Ah, spring... we're in high gear here at the studio. Jerry has the assembly line thing down, as you can see by the huge stack of display panels - ready for me to give them a coat of primer. I can't believe it's been warm enough for him to work in the carport. Here he is cutting moldings with his nifty little Japanese saw.
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The last of the 6x9" pieces are done, ready to mount on panels. That makes 17 pieces since December, which is pretty fast, believe it or not. All those layers take time to build and fire.
As the pieces get thicker, they need to be heated and cooled slower to prevent thermal shock. The last firing (shown here) was over 23 hours. You can see how each piece is dammed with strips of old kiln shelf. That lets me build the thickness of the piece & keeps it from spreading out over the shelf.
As the pieces get thicker, they need to be heated and cooled slower to prevent thermal shock. The last firing (shown here) was over 23 hours. You can see how each piece is dammed with strips of old kiln shelf. That lets me build the thickness of the piece & keeps it from spreading out over the shelf.
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 | I'm very happy with the pieces from this winter's work. When you show up in the studio every day and work, you keep getting better - that's encouraging! I'm looking forward to showing all the new pieces at the first show this spring, Best of the Northwest in Seattle on March 28-29. More on that later... |
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