halloween or christmas?

the back stack in Mizue's kiln

Of course neither since it's only September, but that's always the question when opening up a kiln...

The firing was a success--we made it to temperature and it didn't take as long as last time to do it. Mizue filled a lot of the gaps in the walls that we suspected held us back last time--losing heat.

I'm still working off my shelf space by splitting wood, but I don't mind too much.

The top right piece is mine...