Firing

Step One: Please measure and submit your work for firing via sandymonespottery@gmail.com - this MUST be done before you drop off your work. NOTE: Please make sure that the work can be seen clearly in the photo in case we need to identify the work later on.

Sign the bottom of your work.

Because we must be able to easily identify your work, all work must be signed. You can use an underglaze pencil at drop-off to sign your work if necessary.

Step Two: Drop-Off Work

Only once you have submitted your work for firing at sandymonespottery@gmail.com , please drop off your work 10 am-10 pm any day.

Step Three: Drop Off the Work

When you arrive, unpack your work at the front desk and make sure to take all packing materials with you. Match your work with your firing slip. Before leaving, you must obtain check-in approval from a SANDY MONES POTTERY staff member.

Step Four: Pick Up the Work

Most work is completed in 7-10 days; if you want to be very safe, please come two weeks after your work was dropped off to pick it up or schedule a glazing appointment. We are no longer notifying people when their work is ready—please just come and check the outside firing bisque pickup area for bisque work and the general glaze pickup area for glaze work.

You can either pick up your work during our open hours daily, 10 am-10 pm or schedule a time to glaze at sandymonespottery.com/glazing

Note: We will keep work for two months after it comes out of the kiln, but please try to pick up your work ASAP once it is ready so we can continue processing work efficiently.

Questions? Please email info@sandymonespottery.com

To submit your non-Sandy Mones Pottery materials for approval, please fill out the form below. We will get back to you within three business days.

Rates
The rate for firing is 10 cents per cubic inch.

Firing Temperatures & Materials
We are firing all bisque work to cone 04 and glaze work at all temperatures. All of our studio clays are fired to these temperatures and pre-approved for firing. If you would like to fire materials not purchased at Sandy Mones Pottery, 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. To obtain approval for firing outside materials, please complete the form at the bottom of this page.

Note: If you are new to SANDY MONES POTTERY, please type in the subject line “Outside Firing”.

Glazing

Once your work is bisque fired, if you would like to use our glazes, you can make a 1-hour appointment to glaze and submit your work for firing. Please use the scheduling tool below to secure your appointment.

If you have yet to bisque your work with us, you must have any outside materials approved before making your appointment. To approve your materials, submit the form at the bottom of the firing page here.

Procedures 

Before coming to Glaze, please consider your work and plan action before you arrive to maximize your time in the studio.

Please come pick up your glaze-fired work 10-14 days from when you dropped it off during our open hours of 10 am-10 pm daily - the work will be located in the glaze pickup area.

Questions? Please email info@sandymonespottery.com