Steve Irvine on wed 7 dec 05
One of the things I like best about living on the Bruce Peninsula is that we usually get a good old
fashioned winter here. We had some snow fall overnight and my kiln needed a bit of digging out
this morning:
http://www.steveirvine.com/clayart/cdn_kiln7xii05.jpg
I plan to do a bisque firing in it on Monday.
Steve
http://www.steveirvine.com
Mike Gordon on wed 7 dec 05
Steve,
Maybe it's time to build a kiln shed!!! It does look beautiful,
though, brings back memories of growing up in Seattle. Snow on
Christmas eve. what a joy! Mike Gordon, Walnut Creek,Ca
On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:28 AM, Steve Irvine wrote:
> One of the things I like best about living on the Bruce Peninsula is
> that we usually get a good old
> fashioned winter here. We had some snow fall overnight and my kiln
> needed a bit of digging out
> this morning:
> http://www.steveirvine.com/clayart/cdn_kiln7xii05.jpg
>
> I plan to do a bisque firing in it on Monday.
>
> Steve
> http://www.steveirvine.com
>
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Patrick Cross on wed 7 dec 05
BRRR! I was looking at the photo of your kiln...trying to figure out what
the walls are made of. From where I sit it looks like compressed
newspaper! Is that just some sort of masonry covering brick?
Patrick Cross
On 12/7/05, Steve Irvine wrote:
>
> One of the things I like best about living on the Bruce Peninsula is that
> we usually get a good old
> fashioned winter here. We had some snow fall overnight and my kiln needed
> a bit of digging out
> this morning:
> http://www.steveirvine.com/clayart/cdn_kiln7xii05.jpg
>
> I plan to do a bisque firing in it on Monday.
>
> Steve
> http://www.steveirvine.com
>
>
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Steve Irvine on wed 7 dec 05
Mike,
The kiln has been out in the open like that for well over 30 years now, and during the course of
about 1,000 firings, I've only had to delay one firing one day because of the weather. I usually just
shrug and carry on if the weather gets rough. It's kind of exhilarating to hit ^10R in the midst of a
blizzard or thunderstorm!
The landscape is nice right now. Joan and I went for a walk after lunch and I've hardly ever seen
the country side more beautiful.
Steve
http://www.steveirvine.com
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:58:00 -0800, Mike Gordon wrote:
>Steve,
>Maybe it's time to build a kiln shed!!! It does look beautiful,
>though, brings back memories of growing up in Seattle. Snow on
>Christmas eve. what a joy! Mike Gordon, Walnut Creek,Ca
Steve Irvine on wed 7 dec 05
Patrick,
There is a page on my website with details:
http://www.steveirvine.com/kiln.html
The wall section is a G-26 insulating fire brick on the inside, then an inch of FibreFax blanket and
then the outer surface is a heavy gauge aluminum siding for weather protection.
Steve
http://www.steveirvine.com
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:09:01 -0500, Patrick Cross wrote:
>BRRR! I was looking at the photo of your kiln...trying to figure out what
>the walls are made of. From where I sit it looks like compressed
>newspaper! Is that just some sort of masonry covering brick?
>
>Patrick Cross
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