My New Homemade Kiln for Pottery
I didn’t make it!
Winter is here, and snow arrived before I was able to fire up the new kiln. There is no problem firing the pottery kiln even in winter and snow. Except, it’s cold to be outside for 18 hours adding wood to the kiln, so I wait patiently til spring. In the meantime (and with good help from my wife), we slide more stuff and two empty oil barrels to their final destination, where they will be repurposed into hot burning ceramic kilns as soon as spring arrives.
I bought a new cabin (an old one, but you know; new to me) and moved in. Transporting all my stuff was a lot of work, especially my refractory stones. I don’t know the total weight, but it took many trips with my car.
My New Homemade Kiln for Pottery! Or not much of a kiln yet, but here it comes! I just need to flatten this place first, and it’s muddy now in all the autumn rain. But here is a simple foundation, I don’t have time to make a better fondation before the winter, and I hope I have time to fire up the kiln a time or two before the snow comes (it’s just a lot of winter and snow here in the mountains).
My New Homemade Kiln for Pottery!
And, as you can see, I have started flattening an area for my new kiln. It doesn’t look like much work, but it is! Let’s hope I can finish it and do some test-firings before winter.
See my best kiln so far here:
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandiffendale/15129096038
My New Homemade Kiln for Pottery! – 2025