Art of Firing

By Nils Lou

Book Overview

A new studio manual for the operation and maintenance of fuel-fired kilns. 90 pages of fact-filled information on the firing process-oxidation, reduction, fuel and efficiency. Questions are answered... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889250112
• ISBN13: 9781889250113
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Gentle Breeze Pub Co
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent text on kilns and firing!

The Art of Firing explores building and firing a fuel kiln from top to bottom. This is a book that I would not ever be without! *Expansive diagrams of kiln designs *Comprehensive explanations of construction, draft, burners, and more *Sections on wood firing, salt glazing and refractory materials Firing a gas or wood kiln can be like a dance, causing you to stretch more than you intended sometimes, and often leaving you with sore muscles, but a glorious sense of having accomplished something incredible. However, in the midst of that dance is the serious problem of getting your kiln to fire to the top of your firing range. There is nothing more frustrating than to have a stalled kiln! Before you are trying everything you can think of and there is nothing you can do to move that temperature up that last 100 degrees, buy this book! See my complete review at [...]

Tons of information!

This book is packed with almost anything you might want to know on a variety of kilns and firing techniques. This book is a must have for anyone interested in firing, building, or experimenting with their own kilns.

A must for understanding kiln firing

Very useful, short text on building, and firing kilns. It has been added to my list of books that I think all ceramic artists MUST have! In addition with Rhodes book on Kiln firing it is an invaluable source of information on kiln mechanics.