03.23.2018
Categories: kiln firing
It takes awhile to load the soda kiln. Especially when you’re doing it by yourself. Lots of pots & lots of shelves. It’ pretty much like a large 3D game of Tetris. Packing as much in as you can… but keeping space for the air & soda to flow through.
Here’s the back stack of the soda kiln… a third of the space filled.
More pots. More shelves to come
And then the bottom “floor” layer of the front stack…
And then finally, a few hours later, the front stack is piled up and ready to brick up the door.
And the top cone pack to watch throughout the firing. Each pyrometric cone is a different density so they melt at different temperatures. When the last cone goes down you know you’re done wit the firing. Very hi-tech!!!!
