All God's Children Got a Skutt

And here's Goldie's,perched proudly on her Jerusalem balcony,having performed its first bisc and glaze firings without mishap. Ex-apprentice [now wife and mother-she had an eventful year] Goldie paid a visit this morning [with obligingly patient baby Naomi] to report on her first firing to 1250- a few degrees hotter on the bottom,which I think is good on a first firing,since most kilns fire hotter on the top: the remedy for a hot bottom is usually a slightly lower first shelf and/or tighter packing of pots under it. The speckled clay looks good,and initial glaze tests show promise.