Portable Gas Kiln

I don't have any new pictures of my work so I decided to share this instead. Last weekend David Lee was in town and he built and fired this portable gas kiln. That's right, he built and fired a gas kiln in one day. He started out with an old electric kiln for the firing chamber, but I was still amazed at how much he got done in one day.

If you look closely at the picture, you will notice the steam rising from the kiln. That steam is due to the buckets of rain that came pouring down mid-fire. David almost ended the firing early, but with the help of Steven Hill and Mike Stumbras, the kiln chugged along through the storm. I think the rain and wind slowed the firing. It probably took about 2-3 hours longer than it should have. I didn't have any work in the kiln this time around, but the pots I saw looked great. Congrats to David and the 323Clay crew on a successful inaugural firing.