Kiln Peek at 2nd Grade Coil Pots

These are always beautiful! We do a diamond clear glaze on "clay lady clay" from MidSouth Ceramics then the kids pick out some glass beads (dollar tree!) to lay in the bottom of the coil pot. The kiln melts the glass and it looks like water. It's an awesome technique! Beware though, if the kiln doesn't get a complete "fire" the glass won't completely melt and it will result in little dangerous glass bubbles! 

Here's the rest of the photogs of the coil pots/Mother's Day Gifts....

Coil Pots with 2nd Grade

 

Tried this new technique this year with putting a glass bead in the bottom of the coil pots before firing on Cone 04. We did a Crystal Clear glaze with the blue beads and they turned out beautifully! (Just in time for Mother’s Day too!)

We used one class period to build the coil pot and the next class we glazed.

Kiln before and after…..

Loving these melted glass pools…