About Us
Woodkiln
The Baltimore Clayworks woodkiln is a 2 chamber noborigama style wood and salt kiln designed and constructed in a workshop with Kevin Crowe. Chamber I is fired with wood alone and a small amount of salt is added to the second chamber. The kiln is fired to cone 11 over the course of 18 - 20 hours.
Firing Schedule
- Kiln Loading: Fridays at 1pm
- Kiln Firing: Saturday Afternoon until Sunday at sunrise
- Kiln Openings: Wednesday afternoon following the firing
Pricing
- Visiting Rental: $1200.00
- Clayworks Student Rental: $900.00
- Monthly Community Firing: $140.00 member $160.00 nonmember
The following are provided at all firings
A variety of slips and glazes for bisque ware, wadding, cone packs, wood and monitoring. You may choose to provide wood (1 cord split to size) for a discount of $100.00
Clay Body Recommendations
- Stoneware: Pheonix, Standard 153, Standard 470, Orangestone
- White Stoneware: B-Mix Wood, B-Mix, Standard 182
- Porcelain: Helios, Standard 257
