Getting ready to wood-fire.....

MaryAnn Carroll

My husband Bill Perrine is the wood-firing expert. I am the lucky wife that gets the rare opportunity to regularly  include beads in those firings. My beads are getting bisque fired today in my little electric kiln so that I can get them glazed in time for Thursday. He's been busy glazing his various functional creations in time for the holidays. Hopefully, by next Sunday, there will be some new beautiful pictures to share.

These are waiting for glaze....

Bill, recently retired, changed the style of his kiln to offer more room, as well as an easier method of loading it. There are additional technical reasons for the change, but I'm not educated enough about the process to explain that.

Here is the rebuilt kiln before the action started.

Below is the opening of the first firing in the re-built kiln. The pieces inside consisted of numerous artists who wanted to be a part of this firing. I was unable to get organized enough to get any beads in......

So.... as you can see, there is something VERY unique about this kind of firing. I feel very fortunate to be able to be a part of the experience. Hopefully, this time next week, I will have all kinds of colorful pictures to share!

As always, thank-you for supporting those who create handmade with handmade.

MaryAnn

To see more about wood-firing, check out more from Bill -

http://splitfirepottery.etsy.com
http://splitfirepottery.com

I have a small selection of wood-fired beads at http://artisanbeadsplus.etsy.com