I recently received a project grant! With support of the North Carolina Arts Council and the partnering arts councils of the Central Piedmont Regional Artists Hub Program I will be building my wood-firing kiln! With the
kiln shed coming along well I hope to begin construction on the kiln in May!
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| Wadding from previous kiln firing with "Heindl" imprinted on them |
At Joseph's we have been prepping the big anagama kiln for firing in a few weeks. I was recently cleaning the interior of the kiln and found the pieces of wadding pictured above, left over from the last firing. They were from the bottoms of two of my pots, with my last name imprinted on the wadding!
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| Small bits of glass stuck into the sides of the mugs. Ash glaze went over these mugs on the outside- should be lovely! |
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| Trying some white slip trailing to go under the ash glaze |
It's down to the last week of making pots for the kiln, and this coming week will just be very small things to tuck in around the larger pieces. I have been making mugs for several days last week. Making thin walls on the pots and glazing them raw still makes me a bit nervous, but I am feeling better about it!
Mark your calendars, the
kiln opening is May 5-6 and 12-13!
