Fiery Heart Designs

Wish I had photos of my experiments in copper clay but my first firing was disappointing.  I either did not quite get the firing schedule or I mis-applied it.  Either way no joy.  First I broke the piece which was one of my funny stylized heart shapes in outline form. Without thinking as I held it while preparing to place it for firing I squeezed a bit and it fell into three pieces.  Since it was just a piece for test firing I simply used one piece to fire….failure….then after checking the manual, adjusting….a second piece.  More failure.  It was late.  Since then I read an article about firing this type of copper clay and will try again this week with a more substantial piece.

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