so...i didn't fire today, who's surprised? not me. the kiln required some routine maintenance so i spent most of yesterday doing that. i'm not so good at cleaning shelves every firing, i scrape them so that they're just good enough, kiln wash them and load. i paid for it yesterday spending about 4 hours grinding 1/8" of salt and ash mixture off my shelves. i think i'll practice preventative maintenance from now on. i also had to tap some walking bricks back into place, mostly in the stack. my welder died while building the kiln so the only thing with a frame is the swinging door. this means every couple of firings i have to nudge some bricks back to their homes, no big deal.
here's the loaded kiln. i did a lot of rim to rim stacking in this one, so the stack is a little weird but i got more pots in than usual without packing it too tight.
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i'm firing saturday, unload monday night, lets hope not too many end up in this pile.
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now i'm going to pick up a load of firewood, so long for now.
2 comments:
Good pack of pots, hope it goes well for you, fingers crossed
Hey Brandon. Nice to see your kiln loaded. I like the rim to rim stacking, it's the bomb. Hope all goes well on Sat.
Did you get your W.M. dishes???
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