I've been happily loading the kiln for most of the last week. The weather has been grand and today Jason and I buttoned it up and gave it a couple of hours of pre-heating. We'll light up at 5PM tomorrow and than stoke for 24-26 hours. I want to soak the first chamber for a couple of hours at the top temperature to see if the bottom will catch up. We also opened up the bagwall some with the same idea in mind.
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| Full moon rising over soybean field. |
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| The last pots made for this firing. |
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| Making wads. |
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| Gluing wads to foot |
Each chamber is 40" dep. I first stack two 24"x12" shelves in the back and than a stack of 24"x16" in front. It's a lot of pots. I'm always amazed how it eats them up. That's my medieval jug/Doug Fitch homage in a sweet spot.
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| First chamber/ backstack |
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| Second chamber/ backstack |
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| Front chambers loaded and ready to go! |
5 comments:
Gosh, that is a pretty load.
That's a pretty kiln Dan. Every time I see a photo of it I get a little envious.
Have you tried using really thin pieces of wood to help get heat across the bottom? Like 1x2 or even thinner? I don't know the physics but it works. I keep small stacks of different thicknesses to help even the kiln out if need be.
Looks fab Dan. Hope it's a good one.
It's always so exciting!
Good luck, Daniel. I have no doubt it will be great.
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