This article gives details about the design of an experimental gas-fired kiln. It was designed to be a practical working kiln that can also be a test kiln exploring alternative materials and DIY construction techniques and to provide a way to test several innovations for optimising fuel use in studio-scale kilns.
Experimental kiln design Read Post »
This is a report on the first high-temperature firing of an experimental gas-fired kiln built to test several innovations, including a multilayer refractory and insulating shell, a multiflame ribbon burner and an innovative heat recovery system.
Experimental kiln first cone 8 firing Read Post »
Click the image to download the kiln log as a pdf file.
Kiln log 27-03-2025 Read Post »
This corner of the web is devoted to the development and operation of practical and efficient fuel-fired pottery kilns. No vague principles but data and explanations based on solid engineering and scientific principles, challenging a number of commonly repeated assumptions in pottery kiln design.
Meet Pottery Kiln Lab Read Post »
An open-air test for the main multiflame T-burner providing most of the heating power and a smaller single-flame burner that provides direct control of vertical heat distribution within the kiln
