First thing on Monday morning I opened my kiln and surprisingly I was very pleased with what met me. For a start neither of my moulds had cracked. I chose to test my strongest and weakest colour gradients and I think the difference between them is very interesting and to be honest just about what I was expecting.
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| 5% colour. |
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| 30% colour. |
There was a couple of things that I'm not entirely happy with but I am changing a few things around for my next test- which will hopefully go in tomorrow. Firstly they have quite a lot of bubbles (this is more noticeable in the darker cast) and secondly I made my mould (from the wax) slightly wonky so the tops of them are slightly askew.
Don't panic though, to try and reduce the bubbles I'm taking my kiln up slightly higher (from 800°C to 820°C) and holding it here for an extra hour. Hopefully this will work a bit better and I will have a clearer over all cast.
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