Cool Bike

By the way, Black Fish Pottery is on the road again--this time by means of a pretty Cool Bike. Well, kind of a piece of junk really, but she gets me around.

Working on the Kiln

We've started working on the kiln and I took just a few photos of it. When it's done, hopefully the oil-drip burners will be able to run off used motor oil, hopefully eliminating the need for firewood. In this picture Jeremia and Hosea are working on the kiln.
Here is a detail of the metal plates where the oil willl be burned.

Kiln Plans.

Been drawing up some kiln plans for Neema Crafts. It's a small oil drip kiln for low-temperature firing purposes. It has to be able to melt down soft glass (bottle glass) in molds for making beads. To make the holes in the beads, the guys at Neema take the beads out while they're hot and soft, and punch holes in them with awls.