Wood Fired Kiln

Exposure time: 2 hours 20 minutes
A neighbour of mine has a wood fired kiln and I was invited to the opening after a firing. Unfortunately, the paint can needed another 12 or more hours...............

Photographer:
troch
Uploaded:
2013-11-11
Tags:
b&w black and white canada long exposure paint can photographic paper pinhole
Camera:
Homemade Paint Can Pinhole
Film:
Ilford RC photographic paper
City:
Earl's Cove
Country/region:
Canada
Albums:
Look Ma, No Lens

3 Comments

  1. clickiemcpete
    clickiemcpete ·

    Love these! I wish we could see those pots though. ;)

  2. troch
    troch ·

    Thanks @clickiemcpete, hopefully some of the other film I shot will show some of their amazing work. Four ceramic artists share the kiln and do group firings as the kiln must be fed 24 hours a day to 3 -4 days. They go through 2.5 cords of wood to keep the temperature above 2000 F.

  3. clickiemcpete
    clickiemcpete ·

    Soda or salt? Ash glazes? I used to be a studio potter but only participated in wood firings a couple of times. It's a ton of work just doing high fire gas reduction but wood firing adds a whole other dimension to it.

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