emeralz1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Brilliant Idea! a fun creative way to edge your flowers instead of the same ol edging, or fencing.Absolutely awesome! I will be excited to get all of my accessories for my kiln so I can get firing started, it will be fun to see if I can figure it out... lol! Keep up the good work. Thank you so much for sharing your talents, tips and tricks, and your opinions, and thoughts!

Marihani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hi! Lovely to meet you!Those shovel-head things are meant to be edging to one or two of my flower-beds out in the garden when I get enough of them made - which - is taking a while! They tipped when they were fired and I still haven't thought of a good idea to keep them from doing that.

emeralz1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I came up on your video while searching for some pottery/kiln video's I must say I rather enjoyed it! Now I will have to subscribe to learn more of why you are making what you are making and what you are talking about when you say "last time" I don;t know I wasnt here last time!! hehe but I plan to be here next time!What do you use those slab, flat shovel head looking things for? Well I will watch your videos and find out! thanks for sharing! I am new to pottery and very thankful 4ur videos!

Marihani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I hate comment limits! Here's the rest:My stuff is mostly stoneware - ie. they are water-impermeable - which is very practical for things that go outside in the garden - they can stay there year round. Also, I prefer the liveliness in the glazes at that temp (1250 C).

Marihani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My kiln goes up to around 2280 F (1250 C). I think that insulation that was dropping off was fire wool or something like it.You are firing to around 1000 C, which is earthenware. Probably red clays, right? At that temperature, the change to water-unpermeable doesn't happen, so that the bricks work better with the mortar, I would think. Right?

Marihani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Actually, a friend of mine did that. One very important thing is to make sure the board itself dries very, very slowly. She had lots of fun designing all the different pieces!

jangleejanvar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Really interesting. I looked at this video 'cos I am in the brick making business and we design/build big brick kilns. How high do your temperatures get? Brick kilns typically go up to 1900deg F. Also, we use fire wool in damaged areas. I suppose you could too in the areas where you had your insulation coming off.

crazymml (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That was fun! Loved the glaze on the ball, really cool

Marihani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It ended up being only the two, and I have made some more. As soon as hubby takes pictures of them, I want to test them out in the garden to see if they work. Will try to use some stabilizer tripods set on end to keep them from toppling so badly next time :-)

cirque427 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sorry about you're slab/board thingys! hopefully you'll have better luck next time. well i have to go write an essay :( but i'll be checking for more vids!