Overview
This course teaches the process of kiln packing, reduction firing, and unpacking in a pottery context. The skills covered include packing techniques, creating a reduction atmosphere, and sanding pottery bases. The teaching method is through a detailed ASMR video. The intended audience is individuals interested in pottery and ceramics.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Packing the kiln
- Using yellow iron ochre to save old pots I don't like
- The finished kiln pack
- THE FIRING BEGINS
- Initiating the reduction atmosphere
- Ending the firing and crash cooling
- Opening the kiln two days later
- Unpacking
- Sanding the bases of the vessels
- Popping lids off jars
Taught by
Florian Gadsby