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native pottery
iowabow:
Thanks all for the positive input and all. Update for you the pot has air dried and is being sun baked this afternoon to drive off as much water as possible. Then i will let it sit for another day just for good measure. I want the ware to be bone dry. Any moisture in the pot at 212 will blow. If the pot breaks during firing we will still have results to evaluate. With the store bought clay i had a bout a 20 % breakage rate so I figure the rate should be higher like 50%. I already have the next batch of clay ready to fire.
bowtarist:
8) cool thread John and nice pot too. dp
iowabow:
It is hard to find a good window of opportunity to do the firing. Wednesday is going to be too windy with gusts up to 30 miles per hour. Thursday we have a heat warning with high winds as well. We have thunderstorms forecast for the weekend so monday is now my new target. I am anxious to start the firing but know better than risk the chance of cool air on a hot pot from gust or water from a down pour. So as hard as it is to wait i am fillin the time with other primitive projects. I have finish to put on three bows, cane arrows to shave on, and flint knapping for hunting points i am making for people. A calm day is what is needed so I wait.
iowabow:
Might be a window 1am Friday morning till late afternoon. You might wonder why I want to fire during this window. The reason to take the risk is because the ground will be dry. If I wait till Monday I have a hole that is conducting cold easier due to higher moisture.
bowtarist:
Can't you throw a tarp over it or a buffalo rug or something? Man I hope that rain makes it this far East. It is dry dry dry here. Last big rain was on May 8th. dp
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