Ben is a Photographer with a particular interest in craft. From time to time he makes videos, mostly of craft process and printmaking. For more info visit www.benboswell.co.uk
So this is the second build video recently where the wooden supports were removed by hand. In the first, the designer thoroughly explained how they precisely trimmed and shimmed the supports to facilitate removal. I thought the whole time, why bother? Why not just burn them out with the first test fire? It is a kiln after all.
Huge thank you for sharing your inspiration. Simply love your work and have just realised how influential you are in mine, in the bits I love most. Joy to you!
Regrettably I was not there when the kiln was emptied, I installed the camera to shoot the Timelapse and it was posted back to me afterwards so I didn’t get to see the pots. Your best bet to see the kind of pots this wonderful kiln produces is to look at the social media of either Brigitte Colleaux or Charlie Collier who both use that kiln .
Great video! I loved it! Imade a 3d animation video to show how my wood burning kiln was built. Her name is Norberta, after the Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon... She is much, much smaller though. Manabigama proportions. And I use no arches, or better yet, I use what I call a "radical Micenaean Arch" technique. The arch is locked in place by the weight and cement on the outside and above. So you don't have to spend money and time mounting a catenary wooden mold. Also, I don't insulate it so much, with that extra layer of external cement, because I want it to be "sort of" easily disassembled, in case I have to reassemble it somewhere else! that is another feature of small size kilns. Not possible with the big beast you have, there! Check it out in my channel if you like! Thank you for sharing! I'm going to watch the video about it's first firing now! Take care!
I wish I could help you, but I am a photographer, I was involved in this project to record the building. There are lots of good books on the market about kiln building.
I had the absolute pleasure of meeting and voting for Anna at the 2018 Earth and Fire Fair. Her work was inspirational (she certainly inspired me to fully commit my time to ceramics) and she will be sorely missed.
The kiln has been in regular use for the last 4 years and works a treat! Just in case you have not seen it, here is a film of the first firing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gkXqkvB_LfU.html
This was a wonderful presentation and the video quality was great. Thank you for taking care to include several angles. Lighting, volume and stability !!! A++++ I am so tired of trying to watch videos where you can’t hear the instructor and you get car sick with camera wobble. Enjoyed this very much. Thank you Craig for sharing your talent.
