Upwey Potters Soda Firing Number Twelve
March 2002
The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live & work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops.
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Upwey Potters Soda Firing Number Twelve March 2002 The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live & work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops. |
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Return to Upwey Potters Home Page Return to Upwey Potters Main Soda Firing Page This page gives images of Bill's pots from the 12th soda kiln firing
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Getting towards the end of the firing, notice the gaps between the bricks in the door, they have to be loose enough to allow the smaller ones to be pulled out when the soda is spayed in and the cones are viewed and the testing rings are removed. |
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Firing at night is more spectacular and the flames and heat can be seen. This is very useful when trying to judge the amount of reduction, the excess pressure and burning gas licks out of the top spyhole (which is a redundant hole for a thermocouple probe.) |
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Go to Home Index Page (Bill Crumbleholme's) |
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