Carolyn Boeri on fri 13 nov 98
I forgot to mention in my last post re. our first fire, of our own, that I
got my wood free but I had to pick it up. I got pine and hemlock from an
old sawmill run by an old woodsman named Jakie. He said "I already sold
that pile once but the feller never picked it up, take all ya want" The
rest consisted of trimmings from an ash split rail fence business and kiln
dried long and narrow hardwood pokers from a furniture factory. We had a
little wood left over, but we might have fired it longer had we not been so
tired and had we thought we really needed too. We pretty much could get to
temperature, cone 12 bending in 43 hours. We were a little short of that
in some areas because of the way we stacked. The draft was excellent and
the kiln responded like a good kiln should. Its the tenders that will need
to become more proficient and experience will handle that.
The color and behavior of the inside atmosphere, the cones, the crackle,
the roar, the blow hole activity, whats coming out of the chimney, the
movement of the pyrometer. Its a bit like maple sugaring.
When we all open her up on sat. we will be like little kids. and yet we
will be figuring about the next one. I already called Jakie and told him to
save me some hardwood, I'd pay a little for it, Ha! I'm sure I will. Then
again, you never know, something may come my way or by way of someone else
who's firing. It's a group effort and should be.
I'll let you know about our find this sat.
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