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Pat K wrote:
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.

I can read

It wasn't that difficult, after reading a couple of threads here and one at clayart I gave it a try. Had all the supplies just needed to my thoughts to practice, as you can see each one shows shows improvement over the previous. Can't wait till I can fire them, the small ones may be dry by the weekend to do a test load.

ps Your faceted bowl is lovely!!

Happy you like it, means a lot coming from seasoned potter like yourself.

Made a few more, cracks may be a little excessive but I wanted to so how far I stretch the clay

I will be doing a workshop at our May club meeting on the cracked landscape pots. The participants are going to make their own. Too far for you to come Ketoi?
Penny.

Penny,
A bit far to go on such short notice, I need months of advance warning.

I used the sodium silicate for the first time yesterday and found it works much better than the other methods I had tried previous such as rolling on fibro board.
I had the oldest member of the club pretty excited that a new member was teaching them a technique
I have not tried it on the wheel yet and have much to learn on ways to put the pots together. The one I did yeterday was a ring that I still need to attach to a base so I fear the very base of the pot will look out of wack with the crack effect the rest of the pot has. I will try one already attached to a base and see how that goes next.

I have not tried the sodium silicate with a slip yet as you seem to be doing ketoi. Can you tell me do you just mix the sodium silicate with a slip before applying. How did you find only using a hand on the inside to stretch out the ring.

Hey soltan,
How about a photo of your progress?

I put the slip on 1st then torch, next the sodium then torch. I haven't worked on the wheel long enough with 2 hands for a 1 handed stretch to be as awkward as I have read about.

I almost took a picture of the completed wheel thrown oval that was destroyed by too eager drying but I couldn't take the embarasment so it went into the reclaim bucket.
I have only tried one with the sodium so far(my first two attempts with fibro board are in another thread) as I have been so busy doing the wheel thrown pots.
I will take a picture of that one and any others that I try next tuesday at pottery club. I should see If I can get a picture of the ladies too
Thanks for the slip suggestions I will be sure to try this soon.

Just thrown

Bone dry with ball clay sample

Fired with slow cool to get more red out of the ball clay slip

one more...

Faceted pot with homemade butterscotch glaze, applied it too thick and ruined a shelf getting it off.

Same RIO slip as crack pots posted above but fired at a different ramp speed


All three are covered in a manganese dioxide wash but each has a different application method

Dripped; filled the sponge with the wash squeezed it above the pot so it drip into the cracks


Dipped and sponged off


Brushed and sponged off

Some very intresting pots there ketoi. I am having trouble seeing though as the pictures are so small.

How's that on the ol' peepers?

Ketoi - Mate!

I am loving what you are doing with your pots. As soon as you are ready to sell over here in Oz - let me know!

Cheers,
Leigh.

Faceted then cracked