Fiber Raku Kiln

New Raku Kiln

Expanded Metal and 2 " ceramic fiber

Recycled electric kiln section. Holes cut with shears and sheet rock saw - easy.

Connected with bots and washers

Top and bottom u channel was eventually replaced with aluminum.

Copper tubing re-enforces cover and allows a damper, drying pots and future chimney.

fastened section to floor for ease in moving (Heavy though)

Ceramic buttons cut with a tin can and fastened with kiln wire to expanded metal.

Cover is lifted with a pully system by assistant.

2" ceramic fiber rated at over cone 10..

Finished kiln. Had its maiden Raku firing at Bridgewater State College in April 10.

Teabowl 171 Selected for the KC Clay Guild Tea bowl National.

Ron Mello Studio and gallery by rmello on Etsy

Ron Mello Studio and gallery by rmello on Etsy

This new vessel is not new. Made a few years ago from red earthenware, it was burnished and pit fired with green foliage. The piece cracked in many places but the surface was so beautiful I was prompted to stow it away up on a tall shelf and not dump it. Recently, I have been taking cracked vessels, re-firing the pieces in different ways, and re-assembling them. I thought i would try it with this one. I had to re-break several pieces to get a decent composition. Missing pieces were replaced with solid brass rivets and the piece topped off with some copper leaf. Many, many hours of extra time evolved but, I am pleased.

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