Sunday, August 2, 2009

Anagama wood firing 蛇窯柴燒



Stoking at 1250 degrees Celsius. The inside of the kiln is all sparkling white light, very hot. It is at this phase that the wood ash is melting and laying down smoothly.

煽動在1250攝氏度。內部窯是波光粼粼的白光,非常熱。正是在這一階段,是木灰熔點和放下順利。













Another view from earlier in the firing.

另一種觀點從月初的發射。










Here are some examples of the results of this firing.

下面是一些例子的結果,這一發射。













Friday, July 10, 2009

New gas kiln 新的天然氣窯



I have recently bought and installed a six burner propane fueled gas kiln in Daxi, Taiwan. I am looking forward to firing my new kiln. I made some improvements to the kiln design in order to facilitate my needs. The first improvement was to install larger plumbing pipes to deliver more gas volume. Another upgrade to the kiln was adding a second and third layer to the arch to slow the cooling cycle. These improvements will help contribute to the success of the technical aspects and subtleties of the glazes that I have been developing.

我最近購買和安裝了6個燃燒丙烷燃料氣體窯大喜,台灣。我期待著我的新窯燒。我的一些改進窯的設計,以促進我國的需要。首先改善安裝大水管管道,提供更多 的天然氣量。另一個升級到窯是增加了第二和第三層的拱緩慢冷卻循環。這些改進將幫助的成功作出貢獻的技術方面和細微的釉料,我一直在發展。