Sawdust Fired Ceramics
BackThis video shows how we made some pottery using the technique of sawdust firing. This is something you can easily do at home as it This video shows how we made some pottery using the technique of sawdust firing. This is something you can easily do at home as it only requires a brick-lined hole in the ground ro fire the pots.
Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: July 11, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Author: robotbugs
Length: 00:03:34
Rating: 4.53
Views: 9792
Tags: ceramics pottery sawdust kiln firing
Video Comments:
shutooshxbb (November 6, 2008 at 12:40 pm)
did you use a glaze?
clark111007 (October 16, 2008 at 9:10 am)
That was really cool! My mother in law and I run a ceramics home-based business and we use a regular BIG kiln. It can be a pain to load. This seems so easy!
bhevoneza28 (August 2, 2008 at 11:07 am)
hi! i am so amaze how you done that.. can you share it to me, the precise measurements for this kind of firing clays. did you put bricks around it? i am really interested to know how. I am a trainer in pottery entreprenuer, i will teach this to my student so they can fired their clay in their back yard without spending too much for a kiln. Thank you for sharing it to me, from Zamboanga City, Philippines
ey808 (July 5, 2008 at 6:57 am)
Your saw dust kiln has to be one of the most beautiful I've seen. It's wonderful how you've intergarted it into the landscape.
bent52telecaster (June 21, 2008 at 2:14 pm)
great video, i plan to try this technique this summer but my question is, are you glazing these greenware pieces? what are you using? thanks
chopin65 (May 20, 2008 at 8:30 am)
How does this differ from raku firing?
tbtb27 (April 16, 2008 at 8:36 am)
that is so nice and simple. I wanna try that and hope that it is as simple as your video shows. Thanks for sharing.
pixie1035 (January 28, 2008 at 9:06 pm)
question... was it low fire clay, or good ol' cone 10 stoneware?
robotbugs (January 21, 2008 at 3:42 am)
It was saint thomas body. It takes around 12 hours and burns slowly. Yes it is suprising that it stays alight but it does. The sawdust is packed loosely. Its amazing but the next day al of the combustable material has vanished. We have only done it a few times but it has worked every time.
turuanu (January 21, 2008 at 2:39 am)
[Sorry, I misposted this]
Really? So you used low fire clay, modeled it, and fired it like shown? How does the fire breath? What if it dies for some reason? How can it be hot enough? Just sawdust burning away?
Really? So you used low fire clay, modeled it, and fired it like shown? How does the fire breath? What if it dies for some reason? How can it be hot enough? Just sawdust burning away?