Throwing platters, plates, backdrops? I'm not sure what these are, but all is explained in the video. This time, I'm throwing, trimming, waxing, glazing and reduction firing a very satisfying shape. I discuss PPE in the form of respiratory masks and goggles — and show you what I use — and finally show a few examples of the fired vessels in-situ at YSP.

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction & throwing the clay bat
1:50 - Throwing the plate
3:14 - How I wire these plates off the bats
4:30 - Trimming the plates
8:11 - Packing and firing the electric kiln to 1000ºC
9:11 - Waxing the plates
10:08 - Glazing the plates
11:01 - The mask I use for glazing
11:38 - Tidying up the glazed plate
13:33 - Packing my Rohde KG-340 gas kiln
13:52 - Reduction firing to 1290ºC
15:28 - Unpacking the gas kiln
16:03 - The finished objects

It's worth noting! That you won't get the same results as I do if you're firing in oxidation. The reduction firing really helps with this process.

*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
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