As I'd mentioned, I've been spending time with the g-kids and feeling really good about it. As a result, I am in a crunch to get ready for the show at the end of the month. Then yesterday I put wet pots in a bisque firing, thinking I could warm them slowly and then bring them up to temperature. Works fine is a computer controlled kiln, the one I put the birdbath bases is; doesn't work at all in the manual kiln, with the bowls for the birdbaths. The bowls ended up in a zillion pieces. As a result, I spent three hours vacuuming out the kiln and picking tiny debris out of the elements. The kiln belongs to another member of the guild and I am stress out about talking with her about the disaster. And bummed out that I put myself even farther behind.
Is there a way I can get at least one birdbath ready for the show? I doubt it, all of the kilns are booked pretty solid and obviously I'm going to have to 'do it right' and let the darned things acutually dry out before firing them. The weather is nice, I can set the bowls outside to dry more quickly. Guess it is reasonable to attempt making them again and see. As the least, I will have bisqued birdbaths to set in my studio as works in progress.
I also want to get a couple of encaustic collages done...which can happen while the bowls are drying, I guess.
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