Fired!

We fired the kiln yesterday.  Weather was cloudy and calm, firing was smooth and steady.  Fingers crossed for good results.  Everything is riding on this one - art show next weekend, studio open house in 2 weeks and 3 more farmers' markets!  The shelves are pretty empty in the studio.  Burnt through another finger of the kevlar gloves so these are toast (so to speak).  The cast hearth brick cracked and threatened to drop off but with a little pot shard propping we made it to the end.  This is the last firing of the year and there will be big maintenance going on before the first firing in spring.  Pots will be unloaded on Sunday and I'll post photos later in the week.

In full kit - goggles, face shield and kevlar gloves and only cotton and wool clothes.