Ceramic Hearth tiles

Ceramic Hearth tiles
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Here are six of the twenty six hearth tiles that I have made hot from the kiln.I would have liked to see more of the verdigri green glaze on these tiles, however the colour does have some bronze tints and are all lovely and flat ready to be laid.

One of the hearth tiles

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Mixing glaze for the tile application

Mixing glaze for the tile application

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Leaving the tiles to dry -out after a coating of glaze ready for the next stage.

Kiln Load

Kiln Load
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Tiles have been loaded into the bottom shelves of the kiln and the bird feeders have been placed above and at the back. At the top are some cone planters. This firing has greenware,bisqueware and some glazed items and will be fired very slowly to 1260c in my 11kw kiln. Probably will take between 15 & 18 hrs.