Making a Pottery Wheel Thrown Jar: Glazing and Firing - Part 3

This tutorial follows the final stages of making a lidded stoneware jar, from bisque firing and glazing through reduction firing and finishing. It demonstrates kiln packing, pyrometric cones, and cleaning the lid with valve lapping paste.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºC
- Unpacking the electric kiln
- Waxing the jar
- Glazing the jars, yes there's a second piece
- Tidying up the glazed surface
- Wadding the lid
- Packing my gas kiln
- Talking about pyrometric cones
- Firing the gas kiln in a reduction atmosphere to 1290ºC
- Unpacking the kiln
- Sanding the pots bases smooth
- Removing the waddings & using valve lapping paste on the lid
- The finished jar!