Cone 10

13" black vase fired for 5 hours in the upper range of the crystal growth temperatures. This glaze is so shiny it's a real headache to try to shoot in any condition without a lot of reflections. It's almost enough to make me go back to raku.

12" turquoise vase fired for 5 hours in the upper range of the crystal growth temperatures.

12" vase fired with a copper glaze and then post-fire reduced to 1400 degrees for 10 minutes. This was one of the few from the first test reduction done last year that worked out ok, but sat in a corner forgotten until now.

Small (6") bottle with gold crystals on a pink background fired for 5 hours in the upper range of the crystal growth temperatures.

7" bottle painted with an encapsulated red mason stain slip while green, then glazed with our base crystal glaze with no colorants fired for 5 hours in the upper range of the crystal growth temperatures..

8" Cobalt blue vase with a new adjustment to the base glaze fired for 5 hours in the upper range of the crystal growth temperatures.

It's been a busy fall and we haven't fired yet, but we are getting a firing together for next week. The only new work done has been a trial post firing reduction done to try to get some different colors on a firing we did last spring that didn't work out too well. I thought this piece worked out kind of nice, but it's subtle. It's a 9" tall green glazed vase that got a post firing reduction in a gas kiln to 1400 degrees for 10 minutes. This vase is going to the silent auction at the Clay Arts Utah Holiday Sale that is just opening now.