Clay Shrinkage: Test Tiles, Drying vs Firing Shrinkage and Throwing Sizes
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You measure four clay bodies on test tiles, separate drying from total shrinkage, look up the clay of each planned piece and work out the wet size Ines must throw to hit the fired size.
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Lessons in this course
- Clay Shrinkage: Test Tiles, Drying vs Firing Shrinkage and Throwing Sizes Locked
- Clay Planning: Weight per Piece, Pieces per Bag, Reclaim and Bags to Buy Locked
- Glaze Recipes: From Percentages to Batch Grams, Additions and Re-normalising Locked
- Specific Gravity: Measuring Glaze Thickness and the Water to Add Locked
- Glaze Use: Grams per Piece, Pieces per Batch and Batches for a Firing Locked
- Firing Schedules: Ramp Rates, Holds, Total Time and Clock Times Locked
- Kiln Energy: kWh, Cost per Firing and Cost per Piece Locked
- Pricing Every Piece: Full Cost, Wholesale, Retail and a Sales Chart Locked