Post #383433 by Babalu on Thu, May 29, 2008 9:23 PM

YAY!!! Thump, thump, thump (as Mr. Jones would say) :) :) Way to go Ms. Clarita!

I agree with Sir B, You two should move to the front of the class with top honors!

Ms. C...I see from your post that you 2 castings are of different thicknesses....that's ok, your just experimenting with the amount of time you want to leave the clay slip in the mold before you pour it out...Obviously, the longer you leave the slip in the mold the thicker the walls of the mug will be...thing is, each mugs walls will be the same thickness all over, so you can just leave it to dry out right after you have cleaned them up. If you don't have time to clen them right after you have pulled them out of the mold, put them in a plastic bag to stay moist until you are ready to clean them.

A good general way to tell when they are dry enough to fire is to touch the mug to your cheek (the face one)...if it feels real close to the room temperature, she's ready to fire.

Be careful, clay, when in it's bone dried greenware stage, is very fragile and can break easy...if your in a real humid area, I might do a slower bisque...candle the firing for just a bit longer.

PS..Oops..Henrik jumped in as I was writing and posting the above...:)

[ Edited by: Babalu 2008-05-29 21:25 ]