Lots of experimentation in these firings. First up are some midfire pieces using a dark clay body I've never used before and a glaze I've tried out a long time ago. This is my first time doing a midfire firing for myself. I'll definitely be doing more. The fit of the glaze was exceptional, not a single ping to be heard.
At high fire, I've been looking to make a clay blend that is very reactive to atmosphere for use in woodfiring. I'm quite pleased with the flashing on the clay body and in the shino glaze that came from just a cone 10 gas reduction firing. I'm confident it will work well when I take it to woodfiring.
I also tried out saggar firing this time around. I pretty much wrecked the saggar box that I built - maybe I can get one more firing out of it before it completely falls apart - but the results are quite pleasing. I used the same flashing stoneware mix and it turned very dark and gave a wonderful mysterious depth to the blues in the nuka glaze.
All these pots are on their way to their new home at my sister-in-law's cafe in Okinawa.