All the required work steps and gadgets for making an oval bonsai pot with a rim are shown intimately in the photos below.
Photos of the kiln
For firing the created pots after drying, a assorted pottery kiln is required. There are varied assorted kiln kinds, shapes, sizes and firing systems, worship electrical kilns, gasoline kilns and woodfired kilns.
Most ceaselessly the bonsai tree pots are fired twice. The first firing process, called bisque firing, takes space at approximately 800 – 900° C. Afterwards a glaze will also be applied, if desired. The 2nd firing process (stone ware firing) must poke up to 1200 – 1300° C in show to protect up out perfectly frost-resistant pots. In the next photos you gaze Erwin Grzesinski’s electrical kiln.
Sooner than and after glazing, three examples
Glazes are a charming topic within Bonsai pottery. Newbies will spend ready-made glazes whereas mavens protect to manufacture glazes of their very own. First and predominant it’ll be amazing that the coloration of the applied glaze has most ceaselessly any resemblance to the glaze coloration after firing. The glaze needs to be appropriate for the firing temperature for reaching the anticipated outcomes. A first charge records of chemical processes is important.
The following photos show about a examples of glazed pots earlier than and after glaze firing.
Documented by Erwin Grzesinski and written by Heike van Gunst. Erwin Grzesinski, born in 1954, studied architecture and in his expert lifestyles restored churches and – among other things – worked in the constructing materials business. Moreover artistic spare time actions worship carving soap stone figurines, he has been making Bonsai since 1995 and Bonsai ceramics and accent pots since 1996. Over time pottery turned into extra eminent and in the meantime Erwin has a substantial series of possibilities among Bonsai fanatics and artists from Germany and abroad. As he mostly works on show and cannot produce tremendous numbers of pots due to restricted capacities, his pots are in general no longer stumbled on at Bonsai traders (net net page). Heike van Gunst (from Hamburg, Germany) has been rising Bonsai for extra than 30 years. She has obtained manifold abilities in training and caring for various species and has developed a ardour for Bonsai pots and mask. Writing and translating Bonsai articles and Bonsai e-book translations are her particular topic.
