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The Fire Burns Upside Down: The Wood-Fire Bourry Box
A note before we begin: I am not a ceramics historian. I am a first-time kiln builder, reconstructing a wood kiln donated by two master potters on Mother’s Day 2023. What follows is what I have learned by going back … Read the rest
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More Wood Kiln Work.
On dry stacking bricks and finding out what you have before you commit to what you’re building. Today I worked on Ana, our wood kiln. I spent the day dry stacking the bricks to make sure I had the … Read the rest
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The Arch Breakthrough
How Two Hours Solved a Four-Month Problem. I’ve been avoiding the arch bricks for three months. Today I worked out the puzzle in two hours, and I could cry from relief. I was able to find the stacking pattern … Read the rest
