Wood

Unless you've wood fired before it's hard to imagine the actual amount of work involved.  I've had customers ask me how long it takes to make that mug.  So where to start?  With mixing the clay, or mixing glazes?  How about the wood?  Today we finished stacking 4 cords of wood - it's taken a few days, we're old - and then we'll have to split the remaining wood and stack it.  Each firing takes about one cord - picked up one piece at a time and put into the kiln - no wonder arms and hands are tired at the end of even a relatively short firing!

Kiln shed is almost full.  Outside pallets are crammed full.

Waiting to be split and stacked.  The biggest pieces are 12 - 14 inches across.