This week I started building a propane, car kiln at my studio in Weaverville, NC, just 10 minutes north of Asheville. The design was created by a friend of mine, Tom Turner.
www.tomturnerporcelain.com Tom is an established, talented ceramics artist, and he has generously agreed to build this kiln with me. I chose to build a car kiln because I am creating these very large guard dogs (komainu) and would not be able to load them into any other type of kiln.
Thanks to the generous support of a friend, Steve Ferrari, I am able to begin phase 1 of the kiln project.
First thing to build is the steel car. Tom welded the angle iron to the side pieces of channel iron. Next, the v-groove wheels will be attached, and then we lay the car level on the ground to prepare for mounting on tracks.
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