My Process of Creating Stoneware
I create unfired clay forms, either by handbuilding or throwing on the wheel, using Cone 6 Stoneware Clay.
  • My Greenware pieces can be destroyed by water or mishandling, once a piece is leather hard, it can be cleaned up or altered.  Then it has to dry completely.
  • It must be bone-dry in order to be fired for the first time. This step takes the longest 2-3 days.
The 1st firing strengthens the piece enough so that glaze can be applied to it. It resists MOST water, and is beyond the point of being able to be destroyed by normal means. It is low fired, to create Bisqueware.
  • The piece is glazed, either by brushing on the glaze or by glaze dipping; and then it is fired for a 2nd time to Cone 6.
  • Each firing adds at least two production days, one for firing and one for cooling.
The 2nd firing causes the glaze to adhere and creates a shiny surface as well as ads protection to the piece.​
  • The glazed ware is fired to such a high temperature, each piece is extremely durable. *2100 degrees, where it becomes finished ware. 
  • It is oven safe and dishwasher safe. Stoneware. ​
I use only lead-free glazes, so the stoneware is food safe. The clay is certified 100% non-toxic and is made from raw materials from here in the USA. 
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