The second firing of the Vulcan Works Wobbler

Callum with kiln

Firing two. It took much longer than planned to get to this point, some work on the kiln was very much required and it meant the whole thing had to come down and be rebuilt. Why? Mostly, I wanted a layer of insulating bricks under the floor (which budget did not stretch to 6 months… Continue reading The second firing of the Vulcan Works Wobbler

The Clay College Blogs

When I was at Clay College, we were encouraged to contribute to the student blog when we looked after the gallery at the weekend. I seldom wrote; I don’t enjoy writing for the sake of it, but I did write at least three posts. I am republishing them here. I sometimes find them to be… Continue reading The Clay College Blogs

The Vulcan Works Wobbler

the skin of bricks covering the sanitary ware batts

When I was at Clay College I had costed up the kiln build for little wobbler, and had always imagined that a rebuild of that kiln would be my first soda kiln. The costing was done on the basis of all new refractories, and I started saving up towards that budget as soon as I… Continue reading The Vulcan Works Wobbler