calor infernal

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Dear Eduardo,
How are you doing? To my relief all heads seemed to have survived the glaze firing. And look good. Here you see them during the infernal heath. I quickly opened the door for a few seconds to take the photo.
I had to fire them in two shifts, because they didn’t fit in the small kiln all of them.
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But here they are all together. Usually there is always a few of them that by accident fused onto each other. But this time not a single one! Hurray!
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But I may have a small problem in applying the decals. I noticed that some of the heads feel a bit rough at spots. Not as smooth as when I would have glazed them only. This time I wanted that white slip effect on the dark clay, before glazing them. The slip layer absorbed some of the glaze as well. The glaze looks nicely melted and closed, but a bit thin at places. I hope this won’t effect the decals when fired. I am doing a decal test firing now with a few.
Are you doing well with the brooches you want to apply? I am curious to see. Take care, Peter