I have moved my house and settling down! Everyday I spend lots of time at my rooftop, planting and let the rabbits out to play. Yesterday afternoon I have let Josie out for an hour accompany me doing my gardening. The pumpkin grow crazily, it is just 2 mths old. I am hoping to have some pumpkins before Christmas.
The re-firing was successful! The ashes effect appeared and also with touch of copper rust, I still have a few plates waiting for re-firing.... hope they will be alright too.
The bigger pots were placed at the back of the dragon kiln, unfortunately the heat not reaching there. The temp just enough to fired the clay but not the ash glazes on top, they look so raw. I will fire those in the electric kiln one more time, hoping that the ashes could melt then.
I am really stressed with the house moving and the woodfiring happening same month. Woodfiring is the traditional way to fire pottery and involves lots of physical work. Have to monitor and add wood for firing for around 40 hours and setup and clean afterwards. It has occupied 3 weekends of me and I am so tired after that. It is much more difficult to predict the effect as compare with the electric kiln. I have put 10 pots in and after so much work, only 2 successful fired. As above. It is very earthy and very different from normal pottery pcs. 
I like to work on details although it is time consuming. The effect is as expected so I am happy! I wanted to make fat bunny but there is no space already.
Starting to do more 2 bunnies item, need more consideration on the bunnies weight as too heavy may deformed the bowl shape. The rough clay is ideal for the purpose as it is very solid during firing.
