"Community firing sign-ups"

"Community firing sign-ups" 

A new addition to our lists. We believe this can help to explore more of  our knowledge with your pottery journey. When I had my apprenticeship in Kanayama-Aomori, Japan, this was the first thing I learned: firing a wood-kiln and that was assigned in Kamaba (kiln) Area for the first 3 months to learn all necessary steps prior to kiln firing such as kiln and furniture maintenance (shelves & posts); loading and unloading pieces, wood stoking preparation that was used to about straight 3-5 days of firing of climbing kiln, also known as dragon kiln. I had always been the firing crew ever since until I’d completed my 2-year apprenticeship.  The facility where I was trained holds about 2-3 sets of firings in a month using the traditional Japanese Ceramic Firing Techniques.

Learning Kiln Firing techniques are of completely different world from making or creating ceramic pieces.  Personally, this is a very critical process in making ceramics that can help a lot in making informed decisions for upcoming ceramic designs and execution.  Knowing how to fire can benefit one who aspires to become an effective potter, educator or instructor in terms of using time, energy and cost effectively.

How does our sign-ups go? Our studio has 2 sets of regular firing each week. Tuesdays are offered for bisque and Fridays for glaze firing.  For those patrons who regularly avail of our firing services, they usually do the glazing process in -between: Wednesdays and Thursdays being part of our Studio-use Services. All you have to do is book a firing shift schedule according to your preference thru our website.  We have two shifts per firing, i.e., 10 am - 3 pm and 3 pm - 8 pm. All our firing crew assigned for these shifts are knowledgeable and trained. You’ll be paired with one of our firing crew and guide you through the process.  In exchange for the hours you’ve spent on learning from us, you may bring 2 regular-sized bonedried pieces to have them fired while enjoying a free cup of coffee from our in-house Café as complimentary to saying “Thank You”.

It is a pleasure sharing you our new initiative service and be your best learning partner in your pottery journey. See you at the studio!