Post #811055 by MadDogMike on Tue, Oct 24, 2023 6:02 PM

Will carve flexibility is an awesome thing. Too bad we can't even touch our knees anymore, let alone our feet LOL
hang10tiki good call! Reminds me of the OLD joke about the three brothers, the championship pig with diarrhea, the cork, and the organ grinder's monkey ;)
Or Got Rum? hmmm... a little Peeping Tom? LOL

My little pig developed a crack inside. Maybe it dried too quickly? Maybe it stuck to the drying surface as it dried and contracted. No use in pointing fingers and laying blame now LOL

I've got a repair technique I've had success with before using "calcined clay" and glaze. Raw clay is smashed into little bits and allowed to dry. I also made a little pinch pot dish

The dried bits of clay are smashed into a powder and screened into the little dish.

The pig went into the kiln tonight along with the clay powder. Once fired (calcined), the clay dust particles will have shrunk as much as they are going to shrink. I'll mix the powder into a paste with liquid clear glaze and pack it into the crack. Then clear glaze the whole inside of the pig and fire again. Since the clay powder is the same clay as the pig it will be the exact same color and it's preshrunk so it will fill the crack. We'll see how it works :D

[ Edited by MadDogMike on 2023-10-24 18:03:13 ]