December 2007 Archives
It would appear that I have taken on a new hobby, although, this one is self-maintaining. Aeroponic gardening is nearly self-supporting, it requires watering and addition of a nutrient tablet once every 2 weeks. I'm hoping such a small effort will give me big benefits in the way of using fresh herbs in my cooking.
Here are a few images taken before the last kiln firing. The pieces in these images have been glazed, but not yet glaze fired at the time of the pictures. I hope to post final images very soon.
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Image taken by Chris about a year ago of a previous firing of the Alpine
I have just returned from an exhaustive day of firing a 40 cubic foot, natural gas, forced updraft Alpine kiln at UNCC. The kiln was piloted last night at around 4:30pm, and the firing began today at noon. For nine hours the kiln was monitored and gas and air adjusted as needed. At 9pm (almost exactly) the 04 cone began to bend and the gas to the kiln was stopped. During the previous day the front loading electric kiln ran, it cooled during the same time period.
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| Modeling pieces on the table to fit into the Alpline | Modeling pieces to fit into the Baily Front-loading electric |
My Gaston College course, Drawing 1 (ART131) closed this evening. The final grade for the course is: A
Images of my work will be posted here during the post-semester blogging period.
