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By Hodaka, March 8, 2010

I fired the kiln  on Friday. Another good one. The following picture proves the reason why I was seeking the good firing. They are from three firings. Last year, I was losing 6 to 10 pieces per kiln.  Do the mass. I gained almost 30 pieces.  My friend potter in Japan told me long time ago that the yield should be 95 % to be the production potter. It is very hard figure, but this has been my goal, anyway.

One problem is solved, then another pops up.  My electric kiln showed “ERRD” sign today, and could not complete the bisque firing.  I need to wait the kiln cool-off to see the element problem or something else.  I talked with L&L technician, and he told me he thinks either the element or the relay. This kiln has been problem free for almost ten years.  I replaced the thermocouples two year ago.   I have no complain, and bought the elements last year expecting to fail.

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By Hodaka, March 1, 2010

I read an interesting article about the falcons in Rochester on Sunday.  Mariah, a star of the web-cam, placed in the mannmade nesting box at the Kodak tower several years ago, lost the Territorial battle with new comer, Bonnie and Clyde.

Today, I looked up at roof top of the studio, there  is a falcon standing the edge of the roof.  I saw the falcon -like bird chasing the dove the other day.  We have lots of doves on the roof of the building as plenty of grain dropped from the freight cars at the yard.

Pots are all waxed, but I am waiting the snow storm (wind) to settle down a bit.  We had more than foot of heavy back-breaking snow over the weekend. I threw berry bowls instead of glazing today.