June 8 Big Magic Anagama:
We will begin loading October 11-12, 2025, and finish on the next day or the morning after and light the kiln at that point. There is single fired work in the kiln so getting through quartz inversion is slow the first day and a half as there will be big work. On Wednesday the stoking and temperature begins to increase. The firing will end sometime on Saturday or Sunday with finishing the soda kiln off. We use three pounds of soda and get great coverage throughout the kiln.
New to the process is the requirement of cookies if you are glazing your work. Cookies are shallow discs of clay that go under the work to keep glaze off the shelves. This saves the shelves, a lot of time grinding AND your work. We do not provide cookies, you must bring your own.
Option 1: $70/cubic ft.
Requires:
- wood splitting or stoking
- for each purchase up to 2 cubic feet requires one session (6 hours) stoking crew OR wood splitting of at least 1 hour for up to 2 cubic feet of space and 15 minutes more of splitting for each additional cubic foot greater than 2 cubic feet.
- all work going into the kiln must be wadded, wadding will be provided
- must help grind, wash, stack shelves and/or bricks after firing and before work leaves the site
- all work needs to be present and ready on first day of loading by 12 noon.
- 3 glazes will be provided, SEP Shino, Leach White Liner, and Mike's Tenmoku. Space to glaze will be in the barn or the kiln shed. Danny's studio is not available.