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Firing Without a Kiln
How to get your pots fired without owning a kiln, and what to know if you ever buy one.
- All levels
- 8 lessons
- 1 h 15 min
- Pairs with Monthly member Q&A
Free lesson
Community studios and firing services
9:30 · captions and transcript
About this course
Most members don't own a kiln, and you don't need to. This course covers community studios and firing services, packing pots so they survive the trip, cones in plain words, and, if you do buy a kiln one day, the venting, power and safety questions to ask first.
You'll make
- A short list of places near you that fire members' work
- A firing log you'll actually keep
- Fewer cracked pots on the way to the kiln
What you need
- Some bone-dry pots and a box to carry them in
- A phone to call a local studio (we include a script)
Curriculum
4 units · 8 lessons · 1 h 15 min
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Unit 1: Getting work fired
2 lessons- 1.1 Community studios and firing services Free 9:30
- 1.2 Packing pots so they survive the trip 6:15
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Unit 2: Cones and temperature
2 lessons- 2.1 Cones, in plain words 10:20
- 2.2 Low, mid and high fire: matching clay to firing 8:50
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Unit 3: If you do get a kiln
3 lessons- 3.1 Electric kiln basics: venting, power and placement 14:10
- 3.2 Loading a bisque firing and a glaze firing 12:25
- 3.3 Kiln logs: what to write down 5:45
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Unit 4: Safety
1 lessons- 4.1 Heat, fumes, kids and pets 7:30
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