Other things to note:
1. Our experienced staff will carefully load and unload your work to ensure proper firing and handling.
2. Our kilns are well-maintained and monitored to guarantee consistent and reliable results.
3. We ask that you ensure your pieces are completely dry, free of debris and properly labeled before bringing them in. It can be hard to find your work at pickup if we all do not know who it belongs to. We recommend you make test tiles to see how your glazes will react with your clay. Not only will this show you the color, texture and fit; it will show you how far the glazes will run on the piece. This will save you lots of heartache (and money) in the end. We want you to be happy with your piece.
4. We require all work to be picked up within 30 days of pick-up notification.
5. We cannot guarantee specific firing results due to the inherent variability of the ceramic process.
6. If major damage is caused as a result of work blowing up, pieces sticking to the shelf in glaze firings or any other random acts we will let you know. Should it be a result of your work we reserve the right to charge you. We will have a release for you to sign upon dropping off work.
Firing Services guidelines.
We offer outside firings in our electric kilns. We have 4 Skutt kilns. Anyone is welcome to fire with us as outside firing!
Rates are simple
$5 per half shelf up to 6" tall
$5 will be added for every additional 6" in height, or for pieces that are wider than a half shelf.
Note the half shelf dimensions shown. If your pieces are wider than the shelf dimensions, you will also be charged an additional $10 to account for using the adjacent half shelf space (using a whole shelf).
You will pay for your firing when you drop off your pieces. We accept credit card, Venmo, and cash if you have exact change. We do not keep cash on site.
Please note that for bisque firings, your pieces can stack and touch, but glaze firings require pieces to be separated. We want you to know that while you can fit more in a bisque nd lessen the cost you cannot count on that in a glaze firing. The costs will differ.
Firing Temperatures & Materials
We are firing all bisque work to cone 06 and glaze work to cone 6. All of our studio clays sold in our shop are fired to these temperatures and pre-approved for firing. If you would like to fire materials not purchased at Rainier Ceramics Studio, we must approve the firing of those materials before you submit the work for firing. We cannot, however, guarantee glaze fit with outside materials as we have not been able to test these materials with our studio glazes and firing schedule.