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washing kiln shelves after we ground them for 3 hours
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glazing a very large bottle vase with tea dust temmoku
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Jeff Guin, a clayarter potter from La Crosse, glazing his tea bowls
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Jeff using his signature brush fu glazing technique
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ahhhhh...that's it!
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Jeff in the belley of the dragon
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wadding pots--over a thousand wads were put on the vessels
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I am glazing a Christine Kelly carved cup
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everthing that's going in the kiln
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tea bowls with combination shinos, tea dust temmoku, and new glazes waiting for their place in the firebox (hibusa)
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another view of work waiting to be transformed
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yet another view
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view from the other side
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the back of the kiln with its modified downdraft wall which pulls flame equally through the kiln and evens out the heat
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Jeff handing me a 60 pound kiln shelf. Ernest (www.ernestmiller.com) said he wasn't helping me fire again until I get new lighter kiln shelves.
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bottom back floor
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level 2 back
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another view of level 2
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back tier of kiln fully loaded. we had to grind wads off to get some of the pots in the kiln because the fit was so tight--it delayed loading.
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bottom of front tier of kiln
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zoom view of back of kiln while loading front
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another view of back with dramatic lighting
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another view
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detail of front level showing spacing
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3rd level of front of kiln
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another view
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another view
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front of kiln fully loaded
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another view
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Jeff in kiln
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ready to brick up last look of loaded kiln
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we put the kiln on propane over night to run off steam. here we bricked up the front of the kiln and Jeff will soon now mud the front to seal surface
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bricked and ready for mud covering to seal unwanted air holes--the kiln will suck any air it can through the smallest of holes or crevices
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mudding away
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Jeff Stoking
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Waiting for the next stoke.
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Feed me the kiln says and quickly!
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Jeff stoking
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Jeff stoking
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Jeff stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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I am stoking
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Jeff getting ready for stoke
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Looking through the stoke hole
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Looking through the stoke hole
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Fire on the hole
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looking through the side stoke hole at the cones
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looking through the side stoke hole at the cones
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looking through the side stoke hole at the cones
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I am stoking. We are holding the temp to let heat work even the kiln out. This is where patience comes into play--especially after 30 hours.
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Getting ready to check the cones in the back
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looking
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Where's the cone? It's hard to see in 2400 degree temperatures.
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Cone 10 down in back and soft on top. I could see the glazes on top were running even though cone 10 was soft so I called it and we closed the kiln
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One with kiln.
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Jeff and the back of the stack reducing.
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