Margaret Gardiner Ceramics - Kiln Firing

Firing the kiln

Kiln Firing

I have 2 salt kilns in our orchard: a large one taking approximately 12 shelves and a small one with either 4 or 5 shelves. The pots are carried outside and the firing takes about a week: 2 days to pack, 2 days to fire and 2 days to cool down and unpack. The pots are then carried back, and all the sharp bits are ground smooth with carborundum stones.

Carrying boards of pots to the kiln

Hoovering out kiln pre packing

Checking height of props

Planning the layout of a kiln shelf

Shelf props

Pots pre-packing

Back shelf levelled and ready

Tall items on back bottom shelf

Back stack

Half way up the front

Finished pack, cones and rings

Levelling and filling with fireclay

Nearly completed door

Burners on

Filling cracks with fireclay

Frauke (an apprentice) spraying

Stina (an apprentice) spraying

Margaret spraying

Taking out a ring at 1270c

Cones on a dragon

1st peep large kiln

Taking down the kiln door

Door taken down exposing newly fired work

Finished pots

Cones showing temperature in small kiln

Examining finished products

Elspeth (an apprentice) carrying pots

Kiln fillers

Starting unpacking

Small kiln

Entire stack in small kiln

Bricking up the door

Small kiln firing

First peep of small kiln

Kiln unpacking June 2006

Kiln unpacked

Grinding sharp edges with air grinder

Grinding sharp edges with dremell

Firing completed!

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