Before departing Centennial, I had the opportunity to watch
some accomplished potters (Bill, Marsha, Alan and Debbie) fire up the wood kiln
and transform clay objects
into beautiful pottery
What an experience!
A multiple day process…preparing
and loading the kiln, warming the bricks, starting the fire at wee hours of the
morning, continued stoking throughout the day to reach temperatures above 2,000⁰ Fahrenheit, salting and more stoking, and then two days waiting for the cool down
period and finally, the unveiling.
