{"id":3179,"date":"2011-06-22T06:33:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T20:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2011-06-21T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T02:49:06","slug":"the-kiln-finally-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=3179","title":{"rendered":"The kiln finally speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few dramas with the new kiln. At this stage it likes to function only when on a lean. TurboNerd has been contracted to look into it, with the first attempt suffering from a bit of mis-diagnosis. Tonight we hopefully will come up with the goods.<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time, I did manage to fire some test pieces on Monday. Yes, this if from a steel (tin) can. It&#8217;s a great material! And chickpea salad makes a great lunch&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3180\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3180\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3180 \" title=\"01 Base front\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/01-Base-front-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/01-Base-front-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/01-Base-front-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/01-Base-front-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/01-Base-front.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Cameron - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3181\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3181\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3181 \" title=\"02 Base back\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/02-Base-back-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/02-Base-back-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/02-Base-back-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/02-Base-back-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/02-Base-back.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Cameron - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3182\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3182\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3182\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3182\" title=\"03 Lid Front\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/03-Lid-Front-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/03-Lid-Front-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/03-Lid-Front-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/03-Lid-Front-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/03-Lid-Front.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Cameron - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3183\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3183\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3183\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3183\" title=\"04 Lid Back\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/04-Lid-Back-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/04-Lid-Back-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/04-Lid-Back-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/04-Lid-Back-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/04-Lid-Back.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Cameron - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anamika got me onto this material while I was in Bristol. She kindly let me keep a couple of her samples. I think they&#8217;re beautiful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3184\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3184\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3184 \" title=\"05 Anamika curls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/05-Anamika-curls-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/05-Anamika-curls-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/05-Anamika-curls-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/05-Anamika-curls-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/05-Anamika-curls.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anamika Vijayaveeraraghavan - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel + porcelain slip on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3185\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3185\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3185\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3185 \" title=\"06 Anamika curls 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/06-Anamika-curls-2-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/06-Anamika-curls-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/06-Anamika-curls-2-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/06-Anamika-curls-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/06-Anamika-curls-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anamika Vijayaveeraraghavan - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel + porcelain slip on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3187\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3187\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3187\" title=\"08 Anamika dots 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/08-Anamika-dots-2-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/08-Anamika-dots-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/08-Anamika-dots-2-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/08-Anamika-dots-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/08-Anamika-dots-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anamika Vijayaveeraraghavan - enamel sample, 2011. Liquid enamel on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3186\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3186\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=3186\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3186\" title=\"07 Anamika dots 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/07-Anamika-dots-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/07-Anamika-dots-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/07-Anamika-dots-1-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/07-Anamika-dots-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2011\/06\/07-Anamika-dots-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anamika Vijayaveeraraghavan - enamel sample. Liquid enamel on steel shim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa is working on her kiln, but the kiln is working on her too&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,107,53,109,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-council","category-jewellery","category-objects","category-process","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3190,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}