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 ŠTony Ferguson, 2008

Kiln opening Saturday October 15th.  What a tremendous amount of work!  But well worth the results.  Enjoy the images from the Oct 2005 kiln opening.

 

view of closed up kiln. The kiln has cooled for a week.

side view of kiln before opening

My mother riding her mower out for the event

my mother in disbelief that I am taking a picture of her on the mower

I am removing the special sealant coating from the front of the kiln

one of my daughters enjoying the day

looking inside the kiln through the stoke hole

our other daughter wishing she had her sun glasses

one of our sons with grandma

view of front of kiln before removing brick door

our oldest son enjoying the shovel

view of front tier of kiln through the firebox

interior view of front of kiln

detail of front of kiln: notice ash build up on hibusa pieces

left detail of front of kiln: notice ash and it ability to change color of the glaze

top view: looks like the large bowl is coming out with the shelf

right top view: that teapot looks great! I lose about 20% of the work each firing

view of me oogling my ware

view of me chipping wads off

view of back tier

other view of back tier where residual soda fumed on the work

view of back through the stoke hole

view of all the work layout out from front to back

front view of me readying to exit the kiln and really take a look at the work

another view

Jeff Guin's first anagama firing

detail view of the load

another view

top view of work unloaded

detail view of work unloaded

    

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