And Let There Be Color...Or Maybe Not...

I have been having great firings lately. Brilliant color that also shows the texture in the clay. Perhaps a dozen consistent firing that delivered what I wanted.




And then there was this firing.....



Very same glaze, very same temperature, very same reduction time in same chamber. But...no brilliance in color. The only change was using shiny advertising paper instead of plain newsprint. Who would have thought that would make a difference? Certainly not me! I have another firing in reduction now...with newsprint...anxious to see what happens....only one minute left before popping the top and seeing if I am back in the color!! Gotta go...............


Twenty minutes later.....got my color back!! But me, being me....I kinda like the earthen dark and pastel purple and blue colors in the "bad" firing. I got lemons...but I think I can make some lemonade? Another set of unusual firings to add to my...Miss Havisham's Garden...grouping.