@tronlegkai: Kiln sitter failed and my timer was too long. It’s been about 3 months since this happened and I think I have finally recovered mentally 🥲 #ceramics #ceramicsfails #kiln #clay #pottery #ceramicsteacher #elementaryschool #potterytiktok

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peakpottery
PeakPottery :
Did you do cone 5 instead of cone 05?!
2026-02-21 14:39:27
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trashcat.arts
Kam :
Did the clay disappear?
2026-01-12 05:29:09
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xearthlingx
XearthlingX :
my district doesnt allow us to fire overnight for this exact reason. i can only fire while im in the building
2026-01-17 19:52:16
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user6007712227767
user6007712227767 :
Never trust a kiln sitter, you need to be at the kiln when you expect it to finish and then use welding goggles to look into your witness cones, once your target cone starts to fall then manually shut off the kiln.
2026-01-14 00:05:01
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zucchinishouse
Sarah :
How does that even happen?
2026-01-12 05:21:09
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kelseysobs
kelsaaaaay :
AURRRR NAURRRRRRER 💀
2026-01-12 04:17:04
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bugstarglass
kenz 𓆣 ★ :
How did you recover? Did all of those kiln shelves go to trash?😩
2026-01-19 01:31:26
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x6d696168
one_very_important_thought :
the projects, the shelves, the kiln. oof that hurts. You handled that well and I'm glad the kids did too!
2026-01-12 16:42:53
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cropperaltceramics
Cropper-Alt Ceramics :
The Post placement is odd. The shelves should share a post at each corner in the center and one post at the center of the shelf on the edge. This is def overfiring low fire clay. That’s a lot of loss, sorry.
2026-01-12 14:44:45
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claygirlcarly
carly ◡̈ :
previous hs ceramics teacher here! my first bisque firing the entire kiln blew up (my error)… you’re not alone!
2026-03-04 14:27:14
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omgsomebodyfinally
omgsomebodyfinally :
Oops! Just glaze!
2026-01-13 18:59:10
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ash.corinne
Ash 💕 :
i knew clay could melt if it was fired to hot but i never knew what it looked like, sorry that happened but thanks for the new information!
2026-01-15 01:40:13
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kelseecarlile
Art by Kelsee :
I feel like you probably fired it at 6 come instead of 06 or something like that. Something that simple makes the whole thing self destruct
2026-02-12 19:06:40
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glitterslinger
GlitterSlinger :
Your kiln sitter couldn’t shut down bc instead of reading air temp in the kiln it was reading kiln post
2026-01-13 13:21:02
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sassyklasi
Alissa :
Chip it all off, and do a mosaic project with your kids 💖🎨
2026-01-26 14:22:18
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madelynxart
madelynsxart :
I’m so sorry ceramics is evil but in the best way
2026-02-16 02:32:52
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hardcorejdawggg
Jenny ✌🏽 :
Try using pyrometric cones. And check if your cone sitter is calibrated to make sure it shuts off in case your timer fails. What cone were you trying to fire to?
2026-01-13 12:25:32
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death.mere
mj🪴 :
Ok but the green color it made was stunning
2026-01-13 00:20:45
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jamison_is_me
Jamison_is_me :
We need to find out why!
2026-01-12 06:00:31
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betterbaddecisions
🎪F♡ck-It-Up-and-Try-Again💕 :
looks like the individual creations decided to become a collaboration 🥲
2026-01-26 19:37:09
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anitagofradump420
Stupid ‘n’ Bent :
Did you try turning it off and turning it back on?
2026-01-13 00:30:03
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jadalliya
Jadalliya :
Pls keep us updated bc what lol
2026-01-12 05:02:01
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coffeeslime29
~CoffeeSlime29~ :
I’m so sorry this happened!! I did this last year during my third year, but I did it to the clay. I didn’t know you could melt clay! Look at it as a right of passage as an art teacher, I hope you’re able to get all the glaze off and the kids are understanding and you can try the projects again.
2026-01-17 23:39:01
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cocospots
cocospots :
I had this happen- kids work/sitter fail/ - it was absolutely humiliating and I NEVER taught clay classes again- 😬 I feel this so much …
2026-01-18 20:39:38
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biadinee
Nadine :
Omg?
2026-01-12 06:16:54
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