A Week (or two) in Review

I have not been a diligent blogger. I actually cringe at that title. I don't consider myself a blogger. I consider myself a potter (at this exact moment in time a kiln builder) and so it is without a tremendous amount of guilt that I am bringing everyone up to date.

There has been an amazing amount of people out here as of late and we really have made some progress.


Last week Connie and I started laying out the floor and I finished the floor tiles sometime around the weekend.


Doc Welty of Leicester Valley Clay made a surprise visit on Sunday afternoon with his wife Melanie. We drank a beer or two and finished the last few things to be completed before moving onto the arch forms.


On Monday he showed back up and we hung the chain and spray painted 24 arch supports. The curve for the kiln I found by using nice little offering of Google's called Sketchup. It is a 3d modeling software, downloadable, and easy to use. I knew three important dimensions and the rest came from the curve which the software drew while hitting all three of my points. 6ft at the entrance, 6ft at the first step up from the firebox and finally 32 inches at the flue.


On Tuesday I took I worked a half day with Dan Getting the first set of Arch supports up as well as the framing that holds them and then took my lovely girlfriend on a date.



Wednesday Dan in I finished up the arch supports...


...and this morning with the help of Andrew Stephenson, his friend David, and Tom Turner we started laying the lathing.


After a lunch of corn and pasta (with everything from the garden but the pasta) we laid a few more strips and they hit the road. I worked for another hour or so before the clouds thickened even more than they already were and the thunder clapped above and the rain came in thick sheets blowing in from the north. The tin roof roared under the deluge and ran through it all to close the windows and put the chickens feed away and sit down at my desk and write this.


Coming up in blogland:
A completely new blog/website!