Allow the pit to cool naturally and undisturbed as colors do form in the cooling cycle.
What cant you do with pit fired ceramic projects.
I have had success by placing greenware into a saggar as explained below.
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The art of multiple firings one technique you may not have used is multiple firings.
At cone 08 or hotter you loose the sheen of the burnish or terra sigillata.
Dried and preheated greenware can also be pit fired but there is greater risk of breakage due to fast uneven and sudden temperature changes.
The most common pit fired material is ceramic.
Some people fire a single piece 3 4 or even more times until they get exactly what they like.
Firing pottery in an outdoor pit kiln like the one maria constructed to keep her reproductions as accurate as possible is a method perfectly suited to the needs of today s rural craftspeople too.
The only rule in multiple firings is that you can t re fire at a hotter temperature than a previous firing or you will burn off the lower t.
The process of pit firing has endless possibilities the pieces seem to have been created by nature itself by the organic material and the fire which transforms the surface of the clay into a myriad of different patterns and colours and each piece that is unearthed from the ashes is totally unique.
When the pit cools to about 500 f 260 c you can elect to cover it with steel sheets to protect the ware from the wind and yet not influence the fumed colors.
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You want a low fire clay with a lot of grog to help it withstand the thermal shock.
The most popular color.
A raku clay would work.
There are 497 pit fired for sale on etsy and they cost 65 80 on average.
As they did the work is loaded into a pit a 3 x 4 hole in the ground and fired in combustible materials fuel.
Pit firing is usually lower temp than that but it is close and the same issues low fire and thermal shock need to be solved.