Interesting, I’ll try that. I generally throw all my water and everything back in reclaim, so in theory everything goes back in, but I’ll definitely try that. There was a non reclaim plate that warped too, just not as bad. A heavily grogged stoneware.

Possibly, I had stacked them vertically once before but on that one I had a larger pot in the middle and rested them all against that. I had also considered that my use of reclaim might have been a problem, but one of them wasn't reclaim. It was the least warped.

Good to know, that's what I always thought the problem was with plates, expansion issues causing them to crack. Thank you!

Oooooh, Silica Sand. This is something I have heard about but not really looked into too much. I'm going to have to look into that.

I really don't do many plates... or at least I haven't up until now. I never fired flat because of all the complaints I had seen from other potters about warping or cracking. Here I was thinking I was going to learn from their mistakes. -Womp Womp- I will check CAN, thank you! :)

On the edge. This was the load.

I don't have that glaze yet. I'm going to see if the local place has it.

The thing about the plates is they all went into the kiln looking good. I dried them REALLY carefully and, I thought, really evenly.

As Bob Ross would say, there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.

In the case of art, that's definitely mostly true... In the case of Nuclear Science, I would beg to differ :)

Outstanding!

How many pounds of clay goes into a bowl like that? I have a bit more trouble with larger pieces... Either I have trouble centering larger amounts of clay, or I make the walls too thin and they keep collapsing.

Frustrating

Thank you! :)

Exactly! :)

Obsidian base, and drops of sapphire float, smokey merlot, and mayco light flux on the inside... if I recall correctly.