Before and after pictures of my most recent firing. The elusive carbon trap shino came out very striking, with a fairly wide range of results. I will add individual pots at a later time. For the carbon trapping, I am becoming convinced that the timing of the early reduction is very critical as well as the prefiring drying process, as well as a multitude of other factors. I am hoping that the more firings I do and the more knowledge I develop the rate of successful pieces will increase.
