Can anyone give me some advice? I've just taken this piece out of the kiln but its melted! If was a shallow dish when it went in but has sunk during firing any I'm unsure why. It was placed right at the top of the kiln (1.5cm from the lid) and the kiln fired to cone 5 (according to the witness cones. The clay is a stoneware buff with a temperature range of 1100-1290C so it shouldn't be melting. I'm really confused.

So disappointing! This is my stoned denim which is very stable so I assume it’s from the carving???? It was a gift! Ugh! Back to the grind…literally!!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

So I did a bisque fire on my plaque for my sister and two things happened. It cracked through the middle and it also bent again. I did all the things suggested for the previous tile that warped. I used batts to flip it when I was rolling it out and drying it. I kept the weights on it and it was perfectly flat when it went in. Is there something I can add to prevent warping or strengthen the clay? This is the wild clay so I’m not sure if it is missing a key property to keep it flat. The crack is only on the front side - is there anything I can do to fix it?

Low fire pieces were fired to Cone 5! Totally ruined my only 2 kiln shelves and I have an event next week and can’t fire without shelves!

Quite frankly, I’m sick of snow. But I know some people in this community love it.., so here ya go! 1) Video from when I woke up looking out my kitchen window 2) Photo from my back door leaving for work