One of my goals is to do outside work in a pit kiln! I've dug the pit but between bouts of excessive rain and then drought (with county-wide burn bans) I've yet to be able to use it. Here is a great link with information on firing outdoors: http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/FineArts/pdfs/FIRING%20MANUAL.pdf
In the meantime, I wait for the cooler weather that Fall will bring so that I can fire my indoor kiln again. In between classroom time and preparing lesson plans for the new classes I'm teaching this year, I'm doing some cold painting and cold repairs.
The earthenware running foal in the picture is one I am repairing. She belongs to a client and has a break and chip on the extended foreleg. I am in the process of repairing her. I didn't want to refire her as she is china painted so I did a cold repair with soda glue and then touched up the hairline mark with matching color ceramic stains. The last step will be to gloss the cold paint to match the glossy finish of the original glaze. I've done repairs in this fashion before and they have worked out to be durable and sturdy and allow the piece to still be shown if desired. The glue I use will be visible under uv light however. In the future I'm hoping to try some ColdGlaze as it can be matted quite nicely but it's expensive.
I'm also doing some cold painting pieces for my appy rescue benefit show, NEIBITS. The Spinny pictured above is one I'm doing as a donation piece. I simply adore the Spinnaker mold; I think he is my favorite Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig sculpture, bar none. I'm lucky enough to own two custom glaze Spinnies: a pinto by Lesli Kathman and an appy by Addi Velasquez. I also have hung onto a bisque that I will personally glaze someday (once I work up the courage LOL). Cheryl
The earthenware running foal in the picture is one I am repairing. She belongs to a client and has a break and chip on the extended foreleg. I am in the process of repairing her. I didn't want to refire her as she is china painted so I did a cold repair with soda glue and then touched up the hairline mark with matching color ceramic stains. The last step will be to gloss the cold paint to match the glossy finish of the original glaze. I've done repairs in this fashion before and they have worked out to be durable and sturdy and allow the piece to still be shown if desired. The glue I use will be visible under uv light however. In the future I'm hoping to try some ColdGlaze as it can be matted quite nicely but it's expensive.
I'm also doing some cold painting pieces for my appy rescue benefit show, NEIBITS. The Spinny pictured above is one I'm doing as a donation piece. I simply adore the Spinnaker mold; I think he is my favorite Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig sculpture, bar none. I'm lucky enough to own two custom glaze Spinnies: a pinto by Lesli Kathman and an appy by Addi Velasquez. I also have hung onto a bisque that I will personally glaze someday (once I work up the courage LOL). Cheryl
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