After the kiln didn't get to temp I didn't have high hopes, but oy this was worse than I was expecting. You'll remember from the last firing that I had a bunch of fern plates with Oribe that I wasn't happy with. Well refiring was not helpful. Three of them cracked, several ran onto my kiln shelf, and the rest still don't have the look I was going for. The only potential left is to practice my kintsugi.

Oribe issues aside - I messed up my egg tray. The red is too red, there was a color I thought was pink that's not and then one color that's just completely washed out. I think I might try to refire (ha I haven't learned) with a coat of something over it to see if I can make it better.
I'm really disappointed in the wave mugs too. I don't know what the Shadow Blue did at the bottom, but I'm worried that refiring would make them run onto the shelf. Maybe with a cookie under it? I don't know. I should probably just make new mugs.

Disappointing, just disappointing. Oh and wait till you hear about what happened when we went to replace the elements in tomorrow's post!

Ok let's start with a few that are good.

Colors for Earth Laurel Green and Maize 2167 Clear Over	Colors for Earth Cabernet, Laurel Green, and Maize with a hint of Florida Orange 2167 Clear Over
Spectrum Butter Yellow x3	Colors for Earth Cabernet, Red Geranium, Bright Violet, and Laurel Green 2167 Clear Over
Mayco Stroke and Coats Jack O Lantern, Sour Apple, Just Froggy, Java Bean	2167 Clear these are going to be little signs for my booth
Mayco Stroke and Coat many Stroke and Coats on the cacti (at least 5 greens), Fruit of the Vine Mayco Weeping Plum x3	Clayscapes Oribe - this is the one I am most happy with of all the leaves
Top Left: Amaco Weeping Plum x3 Top Right: Amaco Sky x3 Bottom: Spectrum Nori Green (this one is actually really disappointing, its just blah army green)	Top Left:Coyote Dragon's Eye x3 Top Right:Coyote Firefly Garden x3 Bottom Left: Amaco Deep Sienna Speckle x3 Bottom Right: Amaco Deep Olive Speckle x3
Mayco Black Fundamentals Wiped back Oribe x3

Ok so those were the good. Now let's talk about the meh. They aren't terrible, but I'm also just not exicted about them for various reasons.

50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....these are just a little streaky	Amaco Marigold x3 - in some of the texture there are little holes on the outside
50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....just a little streaky	Iron Oxide wiped back Amaco Jade x3, not bad just meh
Mayco Black Fundamentals Wiped back Oribe x3 - these just don't pop	Mayco Black Fundamentals Wiped back Oribe x3 - in the one on the right there is a white spot on the top. I'm not sure what it is
Oribe on all of them, two also have the 50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide wash...meh no pop	50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....just a little streaky
50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....more streaks	Various Colors for Earth...this isn't bad just not really my taste

And then there is the bad

50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....BROKEN	50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....CRACK
50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....Double CRACK	50/50 gerstley borate and iron oxide, Clayscapes Oribe....ran onto the shelf and it spat
Colors for Earth Red Geranium, Cranberry, Bright Violet and something else 2167 clear over This is just bad glazing. I might try to add a glaze on top	Clayscapes shadow blue....no clue what's going on at the bottom, one of the handles shivered. I don't know if I can reglaze these without it running on the shelf
Black wiped back Clayscapes Oribe....ran onto the shelf

Ok so the glazing doesn't work, but the sizing is perfect