The Imperfect Potter Studio is offering firing services for local potters who need a place to fire.

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS

Participants are charged a fee per item for each firing (bisque or glaze firing).
You need to submit the form below and make your payment each time you drop off pieces. Once your form has been received you will receive a text from the studio about drop off and the upcoming firing schedule.

FIRING FEES

$1.50 – Small: All dimensions are four inches or smaller
$2.50 – Medium: Any item with a dimension larger than 4.25” and less than 6”
$3.50 – Large: Items with dimensions larger than 6.25” and less than 8”
$5.00 – larger than 8.26” and less than 11”

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Preparing for the bisque fire – Cone 04

• This is the first of two firings in the ceramic process.
• Only greenware (unfired clay) is accepted.
• All ceramic pieces MUST be marked with a legible mark/signature regardless of the size.
• All information will be needed from the form on the website before we can accept your work.
• Work needs to be completely bone dry, if it is not dry enough to fire there will be a delay and the piece will have to wait for the next firing.
• Please limit the thickness of your piece to under ½ inch

Preparing for glaze firing – Cone 6

• This is the second firing in the ceramic process.
• Only glazed bisque-ware is accepted.
• All pieces MUST have a consistent identifiable mark/ signature (this includes small items like jewelry or test tiles)
• We do not fire-glazed work on stilts.
• We do not once fire from greenware to cone 6.
• Glazes must be rated to go up to Cone 6/ 2165 Fº
• Glaze must be applied with a ¼” space of un-glazed clay at the bottom foot of the pot. This includes the underside/ center of a trimmed foot (apply this info to lids for success as well)
• Your piece(s) will not be loaded in the kiln if glaze is on the foot or you have not left the appropriate ¼” space unglazed around the bottom of the pot/ sculpture
• You must provide a cookie for the bottom of each piece.

RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICES

The firing service offered by The Imperfect Potter is only available if you abide by the outlined requests. The following reasons will make it impossible for us to continue to fire your pieces.

• You do not fill out the Firing Service Form Completely
• You do not pay your firing fees/ clay fees as requested.
• You do not have a consistent stamp on the bottom of your works.
• If you drop off work that is thicker than 1/2” thick. Know that we pre heat for only two hours, so if your work is overly thick it is at risk. Your pieces needs to be ¼ ” – ½ ” thick.
• If you drop off pieces that are larger than 15” in any direction.
• If the foot has glaze on it
• If the glaze goes all the way to the bottom of the foot ring and does not have the appropriate ¼” of unglazed space at foot of the pot. This includes the underside/ center of a trimmed foot.
• You don’t provide cookies for each piece.

RECAP – THE ESSENTIALS

• Submit Firing Form (with information about your work)
• Pay the firing fee at the end of the form.
• Follow the drop off instructions that will be sent to you.
• Be patient, we will fire your pieces as soon as we can.
• You will receive a text from us when your pieces are ready.
• Please pick up promptly.