Fire It Once

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Single Fire for Fun, Profit, and a Smaller Carbon Footprint
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  • Why Single Fire Instead of Bisquing & Then Glaze Firing?

      Why Single Fire?Have you ever been caught up in a rush of creative energy while shaping a piece, and lost that feeling while you waited for the piece to dry and then be bisque fired?When you look at the bisqued piece, does in seem lifeless and divorced from when you were shaping it? Does it feel…

    By George Lewter

    Dec 11, 2010

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  • Firing cycle for single firing

    Hi  I want to give raw firing a shot, cone 6 electric ( of course!) I have a digital programmer> I know the cycle is longer than a biscut firing> Can I have some help with some ideas on what type of sequence would be a good starting point. I know that one must jump into the water to learn to…

    By Bill Curillo

    Sep 15, 2010

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  • Survey: Once Fired Ceramics

    Hi There,I'm a mature student doing an MA in Ceramics at UCLAN Preston UK. I'm interested in single fired ceramics and have devised a very simple survey and would like to ask you if there is any way you could help me get it publicised. It is available at my developing Blog, that I have to do for my…

    By Margaret Davies

    Mar 1, 2015

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  • Once firing - underglaze decoration with clear

    Hello All, I am just venturing into Once Firing and my pieces are stoneware with underglaze and I'd welcome any advice/insight about covering the underglaze with Cone 6 (zinc free) clear.Any problems with once firing this combo?Any adjustments to firing schedule recommended?Thanks!KarenB

    By KarenB

    Nov 4, 2013

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  • Best Clays to Use for Single Firing

         While many clays may be used for raw glazing and single firing, some are bound to be better than others at taking the shock of getting a bath of glaze at the leather hard or bone dry stage. Steven Hill formerly used B-mix 10, but felt he was getting too much bloating with it. He used one of…

    By George Lewter

    Nov 14, 2010

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  • Modifying a commercial glaze?

    Is it possible to modify a commercial cone 6 glaze so it can be single fired?      I have Standard brand glazes and clay, all of it cone 6. Thanks :) Liz

    By Elizabeth Ruppert

    Oct 20, 2013

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  • Single Fire Question

    I am currently involved in sharing Steven Hill's cone 6 single fire method with my fellow students at a community college. Last semester, I followed all of Hill's glaze recipes and firing schedule and was thrilled when the culmination of my efforts resulted in some beautiful finished work. This…

    By Karlan Emery

    Sep 28, 2013

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  • Glaze Application for Single Firing

    For just about any question in ceramics there are two good basic answers. "It depends.""Try it!"How to glaze ware for single firing is one of those questions that seem to lack cut and dried answers. Simon Leach glazes his pots by dipping and pouring in a short time frame on pots about leather…

    By George Lewter

    Apr 13, 2011

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  • Let's Get Started with Single Firing

    So, is anyone ready to dive into single firing? I have some bone dry test tiles I'm going to try out with a couple of my glazes that I know shrink a lot on bisqueware. I have a Ron Roy black that I think might make a good raw glaze for dipping to glaze greenware. I'm going to make some small bowls…

    By George Lewter

    Sep 15, 2009

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