I got the kiln loaded today. It's a good feeling to be firing the first kiln load of pots for the year. And it's right on schedule. I really like to try and fire once a month. That's a nice cycle for me. I can get enough pots made in a few weeks, then glaze, then fire.
Working in this cyclical way is appealing to me. Over the month I get to do a variety of things in the studio. The making list is always a bit different so I never really feel like I am in too much of a production type mode. It's always amazing to me when loading how I've made just the right pots for kiln. Of course this isn't entirely by chance. I do know I need a variety of shapes and sizes and I know when I've reached capacity by the number of boards of pots I have on the racks. But this is something that I don't really think hard about each time. Over the years it's come about that I just know what to do. And that's a pretty cool place to be.
Of all the pots in the image above all went in the kiln except for about a dozen. I'll light the kiln around 2 am and I should finish up around 4pm tomorrow. I have some special pots for Valentine's Day that will go in my Etsy shop if they come out well.
