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drying leather hard work - cover or no?
Hello! I’m new to pottery so I’m unsure about the drying process after leather hard. Today I used colored slip/wax and then carved into these leather hard pieces. Neither of them have a base, they’re just hollow cylinders (going to be lamp bases!)
So, should I leave them uncovered until they’re bone dry? How long until bone dry so they can be bisque fired? They’re stored in a temp controlled studio with no direct fan. I didn’t expect the drying process to be
u/john_peel — 5 hours ago