For Flux Sake

·S5 E118

Why is the last 200 degrees of the firing the most important?

Dec 3, 2025
28 mins

Episode Description

Do you fire your kiln fast or slow? And does it really matter? Today the gang answer a few listener questions about the relationship between temperature, glaze melt, and vitrification. They also discuss a class of clays out of the UK that vitrify at low fire temperatures. 

 

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Today's episode is brought to you by Monkey Stuff, The Rosenfield Collection, Cornell Studio Supply, and Ceramic Materials Workshop's Making Glaze Make Sense.

 

This week's episode features the following topics:

Firing rate, glaze melt, shino, cone 6, cone 8, vitrification

 

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