Had a few oak sticks delivered
.
Now to buck, split and stack to cure for next year's firings of the Bentengama
.
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Had a few oak sticks delivered
.
Now to buck, split and stack to cure for next year's firings of the Bentengama
.
#pottersofbluesky #ceramics #pottery #woodfire #anagama #noborigama
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In the eye of my viewfinder
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It's Ocarina October
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Fun and games unloading the Bentengama
.
Ryan on blowfish
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Clay Flambรฉ on totem turtle
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Door unbricked, drawing the kiln
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Can you tell the wife thinks highly of my commentary?
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A couple more photies from early in the firing
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Towards the end of the weekend's firing, around 2:30 AM
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Exhausting fun
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The process, not the chimney
.
Last stoke was at hour 35, two hours less than fall '24 and '25
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Building a fire in the chimney didn't speed things up much
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Maybe a propane burner at the anagama flue next time
.
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Some people just can't help themselves
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Hour 23
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Getting slightly warm now
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About 6ยฝ hours in last night
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Candled a fire the chimney, just to speed things up
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High humidity, light rain, a little wind
.
Great conditions
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Probably go 30+ hrs before throwing soda in, hope to finish before hour 36
.
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Time to biscuit
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I sprayed rims and feet with Helmer (flashing porcelain), as those parts will not be glazed
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The belly buttons? I want my pots to live, and everything alive has a scar
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The holes in the feet? So water can drain out after rinsing
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Bowl throwing session
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I like throwing wide pieces on hydrobats, because I can come back after leaving them overnight and they pop off, uniformly dry more or less, ready to trim
.
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Where I am in upgefukting those mugs
.
Don't worry, I'll continue to mess them up with a slew of incompatible design elements after bisquit
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When I say, "I've got it handled," this could well be what I mean
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Threw this afternoon for the first time in four months
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Just some mug blanks to start
.
I'll go for uniformity later
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Split wood
.
Put wood in the gap in the rick
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So it's time to buck more logs
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And repeat
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Moved the split soft under roof to dry yesterday
.
Still a gap to fill, maybe a cord, cord and a half
.
After that, I'll split still more
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Build two sizable holtzhausen, one round stack of hardwood, the other of soft
.
Five or so cords to go
.
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The pile of split soft, after adding to it
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It's a full cord plus now
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Maybe I'll move it into the covered rick today
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