09/11/2025
I had a disaster yesterday morning with my kiln. My relatively new relays, the parts that regulate the heating elements, didn’t want to turn off when they were supposed to. The temperature in the kiln just kept climbing and climbing. I ultimately had to pull the wall plug out of the socket just to get it to turn off. 4 cardinal, 2 cat, and 2 lavender vases all ended up over heating and turning into melted blobs of glass. (I think the cats look the funniest with their distorted faces). Fortunately, Georgie’s Ceramics in Portland had replacement relays, and I am now back in business trying to fire glazed pottery before we leave for Indiana this weekend. First world problems, eh?