Tag Archive: Firing


Firing done

Oh how I hate being sick. Unfortunately, here I am again, low grade fever and all nine yards, or however that expression goes. Andreas just got better. I suppose now it’s my turn. Lets hope it stops here.

I started feeling it especially last night, when the firing kept dragging out, longer than I had anticipated. You can’t just stop mid-firing, call it quits and go to bed… 

I’ll leave you with images from the loading and firing. Hoping to pull the door bricks this weekend – more pix then. BTW, we tried spraying salt water this time, in addition to a few salt cups… Keep your fingers crossed. If the results are good we may have resolved the boiling salt cup issue for good. I did make all new cups with a good amount of alumina mixed in, and from what I could see through the heat and flames – they were still up and intact at the end, so that in itself may have fixed the bug. We shall see in a few days. In the mean time I will jug ginger and chamomile tea by the gallons and maybe get some extra sleep… ahhhhh.

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He IS happier than he looks ;) ImageBack half of the kiln loaded.

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Keeping it going

I’m breathing, people!
Just when it seems that I’m too busy to come out for a breath I realize, that for the first time for quite a while I am actually taking in life in big, full breaths and having a blast:)

And I want to thank everyone who has helped me along, pushed or nudged me forward, and caught me when I fell.
Life is beautiful!

The last firing was great! Reduction is a bit uneven in this kiln, but I’m all for variation. How boring would it to get an evenly reduced kiln load! Or am I missing out on something?

A few pix from the firing:

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I hope the new owners will be happy with their dinnerware set. I am:)

On the note of building our own kiln- Adam will be pushing some more dirt around on the kiln site this week and we’re hoping to pour a pad before the end of September.
I will update y’all on the kiln building workshop plans next week hopefully… There are still a few things to iron out.

Happy beautiful September day everyone!