Clay Address Numbersby ~johannachambers

Artisan Crafts / Other

House address numbers I made for my parents' gate post. I like that the glaze turned out looking like metal rather than ceramic.

~kmaier99 Jul 4, 2008

I have been thinking of making some. I really need to make myself a trashcan kiln.

~johannachambers Jul 6, 2008

A trashcan kiln... like what they use for raku firing?

~kmaier99 Jul 7, 2008

Yep...and you can control the heat well enough to do most other firing jobs from what I understand...no electricity to worry about you can keep it in your garage and it is basically just a big metal trashcan. ( i.e. cheap) Right now I am so desperate to fire that I might just go dig a hole and go raiku all the way. I am enamored of how pretty it can be anyway...or even try my hand at some native style firing with the blackened look...( plus we can roast marshmallows ) I think it involves leaves or something...maybe the same thing basically as raiku firing but doesn't that also depend on how it is glazed?
Not really clear there.
I don't mind so much the expense of a kiln as I do the electrical aspect...any kiln I would want to own, I would probably need an upgrade on my electricity. My husband and I made a lot of effort researching kilns...but for a place we were going to build. NOT for where I am now...which is where I will remain for at least several more years. ( The school system is like one of the absolute best in the country.)
Sorry to run on like that.

~johannachambers Jul 19, 2008

That is so cool! We got to do one raku firing in school, which was a blast but pretty labor-intensive compared to electric. But the results are well worth it!