...my birthday is in less than a month!! Kyle's present to me is hiding in the closet. Last year, he gave me a 25 lb. bag of clay. I've almost finished with it; there are probably only about 8-10 lbs. left. Maybe I'll just throw it all in one go and make a really big pot! I'll put pictures up of the pots and things I've been working on. Nothing is glazed yet because I like using high-fire glazes and the closest kiln around that does firings that high is in American Fork. Firing at high temperatures makes pieces more, how do you say, "structurally sound." They don't break as easily. And they are food safe. Definitely.
I overheard a guy talking about kilns you can buy that fire to cone 8 (around
2212-2320 degrees) and plug into a clothes dryer outlet. That's pretty cool (actually it's really hot!*).
For more info on cone firing, go here. Clay rocks!*
*Please excuse any lame jokes. Still recovering from spending time with my dad. :)
