Last week in Philiadelphia, I visited the clay studio. It is a big city clay studio. They do an amazing job. However, I was just a little taken aback at how "rule oriented" the place seemed to be. I guees that is what's needed in a studio and gallery of such large size. Also, it seemed like atmospheric kilns were something that the studio and many of the artists there just didn't do - Surprising to me, though it probably shouldn;t have been.
Backat home, I'm feeling like I need to push the projected firing of my kiln back till after the holidays. The pressure of finishing the kiln, making a body of work, and coordinating a firing - all before christmas - seems kind of like an unescessary challenge.
Also, the arched grate bars that I cast didn't work at all. I'm going to use arch bricks to create arched firebox grates....
