Everything You Need to Know About Firing a Kiln - THAT ART TEACHER

Getting your own kiln at home is exciting… but it’s also a whole new learning curve. Here are 5 things I wish I’d known before my first firing — so you don’t have to learn the hard way. 1️⃣ Use witness cones on every shelf 2️⃣ Get to know how your kiln actually behaves 3️⃣ Learn manual programming 4️⃣ Test glazes with different firing schedules 5️⃣ Sort your ventilation before you fire anything None of this is scary — it just makes your firings more consistent, your glazes happier, and your stud

Evan Bollinger - Kiln Repair & Production Potter on Instagram: "Common issues I see with DIY kiln fixes - Loose connections: Can cause burning and melting of components, and even sparking or a dead short which could cause shocking, electrocution, or even an electrical fire. -Elements falling out: There is a specific technique to pin in most common elements. If done incorrectly, your element can pop out of the brick groove and is prone breaking, shorting to another element, or getting stuck in yo