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Last one I swear!

ABOUT THIS SHOT: Here you can see the front of the kiln where the bricks were removed to cool it. This was really hot; it was uncomfortable just ten feet away. Don't know how long it was left open, but eventually he put the bricks back, plugged up the peepholes and added bits of brick around the gas pipes. So it was all sealed up to let it slowly cool over the next three days. I had only one piece in the kiln, but I'll post a picture of it when I get it.

This is the last shot folks. Hope you enjoyed it. These pictures weren't artistic in any sense, but I've gotten interested in pottery and it was great being able to take pictures during this work group.

This is a series of informal shots that I took at a work group for a salt firing where I've been taking pottery lessons.

This kiln is dry laid brick, brought up to about 2,800 degrees (if memory serves, I might be off by a couple hundred.) When I arrived in the evening it had been heating up since two evenings before and was ready to be salted. Basically, you pour in the salt and the intense heat vaporizes it and breaks it down into sodium and chloride, which, in layman's terms, glazes the pots. It's not nearly so simple and our teacher explained it more thoroughly, but I could never repeat it with any accuracy so I won't.

The quality of all these shots isn't too great since I don't have much control over my digital camera and the lighting was odd.

Description
Last one I swear!

ABOUT THIS SHOT: Here you can see the front of the kiln where the bricks were removed to cool it. This was really hot; it was uncomfortable just ten feet away. Don't know how long it was left open, but eventually he put the bricks back, plugged up the peepholes and added bits of brick around the gas pipes. So it was all sealed up to let it slowly cool over the next three days. I had only one piece in the kiln, but I'll post a picture of it when I get it.

This is the last shot folks. Hope you enjoyed it. These pictures weren't artistic in any sense, but I've gotten interested in pottery and it was great being able to take pictures during this work group.

This is a series of informal shots that I took at a work group for a salt firing where I've been taking pottery lessons.

This kiln is dry laid brick, brought up to about 2,800 degrees (if memory serves, I might be off by a couple hundred.) When I arrived in the evening it had been heating up since two evenings before and was ready to be salted. Basically, you pour in the salt and the intense heat vaporizes it and breaks it down into sodium and chloride, which, in layman's terms, glazes the pots. It's not nearly so simple and our teacher explained it more thoroughly, but I could never repeat it with any accuracy so I won't.

The quality of all these shots isn't too great since I don't have much control over my digital camera and the lighting was odd.