Leeds Craft Centre & Design Gallery
September to November 2011
I currently have a selection of work on display and for sale at The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds City Gallery.
Dustbin gas fired soda test kiln firing update - Carl Gray Ceramics
Future events
Earthworks at Cromford Mill
27 April/11 May 2012
Earthworks is a group of ceramists, me being one, with links to the University of Derby. We will be having a selling exhibition of our work at the World Heritage Site of Cromford Mill. More details will follow in the near future.
Dustbin test kiln update
By the time of the third firing we had modified the kiln by introducing a bag wall to draw the hot air and flame up which resulted in cone 8 bending (see larger image).
There were the tell tale signs of soda throughout the kiln which the test pieces show (see larger image).
We will fire the kiln, which is beginning to disintegrate, once more and impede the air flow at the exit flue to encouage the temperature to rise.
Earlier firings met with limited success. We aimed for cone 9 down and achieved this in the first firing but only on the lower shelf. The second firing, in which soda was used, didn't even bring cone 8 down and there was little evidence of the soda.