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Straight Arrow
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Those biscuits look delicious!
Gotta say though, contrary to popular belief aluminum cans and glass bottles are not biodegradable ... no matter how long in the firepit.
However, bushwhacking in the Bob Marshall Wilderness recently in search of the lost "infrequently maintained" trail, we were delighted to discover an old rusted food tin can, so knew we were close to a trail!
Ben, kick wheel or electric? Would love to see more studio shots and some finished wares!
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After 2 weeks in duck camp we pack out whatever is left in the fire pit...
Never made it to that place. For a while our food stop after flying in was Humpy's. When the prices went up we went to Gwennie's. Huge omelets!I swear this was taken yesterday. Guess what. I ate some cheese(@ F Street Station in Anchorage)
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Idaho state fair is having some rain.
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Archery opener fell on the wife's birthday this year. Thankfully, she was just as amped to get into the woods as I was. Hopefully the same can be said for our anniversary this Saturday.
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Laszlo Cravensworth
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Would recommend friends with boats.
I went whole hog & picked up a Brent EX wheel. It's a beast. I am currently set up in the garage, which is nice & heated for the winter but will be building a studio in the pole barn this winter. Our barn has 2 stalls and a tack room which are just being used for storage at the moment, so I'm going to finish those off and have a good sized space and reclaim the garage for other uses. Have enough firebrick to build a small gas-wood hybrid kiln, so that's likely going to be the spring project so I can move back up to cone 10 firing and get away from cone 6. Glaze chemicals for mid-fire have negated any cost savings in terms of firing so I'm going back to reduction with ash, shinos, temmokus & chuns.
Fond memories of my potter days.
Cool.
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Gellar
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If you like island campsites you should check out voyageurs National park.
Great! Those Brent's are nice. Is your "hybrid kiln" going to use gas to start the wood, or is the gas to get the kiln to a certain cone where you take over with wood? Yeah, ash glazes and reduction firing is my favorite way to go, but I've never done salt glazes and those have always intrigued me. Course, that opens a whole toxic bag of worms, as well as requiring a dedicated kiln.
What sort of kiln are you going to build - updraft, down draft, catenary, etc?
Mostly as a gas assist for the wood, but I also wanted to be able to just fire to cone 10 w/gas if wanted. I'd love a dedicated salt kiln, but there's a potter near me that has a couple of soda kilns set up and I've yet to make his acquaintance to get in on his firings, so I think I'll stick with the hybrid gas/wood in a downdraft set up. Likely a sprung arch kiln with a steel frame and sliding door, or I may just go old school and do a catenary arch since it'll be easier and not much welding - I'm still debating that. I took apart a catenary arch kiln last spring and most of the brick was salvageable as were the 4 venturi burners (which just need new bells). Local hardware store is primed to help with the propane set up too. I will need some more brick, and some steel pipe for the burner stack, but the gravel is in for the pad & I should be able to stand up a decent shed quickly.
The old kiln:
One of the better pots from the last few firings:
My Instagram is pretty much just pots: https://www.instagram.com/benjamindlamb/
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