Sunday 22 November 2015

New Kiln Arrives

When ever a student comes to the art room and I tell them about my kiln they often want to see it, but because its a health and safety issue having students going into my pottery bay while the kiln is firing or baking, they often don't get to see what my oven looks like.
So here's your opportunity to take a look as the old one gets removed and the new one arrives from Hamilton. The old Cob craft kiln was about 30 years old, it has seen better days and so Brent from Kiln Services found me this old girl (we called her Jenny after Brent's Wife!) The new/old Kiln is about 20 years old, built in New Zealand and by the looks of it only been used once, so she's very tidy.

Jenny my Kiln

We had to get a special crane truck in to lift her as she's close to 300kg in weight. The next adventure is getting it through the pottery bay door and installed without the use of a crane.