Cone 6 Gas reduction & Cone 6 Soda Firing

This Class is for Potters with some experience as there will be no weekly wheel throwing instruction

4 Week class - 1 cone 6 soda and gas reduction firing

Interested in getting varied surface results with your pottery? This class is for you!

While this class will meet every Thursday evening, it does not come with weekly instruction.

Students will meet every week to create work for the firings.

Students will meet with their instructor Delores on the first class, glazing night , loading, firings and unloading.

Loading, firing and unloading will happen at one of our instructor homes in Durham which is located off of S Roxboro st, 10 minutes from Delores Pottery.

Flashing slips and tips for how to decorate pieces for a soda firing will be provided. Students will make work like normal but the final firing will be different. Glazes will be provided at the studio.

Students will receive roughly 3 cu ft of space between the 2 kilns.

Dates & Times for loading, firing, and unloading

1st class Thur Jan 2nd - Meet your teacher, select clay, begin making work

Sunday Jan 19th - All work must be on the bisque shelf in order to be dry in time for bisque firing

Thur Jan 23rd - Glazing for the Firing. Students can glaze ahead of time if their pots have been bisque fired before the glazing night.

You can also bring pre glazed pots to the loading on Friday and Saturday if you don't need to use the studio glazes as long as the glazes are suited for cone 6.

Friday Jan 24th - additional glazing time at the studio 12pm - 4pm

Friday Jan 24th 4pm 6:30pm- Load Kiln - All students must be present to help wad and load their work unless otherwise discussed with the instructor. As much as I would love to fire the converted kilns in our small parking lot I don’t want the neighbors to be too alarmed by the crazy potters. We will fire the kilns at one of our instructors' home studio, about 10 mins from the studio. The address will be emailed to attendees.

Saturday Jan 25th 9am 6pm - Finish loading kilns, Start firing of both kilns.

Sunday Jan 26th 1pm 5pm - Unload kiln - All students must be present to help unload the kiln and clean kiln area unless otherwise discussed with instructor.

If you have any questions email Delores at delorespottery@gmail.com

Cone 6 Gas & Soda Firing