Russ

Lots and lots and lots of brick for kiln along with all other accessories required to use kiln, and second the pugmill.. oh and the Bugatti Veyron to go pick up supplies really really fast.

I use pieces to direct flame path along with the height between shelves and how tightly packed is very specific to each and every shelf especially at the front of the kiln. How I set the work on shelves determines whether the bottom back will be more even in temp to the top front ...so... what would that be? A bit of both?

Neither. . Im a dinosaur . Cone 10-12 wood fired reduction. Dont leave us high fire folks out!.... for me its the joy of firing with wood and the friends and family and food involved... Plus (I know Ill get lambasted here) there a big difference between low/mid fired ox and high fired wood reduction in both the body and glaze. For me its hands down high fire!

Also Ive found if you apply slip to both pieces and then score youll have a far better success rate . The scoring with the slip incorporates it into the clay body better than scoring one side and then adding the piece with slip.

The tech I have: electric wheel, giffin grip, pugmill, clay mixer. No no no no. I mix my own clay and glazes and i fire in a large wood fired kiln. That offsets the tech I have.

https://insight-live.com/insight/share.php?z=K5hHzDs2Kr Ive started using this last year. Its a zircon based wash. I dont think ill ever go back to the alumina hydrate/epk wash