ArtRadius Saksala

collecting materials to build the paper kilns, metal grate, stones, wood and clay

The material to build up a paper kiln can be found in the the environment.
The metal for the grate and stones for the kiln were found by a local farmer, the wood we get from Kyyveden Saha. The ceramist Paula Ruuttunen was able to offer the used clay to make the clay mud for the paper cone.

preparing the experimental paper kiln

-making the clay mud = clay with water
-mixing clay with different materials like saw dust, horse crap
-mould the clay and form experimental pots
-decorate the pots in different way with different colors of clay, other materials (sand, saw dust, grass ect)
-drying the pots
 

preparing the area for the paper kiln

-making a hole in the field (the grass roots has to be away)
-burning wood for the carbon
-building the basement of the kiln
-knitting the big  metal net for the grate
-a fine meshed grate on the first one
-the dry pots on the nets
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-wooden slats around the pots
-glossy magazine paper and clay mud in many layers around the wooden slats
-start to burn with the carbon
-filling the kiln with wood
-lower the grate step by step
-close the kiln to high the temperature of the fire

-feed the fire with wood by the openings in the basement
-the temperature will rise up to 1000º in the cone
-at the end the kiln can be closed so the fire give the heat to the pots
-the cone start to glow from the top and looks transparent in the darkness

-after about 16 hours the kiln can be opened to see the results
-it depends on the clay, the temperature, the place in the kiln and the additions how the color of the clay looks like

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