Monday, August 15, 2011

FINIS

Well folks,
It's been a long month, full of hard, dirty work but we are glad to say this baby is finished and ready to be fired! There she stands in all her glory...

and the proud parents.




Ground prep

Ground prep
It took us about 2 hours of digging to get the site ready for the kiln pad. Needless to say we chose a 105 degree day, and are enjoying how cool the freshly uncovered ground is : )

New Kiln Site

New Kiln Site
Renata Sleeping over the new kiln site. (She's actually babysitting a new burner we were trying out in the old kiln, but this is where the new kiln will go!)

More soft brick

More soft brick
and more boxes....

Soft Brick

Soft Brick
We salvaged boxes and boxes of soft (insulating) brick

Salvaged Hard Briick

Salvaged Hard Briick
Is now on-site!!!

Old kiln deconstruction

Old kiln deconstruction
Chimney is almost down!!!