FIRED CRAFTS
HOW IT WORKS
At Fired Crafts, we have a constant stock rotation to keep our bisque (pottery shapes) as up to date as possible and we can also look to order special pieces if requested.
​​To get involved it’s as easy as...
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Choose
Choose your Pottery to paint, whether it be to paint at home, at one of our pottery painting events or at a Pottery Party with us.
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Order it
Order your pottery pieces, then collect your paint at home pottery kits or if you are attending a pottery painting event or party and we bring it all to you.
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Paint It
Then it’s time to get crafty! you will have all the tools you need to decorate your masterpiece and we glaze and fire it when you're finished.
We use Stroke and Coat paints, these are all food safe and non toxic! These paints can look dull upon application, but don’t worry they produce amazing vivid colours when glazed & fired.
Once your piece is painted, this really is where the magic happens! Once returned to our workshop, we allow your piece to dry completely, we clear glaze each piece, to ensure it is completely covered for a food safe abd glossy finish. ​When dry, we sand down each item by hand to smooth out any ruffles or bubbles in the glaze.​
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We then dry foot each piece (wipe their bottoms) so that they don't stick to the kiln shelves. Your piece is now ready to be fired! We load up our kiln and set it to fire at almost 1000° and is ready a day later.
It truly is a magical process and every time we open the kiln at Fired Crafts it is just as exciting as the first!
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It is important to note that all pottery should be handwashed and not allowed to sit in water. Due to the need to dry foot each hand painted item - it leaves a portion of your pottery unprotected from water, which will cause the glaze to craze (create fine lines on your pottery) if it gets into the body of your pottery.