| I made a raku kiln! Hopefully, it'll raku fire better than it bisque fires. It was pretty much a failure, but we will be trying a second raku firing soon. Below are pictures of my supplies and our set up. Video and pictures of our first raku firing to be posted soon :)  |
| This is my raku kiln - a galvanized steel trash can with a peephole cut on top and a hole cut in the side for the flame. |
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| It is lined with ceramic fiber insulation and ceramic buttons. |
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| I got the trash can from Lowe's, and the fiber blanket from a store in Atlanta, GA, and the buttons from Axner. |
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| We laid fiber blanket on cement blocks and sat the upturned trash can on top. |
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| Then, we stacked firebricks and a kiln shelf on the fiber blanket. |
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| The burner we used is a Venturi MR750 raku burner from Axner. I'll post pics of it and the actual firing process later. |
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| This the only pottery that survived. The rest broke. It was terrible. It was hard to regulate the temperature, and the pyrometer I bought was cheap and inaccurate. But hey, no one was hurt in the process, so that's a plus! |
