The meaning of Big

Not much going on today, it's a sort of rainy day. Doing reclaim and cleaning and some odds and ends. I thought that I'd put up this picture for anybody. It's a large woodfired jar with flyash dripping down. It's maybe 3' tall, the size doesn't translate as well as it should. It is one of Svend Bayer's, perhaps one of the largest that he makes. I walk by it everyday when I go into the work room, it says "Well what are you going to make today... it better be good".
Well have a good day ... Make good pots.

North Devon jug

I pulled this nice North Devon style jug out to show a group of high school students how a well designed pot will anticipate that it will be used. This a large piece, made by Svend Bayer. I'm not sure if you would call it a tall tom or a thirty tales. You can see where it sat in an ember bed during the firing.
Spring is still springing!! These last few days have been making some tea bowls and listening to the birds as they come back to Minnesota.

Here is a view of the collection box and Back door to the anagama . The next picture is the exit flue. The final picture is a shot of the kiln almost complete. The kiln was designed by my friend Svend Bayer. Svend came over in the Spring of 2000 and built it as a workshop.

Small kiln of perfect proportions.

Here is a photo of a small anagama that Svend Bayer built in Wales. It has a stacking space of about 75 cu ft.