Firing at Glencairn

 Bisque firing in Marcus's Catenary arch kiln.

 The wedging table

 Bisqued pots ready for glazing.

 Andrew Cooke prepping some work...               

 David Mason with one of his jugs...

 Marcus makes reusable wadding chips for the kiln.

 Brendan Cullen trimming one of his bowls...

Plenty of wood on hand for the firing.

Loading the Anagama. Marcus's wood burning kiln has three chambers. the primary is this arched anagama section that steps up toward the rear of the kiln. The fire burns in the chamber right in front of the pots.

 Behind the catenary arched section are two sprung arch sections that may be used independent of the anagama section by blocking it off. Marcus sometimes uses these sections for salt glazing.

 Pots waiting to be shelved.

 ware boards with Seul Ki's pots ready to go.

 The glazing...

  A bowl of wadding and some molochite sand in waiting for glazed pots...

 David, possibly marveling at the volume of work being swallowed up by the kiln

 Nicolaas Bester bricking up one of the side chambers

 Two of my pots on the bag wall (right most) ready to take the blast

 a thoughtfully appointed side-stoke port

 Joey getting some attention

second chamber bricked and sealed

 someone was sifting ash...

 Nicolaas grinding bricks to fit

 And then there was lunch! One example of why I left Glencairn heavier than when I arrived.

 some fancy brickwork and a lot of sealing got the last chamber together

 Marcus, master of ceremony, blessing the kiln and introducing our celebrated kiln lighter 

and off it went!

 

Jim Behan potter and kiln builder reaching for the spy hole brick to have a peek.

Big kiln, governed by a tiny pyrometer..

So we finally opened the kiln and though ther had been some apprehension that the temperature had swung up again in the first chamber, everything had gone off very nicely. I think everyone was pleased with their work.

 Phil Rogers

 Marion Hebblethwaite

 Andrew Cooke

Some of Andrew's pots. I was inspired by his slip work. 

 David Mason with a gorgeous array of work. 

 Nicolaas Bester

 Some of Nicolaas's work. He has much better photos on his Facebook page. Check them out!

 Brendan Cullen. These are Brendan's first pots, ever!

 Seul Ki Kim

 Marcus grinding a piece. Some of his and Phil's work in the foreground. Thanks Marcus!

 The emptied kiln has that look of the christmas tree after all of the presents have been unwrapped.

Time to get back to work!