It has been a long time since May 20 2012,the journey continues.

Haven't been here for awhile and feel the need to catch up..my search for Cone six glazes have been slightly abandoned due to the fact that it is quite hard to find an affordable(cheap in other words) terracotta coloured clay that will vitrify at that temperature.I have decided to move up to about Cone 8 and will do a test firing over the next couple of days..I loved the Hesselberth and Roy Glazes and have an order of mugs to fill,I can not quite bring myself to do that knowing that they might seep moisture..not a good look really.
I recently finished another of my PatioArt rock pots and because they will be outside that is another reason go to a higher temp,I would hate for them to crack in the frost.
Here is the latest edition
Gypsy Children

My latest nude Offspring

Well just finished this nude a couple of days ago,spent a very enjoyable week creating her.its made from BRT.its the first time I have used this amazing clay from Feeney /Walkers Australia.it is incredibly fast to build with.
BRT clay heres the link if any of you are interested
 

Rock Pots took 1st and 2nd in local show

Funny thing was the pot that got first place was put in as an after thought and the one that I thought that would do really well didn't get a look in
Here is my best pot Parthenon garden art and got nowhere :(

and second prize was a dear wee wild horses rock pot though small was quite a gem (SOLD)..and quite hard to get a good photo of it

and first prize I haven't taken a photo of yet !!!!

No wonder my mixture of Cones did not ring true

Recently I was given loads of old boxes of Orton  cones some were standard and some were large but all were the same size if that makes sense..but the numbers were printed differently..After firing..Cone 8  bent more than Cone 7 tho all were set at the same angle,I have been trying to get information about firing temps of older versus newer cones and came up with this..I would be interested to know if others have inherited older style cones and had the same problem.

"In 1996 Orton reformulated some of their cones, because they could no longer obtain the ingredients they had been using. Several mines closed that year. According to Orton, the newest cone formulas are more consistent the pre-1996 formulas.
Orton released the new cones on 10-28-96. Most of the changes were minor. Example: 05 became 3 deg. F. cooler.
Cones 6 & 7 had the biggest changes in temperature:
Cone 6 before 10-28-96: 2199 Cone 6 after 10-28-96: 2232
Cone 7 before 10-28-96: 2228 Cone 7 after 10-28-96: 2262