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not only is his work hot!!! but he is sharing and caring too. thats what im talkn about! great stuff ketoi!

Pat K wrote:I'm moving to the 'little' island...shove over Aaron,make room, make room.........

ahhhh, there's plenty of room down here...

just ahhh, just make sure you bring your pots, heaps of room in my shed

oh and i LOVE your pots ketoi

mudlarkpottery wrote:Hi Ketoi. Do you have trouble with the porosity of the clay with an EW firing and the bonsai pots being constantly moist? How does the terrasig react to being moist over a long period of time?
Penny.

Penny,
As you know terracotta is very porous, when terra sig is applied it acts as a sealer. On the 1st test pot I just coated the outside, out of curiosity I submerged the pot in a bucket of water. It held moisture longer than raw terracotta but nothing to be a concern. 2nd pot both inside and out were coated, the pot repealed water like vitrified stoneware. As long as stoneware is vitrified terra sig made no difference to moisture holding capabilities.

Post by anttal63
but he is sharing and caring too.

I don't know enough to with hold secrets...but working on it

An attempt at a faceted bowl


These are made from scraps after slab building, I use them for testing glazes on different clay bodies before applying to the final pot

Small pots dry fast, made on Friday and fired on Sunday

I thought the glaze was distracting ending in a ring around the middle of the pot


So I redipped it in the glaze and fired again. Doesn't draw your eye to the center of the pot now.

Had to share the final result

Hi Ketoi. I was wondering about the long-term effects of moisture on terrasig as I made a pot and after a few years of being out in the open, the finish started to flake off. I love the green glaze with the crystals along the thick roll and what is that little tree?
Penny.

Penny,
Did you apply terra sig to bone dry or bisqued wares? If you did the latter it will flake with exposure to the elements and time.

The green glaze is not supposed to look like that, it's a plain matte green. I tried slow cooling to see how it would effect a commercial glaze.

The small tree is actually a succulent, Avonia ustulata

After reading a few threads regarding cracked pots I thought I give it a try.

1st attempt, started to collapse but I kept pushing to see what would happen


2nd try, little better


3rd, starting to get in the hang of it


4th, a little wobblier


5th, my favorite


I've made 3 or 4 stretched pots before so it wasn't totally foreign experience to me.

Good work Ketoi.
Penny.

I don't know enough to with hold secrets...but working on it

Somebody call 000 for Pat I think he may have had a hart attack

I am too busy going through his glaze recipies.

they are really nice

soltan wrote:

I don't know enough to with hold secrets...but working on it

Somebody call 000 for Pat I think he may have had a hart attack

I am too busy going through his glaze recipies.

I think he's got some time before I effect his ticker

I think you've got it...I really think you've got it!!!!!

Good work Ketoi...now really make my day and tell me you worked it out yourself, just so I can rub Brett's nose in IT.

Pat

ps Your faceted bowl is lovely!!