Stuck inside for the winter?

[gary navarre]

Hay Crew,

Gee it's still kinda crappy out there and I haven't seen any jobs listed worth applying to so I'm staying in and seeing what I can come up with that will finish the front part of the Hobagama load...

http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/front-floor.html

As usual click the photo or next to move along. The text below the shot should explain what I was thinking which means I might have already changed my mind. I'm looking at the last shelf I found and it looks pretty rough with glazed on crap and cleaning could break it so I might need to order a few more shelves to be on the safe side for the hottest part of the load.

I managed to get some new Carhartt insulated bibs so I can go out and do things better but it also might mean I'll find a real job and have to work outside for someone else the rest of the winter. Might be good for me, I hear it develops character.

Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://www.youtube.com/GindaUP
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/

[hambone]

The front of the load?? I'd have to put in the huge tsubos and Mei-
Ping jars, etc. and maybe bury some teabowls and platters in the
coals, huh?
h a n s e n

[gary navarre]

Ya man, and I just figured out I'm for sure short one 12"x24" kiln shelf because that last one I found inside the house turned out to be my designated active damper shelf...

http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/shelf-setting-idea-2.html

... so I just might need to use a couple old Cordarite shelves I've had to high temperature before, one is warped like a bird wing, but they had been out in the weather for a long time. I'm setting them up in the rafters with the 16,000Btu. Timken oil furnace blowing on them for a couple weeks in hopes it will suck out any moisture. Maybe a couple hours in the oven before sticking it in the kiln will finish it off.

Last night I lit a pignose fire to warm things up so I can finish off the top of the mid-front and kiln wash the floor of the front setting. I have the pieces to fill that spot if I don't glaze them but I still need more for above that... bigger stuff I tried throwing ain't quite a foot yet but have potential for being Dragon Pots. To tell ya the truth I'm almost getting tired of making stuff to fill yet another cranny but I don't want to waste too much space. Whatever I do I better get to doing it even if it's wrong eh!

Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises

Norway, Michigan, USA
http://www.youtube.com/GindaUP
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/

--- On Mon, 12/21/09, hambone <kansas...@gmail.com> wrote: