your tea bowl is a work of art Tim Very Happy
Firebricks would be a better option to use than ordinary bricks.
Well done.

There is a single fire brick there, its at the back where you can't see....it was about $7. I bought it a few years ago to make a mould.

But it would be good to have a pile of insulating firebricks. Ones without chips and lumps......perhaps I could get white hot temps...the gas tank started to ice up.
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Post  ev Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:55 pm

Firebricks abound in the pottery world.....
$7 for one is ridiculous! People give them away for free.
Just put the hose on your gas bottle ..... on dribble - it works for me.
Otherwise the gas flow will reduce to useless.
You would have gone to a hotter temperature with firebricks and a dribble of water on your gas bottle. What size is your gas bottle by the way?
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Post  TimCaulton Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:00 pm

I just have a standard bbq bottle...this is backyard budget land! I did try a bit of sodium nitrate in the fire but it didn't seem to do anything.....

Well yeah that's why I only have one fire brick!!! I don't really have access to firebricks, or any bricks really. The two I used for the roof I "found" on the way home that day. All good ideas....specially the hose one....only just figured out you meant the water hose......got a bit confused about doing it with the gas hose........ clown

The next experiment will be even better....
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Post  collectiques Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:17 pm

hehe the photo essay looks like the boys are being held captive with a red hot blow torch! lol!
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Post  TimCaulton Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:30 pm

collectiques wrote:hehe the photo essay looks like the boys are being held captive with a red hot blow torch! lol!

Those boys have seen a lot of fires...I should have got them fig leaves!
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Post  ev Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:32 pm

A standard bbq bottle? Would that be a 9kg bottle?
I can get to 1100 degrees on a 9kg bottle that I have -
when I'm not using it for the bbq.
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Post  TimCaulton Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:46 am

yes just the standard 9kg one. Its the first lpg bottle I have ever owned.
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Post  suz Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:16 pm

Hi Tim,

I think your experiment and especiallly the result is awesome!!! Well done! I am so sorry I never got back to you yet about a burner, but, it looks like you are sorted now - that tea bowl is a fantastic form, did you really make it??? I doubt it's from your garden's soil tho' Wink and here I was wondering (worried) you were gonna make rockets when, truly it was really 'beauty by chance' you were after! Smile Me thinks you've got soul.

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Post  TimCaulton Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:20 pm

Hey Suz, yep managed to get a burner and a gas bottle. Thanks for the words of support! Yep the clay I used was dug from the back garden, nothing added to it, just liquified, sieved, drained in a pillowslip and stored for about a year. The filled in clay pit has subsided a bit since then.

I can make a rocket? Got plans?
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