Brian on tue 12 aug 03
For the attention of lurker beginners, students, and school art
programmes and anyone who would like their first no cost/low cost
wood kiln.
Any one who can scrounge 150+ hard bricks, a wheelbarrow, dry wood, a
box of matches, a few bits and maybe invent a few shortcuts can build
and fire this little beauty in less than a day (at least up to raku
heat in three hours).
A kind of super charged "S" shaped chimney. Fabulous sight when fired at might
For raku purposes, it has been built hundreds of times at workshops,
schools, seminars, and conferences over the years. Smaller pots can
be piled in, leaning on top of each other.
Learn a lot about feeding, controlling and maintaining efficient flames.
Cannot fail with dry wood and an attentive stoker
I have archived the sketches at http://www.gartside.info/woodkilnintro.htm
Related information also at http://www.gartside.info/rakupageone.htm
Let me know if there are any questions
Brian Gartside
Eric B on tue 12 aug 03
In a message dated 8/12/2003 3:27:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
beeegeee@CLEAR.NET.NZ writes:
sounds interesting. do you have any photos of the ware from such a kiln?
also, i'm wondering do not glaze the pots (since you mentioned no need for
shelves and they can touch each other)? is there any ash-deposit effect, or does
it not get high enough temp for that?
thanks.
eric
SpunMud
Brian on wed 13 aug 03
On 12/8/03,Eric@SpunMud wrote...
>sounds interesting. do you have any photos of the ware from such a kiln?
>also, i'm wondering do not glaze the pots (since you mentioned no need for
>shelves and they can touch each other)? is there any ash-deposit
>effect, or does
Eric
I need to explain that the focus of nocost/lowcost wood kiln project
is to enjoy and learn about firing with wood. On a couple of
occasions people with pyromaniac tendencies tried to reach higher
temperatures by packing more bricks on the outside, or making some
kind of mortar to block all the gaps and by persevering and firing
for hours managed to bend cone 4.
There's no problem having all the pots touching if they are going to
be removed to top heat.
I have not seen ash deposits (there is not enough heat) but for extra
excitement we use to throw handfulls of salt and soda ash onto the
unglazed pieces at top heat and then move those to a pertial smoking
process later.
On a personal note I have always held the belief that unglazed
surfaces offer excellent decorative possibilities.
Overall a lively and action packed experience where the product can
lose it's preciousness and the process raise motivation for further
experiments and maybe
design a slightly larger model, leading to greater things
archived sketches at http://www.gartside.info/woodkilnintro.htm
Related information also at http://www.gartside.info/rakupageone.htm
Brian Gartside
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