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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
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