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Coleman Porcelain
Coleman Porcelain Large Vase

"Coleman Porcelain" is another cone 10 clay body sold by Aardvark.

This clay fires to a clean white. It is very smooth - like butter.

I really like it for bowls and vases. I haven't tried to make a tall vase with it yet. I have heard that it can be difficult but I have not had any problems with it this far. Of course the pots have not yet been fired so a lot of things can go wrong before we see a finished product.

The pot shown above is a large bowl. (Note that there is a mirror behind the pot.) It hasn't been trimmed yet.

Here is a large vase still on spinning on the wheel.


Coleman Porcelain Bowl

Bisque Firing

Here are those pots after the bisque firing on May 10.
bowl


vase

Glaze Firing

One of the pots was glazed using Celedon glaze - a lightly-colored transparent glaze. It was a reduction firing so the color of the fired glaze is blue. (It's green, normally.)
bowl

This entry will be updated after the other pot is glazed.

2010-05-05 23:31:28 GMT Comments (2 total)
Author: ken Reese 2010-07-24 23:26:20 GMT
Regarding the soldate 60 pot that cracked during bisque. I use 60 almost exclusively. I find that if I dry after the wheel to leather hard, the rim of tall pots and bowls will crack. I find this to be true with a lot of heavy grogged clays. I think it is because the coarse texture of the clay lets the thinner rims dry faster than the adjacent wetter clay body. I like you stuff.

I found you site while searching for Vegas Red firing techniques.
Author: kathy biehl 2010-07-30 01:01:02 GMT
Roy- i love your pottery, the shapes are terrific and the glazes wonderful, particularly the red ones, your commentary is fun to read-
fREDDY AND i LOVED MEETING AND SPENDING TIME WITH YOU AND cHRIS, I HOPE YOU ARE CONTINUING YOUR BRIDGE GAME- ANYWAY, WELCOME HOME, WE LOVED MUNICH, AN ACCESIBLE AND INTERESTING CITY, GREAT HOTEL AND LOTS OF FOOD, JUST IN CASE WE WERE STILL HUNGRY AFTER THE CRUISE- BE WELL, KATHY
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