
Pots unloaded from Wood Fire XIII

Pots are loaded.
My 13th firing in the Wood Kiln was the best one yet. We unloaded the kiln on March 15, 2015 and boy were the pots glowing!
It’s been a hard road but I stuck with it, and by golly the community came forth and helped me all along the way. I fired it nine times unsuccessfully. A weaker man would have caved or a smarter man would have stopped, but I kept going and here we are! The community came together and knew I was having problems. We put a new chimney on it and it works like a charm now. It’s a third of the wood, and a third of the time.

Piggy from Wood Fire XIII

We fire it up for 28 hours!
We had about 700 pots and me and these folks had pots this time around: Harry and Julie B. Hearne (Turning Point Clay Studio, Brasstown, NC), Ted Cooley and Hannah Levin Cooley (Winding Stream Studio, Brasstown, NC), Walter Aberson and Joyce Branch (Concord, NC), Evan Allhands (The Allhands Pottery, Cinncinatti OH) Maya Hamilton (Heritage Vision Creations, Brasstown, NC), Dick Aunspaugh (Young Harris, GA), and Ian my current apprentice who is completing a High School exit project.
I can’t wait for #14!

Unbricking the kiln after it has cooled for 5 days.

The community helps to unload the kiln, fire brigade style.

We got over 700 amazing pots from one firing!
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Written by Rob Withrow
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