Tyler Park Arts Wood Kiln The Tyler Park Arts Manabigama (Japanese for "beautiful learning kiln") is a single chamber wood kiln designed to be efficient, and give beautiful results. The kiln reaches Cone 10 over a firing of 24 hours. A diverse range of atmospheric and ash glaze effects are achieved in this relatively short firing time. Community firings are split into “Shares”. One share is 4 cubic feet, about the size of a 30 gallon plastic tote full of work. Contact Nathan Willever to reserve a spot in an upcoming firing, or with questions about Clay, glazes and slips to use in the firing.
Community Firings
Clay Type: All clay must be made from Cone 10Stoneware or Porcelain. Recommended clays are Laguna B-Mix Wood, 750 and Standard Clays 119, 508, 437 Limit Per Firing: 8 full shares, 4 cubic feet, about the size of a 30 gallon plastic tote full of work per share. Shifts: Participants must sign up for shifts stoking the kiln during glazing on Friday, or Saturday as the kiln is being loaded. Firing Supervisor: Nathan Willever will lead firings and instruct glazing, loading the kiln and stoking patterns. Provided with your share: Flashing Slip, Glazes, Wadding, Cones, Wood, Firing leader. Price: 180$ per full share 90$ per half share.
To sign up for a firing, or to get information about the kiln, contact Nate. After signing up you can pay online or write a check to Tyler Park Arts.
Private Rental of the Full Kiln: The kiln can be rented out for a firing by your group, art center or college. The price is 1500$ and includes Flashing Slip, Glazes, Wadding, Cones, Wood and the Firing leader. We ask for a 400$ security deposit when signing up for a date. Pease contact Nathan Willever at nwillever@meca.edu to schedule a firing date.
Firing Schedule: Participants may glaze and wad work the Friday before the firing. Loading the Kiln will begin 9AM. The door should be closed up by 3 and we will start firing at that time. We will start with a small camp fire, and build a coal bed. Firing will last for around 24 hours and we will divide the work stoking the kiln into 2 hr shifts. The Unloading with be the following Thursday when the kiln is cool. We will clean and wash the kiln shelves and sweep out the kiln firebox for the next firing.
Please Visit http://tylerparkarts.org for more information.