2011-05-03 20:10:15

American Artist Kjell Hahn loading Japanese artist Chiaki Horikoshi's anagama kiln in Onishi Japan.  Hahn's Shiro Oni studio and art residency is located about 15 minutes from the kiln site.

Loading chiaki's kiln.
This time around I've become the unofficial leader of the firing. I rebuilt the grate system on the floor of the kiln. The old grate only went about 30 cm back and I thought making it deeper would help get oxygen more evenly distributed through the buring wood, and hopefully make it easier to get to temperature.
I also changed the way they build the door of the kiln, adding a stoking hole on the floor.
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im looking forward to the firing and seeing the results of the changes