SPECIALTY WORKSHOP/ 2025 Spring Barrel Firing at Kettle Creek Pottery 5/31 & 6/14

Join us for a day (or two) of barrel firing this Spring! 5/31/25 - Clay forms building day (12pm-5pm) CLASS 1 Students will create 4 forms approx. 2lbs each Potter, Amy Manson will demonstrate a few techniques for building various forms Come with ideas and photos references 6/14/25 - Barrel Firing Day (8:30am - 6pm) CLASS 2 Meet in the morning to discuss how to pack our pots with organic materials, colorants, and more. We will start the burn as soon as we finish preparing pots Lunch break - Lunch provided by Kettle Creek Pottery Help tend the barrel, or tour some local sites as the barrel burns down We will unload the barrel around 5pm and will clean and treat our pots with a follow up discussion on results In this workshop you’ll learn how to barrel fire pots - a modified version of the ancient technique of pit firing. Participants will learn to treat their pots with colorants, copperwire, and organic materials. After we treat our pots participants will learn how to prepare the barrels for a successful firing. Once the barrels are loaded and lit they will burn most of the afternoon, when cool enough to remove, pots will be washed, sealed and ready to take home. *Barrel fired pots are not food safe and will not hold water. Barrel fired pots are one of a kind works of art and can not be replicated. ***Workshop requirements (important!) You can join us for both days, or if you have your own studio, you can create and prepare your pots at home and join us for the firing day only. *Pots must be made with low fire Raku Clay ( 4 pots, size requirement 2lbs each) * Pots must be treated with tera sigillata first and then bisque fired to 08.