Thanks again for your help!!

Agree, the amber crackle ones looked kind of cool — but the inability to hold water was kind of a minus 😅

Thanks! On further investigation, it sounds like there was a glaze kiln load that only got to come 06, and everything else in that load stayed in the kiln and was going to be refired. I think somehow my pieces were maybe unloaded from the top shelf of that kiln before the error was caught? They definitely look much more than slightly underfired — don’t think they had made it anywhere near cone 6! In any case, they’re going back in the kiln and will keep fingers crossed. Thanks again!!

Thanks to all of you!!

Thank you!!

Congratulations!! This is beautiful in every way! The vases — and you — look gorgeous!

Yay! Thanks for all the great glazes!

Thanks so much!!

Thanks — appreciate the response, and care! I also love the clay when it works well, and would be very sad to see it go. (Just out of curiosity, does the studio typically use witness cones? The pieces of mine that have bloated have looked a little over fired in general, and just wondering if the 710 is more sensitive to this. In any case, thanks again!)

If it’s at all helpful, I posted in a large pottery forum, and these were a few of the responses from different people there: “Bisque at 04 (not 06); fire to cone 5 (no higher) for either 710 or 266. I had body bloating with 06 bisque! No problems since above schedule.” “Yes, Laguna's black clay does bloating at cone 6 also. Had to Lower the firing to cone 5 with a 10 min hold. Stopped all bloating. If they continue to carry that clay they will have to adjust the temperature a lil bit.” “I regularly fire my home kiln to cone 5 and with a 10 minute hold get a solid cone 6. I know there is probably some way to re-calibrate the kiln but this works for me. Every kiln has its own particular issues...” “Are they using witness cones to verify the cone reached? Controllers are often not accurate.” “Call manufacturer and get the detailed firing schedule for bisque firing to prevent bloating.” “We have issues with bloating in Standard 266 if it gets overfired at all or any cone 6 re-fire. We haven't had that issue with 710 that I've heard of at all. I haven't used that much 710 but have had no bloating issues. We have occasionally had a glaze kiln that wanted to overfire at our cone 6 standards and it resulted in lots of bloating problems with Laguna B-mix 5 Speckled. Because of that we don't have access to that clay anymore. Also because of that, I do cone 5 glaze firing at our home studio. I still have issues with the B-mix 5 Speckled and can't re-fire it at all. I have had no issues firing either 266 or 710 at cone 5. My kilns (Olympic & Scutt ) both tend to overfire based on witness cones. I crank in a setback for both glaze and bisque firing.”

Thanks!!

If anyone happens to know this glaze combo -- it's beautiful!

Thanks! Yes, never got an email.

Just making sure an email is going to go out, because most of the people in our class won’t have seen this!

❤️.

It came out so well! Love it.

Really like this version, and excited to try it out in the new year!

Appreciating the fast turnaround and all the updates!! ❤️