Brad Carter on wed 16 jun 04
I would like to produce sculpture that is about five feet tall. I believe
the L&L Jupiter electric kilns will be a good soliution for bisque firing
these tall pieces because the kiln is assembled from 9 inch sections which can
be stacked up to the height I need. I am thinking of the Jupiter 2900 series
which has an interior diameter of 28 inches and stacking seven sections so
that I get a height of63 inches. But I have not been able to find a gas kiln
with similar dimensions. Does anyone know of a manufactured gas kiln with
interior deminsions of approx 3ft wide and deep and 5-6 ft tall?
Brad Carter
Grass Valley, California
Mike Gordon on wed 16 jun 04
Hi Brad,
When I was a TA at Calif. College of Arts & Crafts, now without the
crafts, in the 70's, we orderded a kiln from Alpine , forced draft,
that measured 40" deep, about 34" wide with the burner trough, and 56"
tall. It was made to use shelves that were 12x24", 3 deep, fired like a
charm. Mike Gordon
On Jun 16, 2004, at 4:55 PM, Brad Carter wrote:
> I would like to produce sculpture that is about five feet tall. I
> believe
> the L&L Jupiter electric kilns will be a good soliution for bisque
> firing
> these tall pieces because the kiln is assembled from 9 inch sections
> which can
> be stacked up to the height I need. I am thinking of the Jupiter
> 2900 series
> which has an interior diameter of 28 inches and stacking seven
> sections so
> that I get a height of63 inches. But I have not been able to find a
> gas kiln
> with similar dimensions. Does anyone know of a manufactured gas kiln
> with
> interior deminsions of approx 3ft wide and deep and 5-6 ft tall?
>
> Brad Carter
> Grass Valley, California
>
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william schran on thu 17 jun 04
Brad wrote:>Does anyone know of a manufactured gas kiln with
interior deminsions of approx 3ft wide and deep and 5-6 ft tall?<
I'm sure you have a specific reason to want to fire your tall
sculpture in a reduction atmosphere. How high will you fire? I was
thinking the most economical way to go might be an Olympic
Torchbearer sectional gas kiln. Contact the folks at Olympic and see
what they say about one of their kilns with extra sections. I would
expect it would be very difficult to achieve an even firing in this
extra tall kiln. I'm certain there are manufacturers that could build
the kiln for you, but it might be cost prohibitive.
Bill
mailtoandrew@FSMAIL.NET on mon 21 jun 04
Hello Brad,
Just a thought but rather than buying your own kiln how about contracting
the firing to an organisation with a suitable kiln?
Such a case was undertaken in the UK in the mid 1980s and also early 1990s
when the studio potter Jenifer Jones spent a couple of weeks at the
factory Allied Insulators in Stoke on Trent. The urns she made there were
about eight feet tall and fired in one of the factorys intermittent gas
kilns which was over 20 feet high.
The American Ceramic Society may be able to advise of locations of big
kilns.
Regards,
Andrew
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