11 p.m . It's night, and it's cold. Pepito checks the cones, the
temperature is still only 1000°C. We
have to change over now to smaller pieces of wood to get to 1300°...
4. p.m. At each load, approxilately every 10 minutes, the kiln
breathes out black smoke. The combustion will try and find oxygen
hidden within the composition of the clay of the pots and their
enamels (reduction firing).
2 a.m. Dauphine and Helen at the side stoke-holes with finely
split wood to raise the temperature further at the back of the
kiln.
11 p.m . It's night, and it's cold. Pepito checks the cones, the
temperature is still only 1000°C. We
have to change over now to smaller pieces of wood to get to 1300°...
4. p.m. At each load, approxilately every 10 minutes, the kiln
breathes out black smoke. The combustion will try and find oxygen
hidden within the composition of the clay of the pots and their
enamels (reduction firing). 