It ain't over!

In the wise words of baseballs Yogi Berra "it ain't over until it's over!" This post could have been entitled "expectations". I was expecting this and got that.

I completely missed trapping the carbon and I know why. I always add a small fresh batch to an old batch and at the very least I put the shino thru the Talisman screen again. Seems the soda ash needs waking up again. Some cups glazed for the past firing and sat around for a couple of weeks came out nice and smokey as I expected. I used to think the soda ash travelled off into La-la Land if I let it sit for sometime. Trash that theory. So I'm reglazing using a dark blue celedon over the shino. I mixed up a paste to add to the celedon. I will paint on two coats. The paste is as follows: Suspension of Glaze per litre of water Borax 4 Mag Carb 4 Bentonite 40 GMC Gum 4 mix with a litre of boiling hot water. Let stand overnight. Mix into a bowl of your glaze. Brush on. I'm going to apply a second coat when it dries in the morning. We'll see!. In my younger years I would have taken the pot directly to the trash thinking I could make them faster than farting around trying to make em pretty. I have only so many pots left in these hands and I have alot of time/energy invested so if your expectations are not met on the first go around, try again and if that fails scratch your bum and come up with a new solution. I'm already thinking of sandblasting them. Here's the muck

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