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Old 03-18-2004, 11:59 AM   #25
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Thanks, Celeste and Heidi:

Dear Celeste, Thankyou, I feel the same about your work. Actually I feel at a loss of words to express how high in caliber so much of the works are by forum artists.

Heidi,

I don't have a kiln. This piece was fired by the retail ceramic supply store where I had bought all my clay and tools. They have two kilns running on a reservation schedule for customers. I opted for the whole kiln, and not just a shelf, for peace of mind.

When the technician notified me that the firing was done, he exclaimed about the beautiful bright golden yellow color he has never seen from this clay before. I immediately knew something was wrong. I have long wondered if the technician wrongfully set the computer for cone 11, and the covered his tracks by resetting it later to cone 6. We had a written contract for cone 4 which he denied, saying I last said 6. Anyway it looks like the firing went way beyond 6. The computer had on record a maximum temperature reading that was definitly within the upper limit of cone 6. So would this be a human blunder and cover-up, or a computer sensor failure?

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