If you want to dip your toes into doing your own woodfiring, you could always build an Olsen fast fire kiln. It's much smaller than the kiln in this video, but the smaller size also means a much lower build cost, lower cost per firing, less work to prepare for a firing, and you can fire it to cone 10 by yourself in 4 hours. Not much point in firing a wood kiln that fast since you don't get as much ash build up, *however* you can also fire it as *slow* as you want.
@jacobwhite82042 жыл бұрын
What does cone ten mean ?
@formerartstudent2 жыл бұрын
@@jacobwhite8204 Cone numbers are a way of measuring heat work, which is a function of temperature *and* time. The higher cone numbers generally correlate with higher temperatures, but the length of time spent at a given temperature makes a difference. Imagine you have a lit candle. If you pass your hand over the flame very quickly, it doesn't hurt. But if you hold your hand over the flame for a few seconds it will hurt quite a bit. In both cases, the temperature is the same, but the amount of heat work is different, which produces different results.
@marissaandersen55723 жыл бұрын
Please do build a wood kiln and show us the process!!! I really want to build a wood kiln sometime in the future, and I’d love to see the process!
@Lizicles13 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing i saw in England was the old victorian kilns that are huge towers! This was so cool to see and get a glimpse of what those massive kilns were like 😱😱😱😱😍😍😍😍
@madelyngiles2463 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jonthepotter and Matthew Kelly Pottery for sharing this AWESOME experience with all of us! I am learning so much from both of you and what it takes to be serious potters! Can't thank you both enough for all the info you both are always so willing to share with us too!
@sethhenderson83 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed meeting you. Can’t wait to see you build your own wood kiln. If you need help firing it let me know lol.
@chrissieberrill99433 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing experience! Nice results! Matthew Kelly is very skilled and knowledgeable; lovely to see you guys working together
@micheledickey40663 жыл бұрын
Wow! What an amazing process!! This was sooo incredible to be able to watch. I had no idea how this all worked. I love the variations of everything. This video is Total inspiration!! Thank you sooo much for filming all of this.
@christiewilder90573 жыл бұрын
Of course you need to build a wood kiln! Great video, love that you guys were able to get together on this endeavor. 😊
@westsan93 жыл бұрын
Look at the walls of the kiln they look so cool! The colors you get from wood firing is so amazing!
@bayareaartist9993 жыл бұрын
A kiln gets better better and better as it is used over time.
@KimAReid2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Do it! I have assisted on a wood fire kiln and loved every minute. I understand your enthusiasm. I had one piece in the kiln and although I have progressed as a pottery since that piece, it is still my favorite. It’s beautiful and very unique, but it’s more than that, I have a connection to it, memories made with it. The man who owned the kiln, his wife, the little bedroom room where I took a “nap” because the midnight shift didn’t show up and I stayed all night, my friend who went with me and stuck it out, all that comes rushing back when I look at that piece, and I smile. Can’t wait to see you succeed! Sincerely, Kim A Reied
@kevingirard78443 жыл бұрын
Jon, I hope you also had time to see some of the many other incredible potters in Seagrove as well. I live in Virginia and have visited several time and gone to the clay and glaze supplier in town. It is like heaven for potters there. I don’t know of anywhere else in the US with such a large concentration of generational potters.
@iWriteWithPride3 жыл бұрын
Uploaded just in time: my coffee just finished brewing :D (Edit) YES, I think you should go for it and build your own!
@donnabeal2253 жыл бұрын
WOW! Kudos Jon and Matthew! What an incredible collaboration! Thank you for sharing your wood fire adventure from start to finish. The best wood fire video ever! Yes Jon, you should build a wood fire kiln!!!!! Enjoying you from the beautiful Mendocino California Coast.
@pattya16793 жыл бұрын
I loved watching the livestreams! I have followed Matthew almost as long as I have followed you and you are both great! Love the collaboration!
@lotusfire94293 жыл бұрын
Kickstarter 2.0 for wood kiln
@balesjo3 жыл бұрын
I've developed a real love for wood fired pottery over the last year. I've been intrigued by the Japanese Anagama kilns and the effects of the firing process on the pottery. Would love to see you build a wood-fired kiln!
@TheaPetrichorian3 жыл бұрын
Loved this! This is definitely my jam! So cool! I completely support you building a wood kiln!
@megangass53163 жыл бұрын
I loved the live videos along the way. It has also been cool seeing you take videos and now seeing the result. I get the best of both worlds! Live updates but also beautiful videographer version. Ok, your signature wreathed in flame was stunning.
@themercurialmoxie3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Western NC (Catawba Co.), and these kiln firings and openings are so much fun!! My mother, took me along to many of them. I think you absolutely should build a wood kiln! It's an amazing example of true community and love for the arts. ❤
@katharinegee8093 Жыл бұрын
Yes build a wood fire my sister and brother in law are building one it’s taken 2 years to build hopefully we fire this summer ❤
@jastew19712 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest things I've ever seen. Matthew seems like such an easy-going, regular kind of guy. I've always loved pottery as a collector, especially salt-glazed. My daughter is a senior in high school and has made some really cool things in her ceramic classes by hand and on the wheel. Trying to find a class in our area and maybe getting a wheel for her one day if she decides to keep going with it. I've always wanted to learn how to throw myself but never had the opportunity. Such a cool little documentary. Thanks!!!
@missmomo33143 жыл бұрын
This truly was an epic video! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. I hope you build a wood kiln up in MN too, so many videos and cool pots could come out of it!
@missnaynay202 Жыл бұрын
Just got to work on a team firing a catenary wood kiln in Red Lodge, Montana. It’s not as big as the train kiln. BUILD ONE! I loved the community of people coming together to make it happen. I am waiting waiting for the kiln to cool and can’t wait to unload in a few days
@kylerlunberg96943 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad you made this video, hard to explain to people the amount of effort wood firings like this take!
@NickyHutch3 жыл бұрын
So happy to finally see this! Great turnout 😍👍
@donedwards53012 жыл бұрын
I love this video Jon. The community of potters where I live (Alberta) is much similar. You put out the call and they are there, lending a hand or anything. I love the sharing that goes on and constant learning. Cheers,
@Floreypottery3 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in the middle of Indiana northern Indiana and sw lower mi has a few of us woodfire guys. But NC has some amazing guys who do amazing work
@carolhall82 Жыл бұрын
Enjoy watching the process. I’ve seen wood kilns in Asia only they were built on a slant.
@aaronwolf96993 жыл бұрын
This was a whole lotta fun. Hoping you guys will plan at least one of these firings once per year. Thanks for sharing your fun and art.
@robynelliott88983 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work, great fun to watch, and great job putting this video together Jon...go rest.
@Nguyenduykhanh19943 жыл бұрын
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@TarotLadyLissa2 жыл бұрын
Y'all better have cooked some steaks on some of those coals you were raking out! Would have been a great time for a community barbeque/hog roast!
@Bible.Thumper3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and bring in Minnesotans to join in. You might even draw in potters from out of state to help you with building kilns and also with firings a couple times a year.
@mrfxm552 жыл бұрын
Lots clay projects in fimo and an oven never in the fire. I think it's time. Was fun viewing your adventure. I'm also a lapidary I have access to many minerals.
@conniedee3035 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Build your own kiln. That would be fabulous! 🎉
@katlynnalmansor41353 жыл бұрын
I've done two wood firings with some people from the studio I go to, and it's such a cool experience. I'll be participating in my third one this fall and I can't wait for the firing. It's great to see other potters try this out and see the setup and glazes. Very cool to watch your experience! :)
@jamesjuggler51873 жыл бұрын
Do it. Jump in. I am building a giant wood fired kiln in mid Minnesota. My children and I have built everything but the actual kiln which is going up this summer. We hope to do a firing in the fall. Build it. It is worth the time. I would love to see more kiln build videos. I hope to make a video of my build.
@demetriscott78803 жыл бұрын
Yes please build a wood fire kiln! At my college they have a wood fire kiln and it was the most incredible thing to experience.
@incendi4ry3 жыл бұрын
I love that you're wearing each other's shirts near the end. Such a cute bromance. 🥰
@TheItGirl1133 жыл бұрын
So I originally found your videos when I first started learning ceramics in my undergrad, 2 classes and one juried show award for a stoneware sculpture later, and now I'm applying to a pottery apprenticeship in Minnesota! I didn't realize until now that it's in the same state as you so if things go well I'll have to give Mocha Monkey a visit 🤞 Have you thought of volunteering at St. John's? That's where the apprenticeship I applied is at and they fire the largest wood kiln in America (I think) about every year and I don't think it's too far away. From what I could find it looks like an incredible experience
@a.katherinesuetterlin30282 жыл бұрын
A 6-day wood kiln firing needs a big BBQ party with plenty of spit-fired or grilled meat (don't forget the fish and shrimp!), potato salad, cole slaw, deviled eggs, and whatever else you can think of. And those great big "steins" you guys were holding? I kept thinking of Merry and Pippin in the Prancing Pony: Pippin to Merry: "What is that??" Merry: "This, my friend, is a pint!" Pippin: "It comes in pints? I'm getting one!"
@ndoghouse68537 ай бұрын
Fire in the hole! Very cool oven. Yall gotta cook some pizza when done!
@perceptivehealings3 жыл бұрын
The results are impressive for each piece. Yes to developing your own wood burning kiln. 🔥
@jayrey14863 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for years and I had no idea you were coming to Seagrove! I live about 20 minutes from there. It's an amazing place, especially for ceramic art.
@vedder3163 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see more primative types of firings
@susaninthusun41463 жыл бұрын
Go for that wood kiln Jon! This is all beautiful 😍 and I would love just to have the broken pieces!
@LunarburnStudio3 жыл бұрын
Gets me excited to get back to wood firing. Guess ill need to start throwing again. Great job!
@lynnost19593 жыл бұрын
Just go for it !! I think all your subscribers will love to follow your journey in building a kiln
@theceramicrepairstudio3 жыл бұрын
Great video, one of my favourites.
@judydell62243 жыл бұрын
Very cool vid! Worth the wait! Congratulations!
@blanchebutcher7517 ай бұрын
You were on Main Street lol I grew up not far from seagrove & train at the Seagrove fire department, and my first waitressing job was at jug town Café
@phyllisgriffin59333 жыл бұрын
Wow! This was SO interesting. My little electric kiln is such a baby!
@AnaJ.3 жыл бұрын
Fun fieldtrip... I m putting a hand built kiln on my Christmas list!!
@bayareaartist9993 жыл бұрын
You should go back to the seagrove area and visit all the kilns. There are people who have kilns that make that woodkiln look like an electric kiln as to scale.
@michellemooney14603 жыл бұрын
Too cool! Beautiful pieces. It would be awesome to have a community firing like this! Nice video all the way through. John, if u build it they will come!
@TinyChickPottery3 жыл бұрын
I will help build wood kiln! I bet you’ll get too many volunteers!
@danieljenkins7082 жыл бұрын
Insane how this video doesnt have more views
@theresahanson50222 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh a new place called camp v here in Naturita CO just got a grant for an art center. I would love for you to pitch a wood fire kiln.
@jimbothesailor421711 ай бұрын
This is, by far, the most exciting pottery video on the internet.
@vikkidanilkiewicz58863 жыл бұрын
That was fun. And yes a wood fired kiln should be in your future.
@pigdog12313 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this amazing experience! Yes, build one! I would love to experience this. Beautiful work.
@knightclan42 жыл бұрын
Really great editing Jon!! Thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie
@nancy482363 жыл бұрын
Build that kiln!
@bayareaartist9993 жыл бұрын
before you think about building a woodkiln, check around for wood that you would use. Matt has access to some great wood it looks like.
@draven38383 жыл бұрын
You have a pretty good idea of what it feels like making bloom steel the Japanese way
@Floodbait_1172 жыл бұрын
I bet that smells amazing i love the smell of burning wood
@keithlightminder30053 жыл бұрын
Okay John, do a kick starter and I’ll buy some bricks or part of the metalwork, the pad or part of the roof or timber framing. You could have guest potters each firing. Definitely get Simon from Woodfire. Have Matthew as your first guest!
@keithlightminder30053 жыл бұрын
You also have St. John’s Benedictine monastery woodfire in Minnesota with Richard bessnahan
@jonathanshelton2137 Жыл бұрын
You should totally make a kiln!
@ASimpleTwistofFate1013 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Jon, have you considered building a wood fire kiln that is partially underground. I have no idea if this would be a good idea, but I have seen this kind of kiln at historical museums.
@simonebertino8600 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely great video
@gaetanproductions2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic !!!
@benpatterson44523 жыл бұрын
Great video Jon! It condensed the whole process nicely, although had you just posted the entire wood firing process unedited I would have watched it... I know I've already mentioned this before, but maybe start with some reduction firing first. Make a small salt/ soda kiln first and go from there. Although I wouldn't doubt that you'd find potters interested in helping you build and fire in Minnesota. I know of one Iowan that might head north to give you a hand...
@minipott3 жыл бұрын
"I'm not going to show every pot..." me thinking um PLEASE do im dying to see them all
@rickjoschko38283 жыл бұрын
I definitely Think You should build a wood fired kiln!
@Adrienne-v5w3 жыл бұрын
I think you should build a wood kiln
@healingsprings113 жыл бұрын
That was fantastic guys!
@traciblack32423 жыл бұрын
Stoked.
@saorijg3 жыл бұрын
Yes! You should go for it!!
@sungirlblue1033 жыл бұрын
AHHHHMAZING!!!!!!!! I would love to follow you on your wood kiln journey!
@wellslowery85863 жыл бұрын
Great video! Where's the picture of me? LOL
@pahanjayasooriya25133 жыл бұрын
Build a wood kiln! Do it!
@cindytaylor59623 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Great video and amazing pots... love the process 🔥
@jackwhite97783 жыл бұрын
Yes build a wood kiln I love in Minnesota graduated from osseo and just got my own wheel
@edstud13 жыл бұрын
Looks like fun!
@michaels.86633 жыл бұрын
DO IT JON!! Build that KILN!!
@simonphoenix37899 ай бұрын
so the burning wood in the front space is enough to heat up the entire kiln to such a high temperature? I can't believe such a thing is even possible when they aren't exposed to direct flame. I always thought that it was very difficult to get things up to such a high temperature, especially without air being forced in with a blower. Its crazy that this is possible with just wood and some insulation...
@janiceblair95583 жыл бұрын
Great video. Good description of the process.
@lesselavie76753 жыл бұрын
Super fun to watch it live. You're both very inspiring...thank you!! Can you use those waddings in an electric kiln?
@cre29193 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing looks great and seems you had a blast God Blest
@amorangihikuroa36773 жыл бұрын
kiaora bro. watching the live firing was awesome. i think wood kilns are great fun. you should look at steve mills philosophers kiln small wood fire very economical simple to build. you could probably fit two of your electric kiln loads in it. fire to cone6 real easy and higher. firing done in ten hours
@TheWakes1200223 жыл бұрын
I vote for you to build a kiln, also if you do, I would love to help fire it. I have some experience firing a wood kiln, not the size of this one, but id love to experience firing a large kiln like this. I live about 5 hours from you and would definitely travel to help out.
@dawnswanson96673 жыл бұрын
build one, build one, build one!!! :)
@HokiHumby3 жыл бұрын
were the thinner slats of wood you stoked ~12:50 mark the soft pine, and the bigger slabs the harder wood? what's the logic behind that? hard wood for a good long burn, soft wood for quick combustion and temp rise?
@user-jc2qy9yl6e3 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@prettycountrygirl22 жыл бұрын
Fantastical. Great work, guys.
@phyllisgriffin59333 жыл бұрын
Definitely build yourself a wood kiln!,
@Blahlalsaas3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful film
@adibenaharon29143 жыл бұрын
What a video!!
@shelleydoxtdator7533 жыл бұрын
Fascinating for sure!!!
@shexdensmore2 жыл бұрын
Ever use ash, and if so, does different types of ashes have different effects?