2 thoughts on “Cleaned & polished black fired pieces”
What lovely pieces and great depths in the black. I am having a battle with a nasty shiny black residue on my pots suddenly instead of the soft smoky-black I used to get. As far as I can remember I am still using the same fuel but may be placing it differently in the pit. Not sure how to remedy this and any comments would be most welcome.
Hi Jean… thanks for the positive response to the works, hopefully the complete sculptures will come together nicely after the pit firing. Your black residue sounds fuel based to me… is it also kind of sticky?? It sounds like the natural resins from the wood shavings. Do you make your own sawdust or source it elsewhere, eg: woodworkers group, sawmill yard?? If so you may need to ask them what kind of wood it is etc… Could also be the temperatures in the pit…, but I’d check out the wood shavings option first. Hope this helps…
What lovely pieces and great depths in the black. I am having a battle with a nasty shiny black residue on my pots suddenly instead of the soft smoky-black I used to get. As far as I can remember I am still using the same fuel but may be placing it differently in the pit. Not sure how to remedy this and any comments would be most welcome.
Posted by Jean | October 29, 2011, 7:23 amHi Jean… thanks for the positive response to the works, hopefully the complete sculptures will come together nicely after the pit firing. Your black residue sounds fuel based to me… is it also kind of sticky?? It sounds like the natural resins from the wood shavings. Do you make your own sawdust or source it elsewhere, eg: woodworkers group, sawmill yard?? If so you may need to ask them what kind of wood it is etc… Could also be the temperatures in the pit…, but I’d check out the wood shavings option first. Hope this helps…
Posted by Dawn Whitehand | October 29, 2011, 6:28 pm