Okay, moving on from that last post...
I unloaded the kiln this morning to mixed results but not so bad. I am happy with the direction that the decoration is taking and with some of my color choices. I did have 3 or 4 pots blemished by glaze crawling. I'll try and refire them later. My next firing is scheduled for early next week and I'm going to use the clay, slip and glaze that we used at Penland this summer. If I see that those materials consistantly work with no problems then I'm going to base most of what I do on that combination for the next little bit.
