Pit to Pottery - A Process in Pictures

 Load 'er up

Fire in the  hole

Pit to Ponder  "We had an absolutely perfect day for the firing, no wind at all, relatively cool (as summer goes). We waited til evening to light it off, good thing. That fire was hot! We had to stay 20 feet away until it burned down to coals. Then we sat and watched it for 4 hours, covered it with a big sheet of metal, and let it cool for about 36 hours. It was still warm when we unloaded the pots on Sunday morning. All my pots made it without
breaking - Morgaine had two that broke, but with as many as she had in there, the survival percentage was pretty good. And we had some really interesting results."

Discovering buried treasure and a few disappointments

Displaying the product of a long day's night

And some closer looks

Photos provided by Gwen the Potter from her summer adventure

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