Techno File: Rapid Bisque Firing
Most beginning potters pay little attention to bisque firings until they experience an explosion. More often than not, glaze blemishes … Read More
Tag: natural draft
Firing system in a fuel-burning kiln that uses natural convection currents in kiln (updraft) or in chimney (downdraft), without any mechanical blowers, to draw in secondary air, circulate heat and atmosphere through kiln, and exhaust combustion gases. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
An Oxidized Bisque Firing
Many clay and glaze faults in ceramic wares are caused by incomplete burnout (oxidation) of carbon and sulfur during the … Read More
Wood Firing Basics
Wood burns in two distinctly different stages. The first, and most obvious, is the burning of gasses produced when wood … Read More
