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

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

Update: 2025-12-03
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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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Why is the last 200 degrees of the firing the most important?

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

Kathy King, Matt Katz, Rose Katz