Fire Pit Fun

Bronze Age Beakers


   Yesterday I decided to try a few beakers in the fire pit, these were pieces that had been glazes with the exterior left unglazed, so with the idea being to get some smoke effect designs on the outside I lit the fire pit, I knew it would be fun but had no idea what the finished results would be, maybe I would get a couple of pieces to list on the new site or maybe I would find them all in pieces in the ashes at the end, I had no idea which it would be.
   Well after half an hour in the pit and few minutes sorting through the ashes I found four of the five pieces were still intact and covered in smoke shades, out they came and after a while cooling down they were washed and polished. The designs were to say the least unique and I'm really not sure what to make of them,  are they good enough to list on the website, well I really don't know, I'll let them sit around for a while while I get used to them.
   The results may have been mixed but boy was it fun trying it out and I can see more pieces going in the pit in the future, I guess it's good to try out these things now and then and if nothing else it makes for an interesting hour away from the wheel.
   It was another early start here, I was up and about at 5 and now I sit writing this blog with yet again the sound of rain falling in the darkness of this Tuesday morning, it seems no time since I was waking to the early sunshine pouring in through the bedroom window, now it's darkness that greets me in the early hours.
   Now it's back to the barn for me with beads to clean and photograph, enjoy your day.