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Comment by Jan Wallace on March 7, 2012 at 11:08pm

Yes, that is was i figured with the underfired glaze theory. It's funny you should say about grandpa's shed. I have very fond memories of looking around my grandfathers tool shed when I was a little girl. He was a tool maker by trade and I remember it was a favourite thing to do when i visited.

Comment by Susan Amann on March 7, 2012 at 7:01pm

Sounds like a "happy accident"!  Underfired glazed generally are more matte.  I'm currently working on making "rocks" for a totem.  I have some cone 10 glazes that I formulated and I'm only firing them to cone 6, for a more "stone-like" finish.  I think this really worked on your oil cans... love them all!  They look like they've been sitting in Grandpa's shed for years  :)

Comment by Jan Wallace on March 7, 2012 at 6:00pm

Hi Susan, these are all a white earthenware clay which is able to be fired to Cone 6. I used 'Floating Red' glaze that I found on this website fired to Cone 6. It usually turns out very different to this though. See teapot 1 and 2 in my photo gallery. However, I sprayed the glaze on these, medium thickness, not heavy, not light. I have a small, manual kiln. It fired to 1200c, turned itself off with no soak (so not likely to have actually reached a real Cone 6). I usually have to turn kiln back to do a hold and soak. No cone used in this firing. Once the kiln dropped down to about 950c, I turned it back on and held around 1000c for about 45 mins. So, I did expect these to tutn out a little shinier, but this was a really nice surprise. They even feel rusty to tough and I am very happy with them. Just hope i can do it again. :)

Comment by Susan Amann on March 7, 2012 at 2:10pm

Love all your cans, Jan!  How do you fire?

Comment by Jan Wallace on February 28, 2012 at 9:40pm

Thanks Joan. They were a fun project.

Comment by Joan Scott on February 28, 2012 at 8:08pm

I like these sculptural forms and I like the treatment you gave the surface.