Firing Onggi Kiln

[shanna1950]

eye popping amazing

[jmg1957]

peace,,..well done.

[MrMusclefish]

C fucking R

[agfield2000]

@MrMusclefish sounds like a compliment, but I have no idea what you mean?!?

[agfield2000]

@MrMusclefish sounds like a compliment, but I have no idea what you mean?!?

[gallaghe123]

Fantastic kiln! My Korean friend asked me to make an onggi pot for her. She says that the pots have to breathe so the fermentation can take place. In your video the pots seem to be made of a darker clay. Is the clay vitrified? Are they glazed inside?

My friend showed me some onggi that she bought in Canada, but she says they are not the real thing. To me they seem to be stoneware , being vitrified, so no "breathing" possible. So clarification on vitrification of onggi pots would be great.

Eva

[mrcptube]

What is the purpose of the barrel in bricking up the door? Just a quick space filler? And I am assuming the barrel is empty, even though it looks like it is filled with liquid fire later during the bricking up? Thanks!

[agfield2000]

Exactly right, quick space filler.

[ratmfan105]

wow, is it true in other western countries that they have these that are even bigger that take weeks to fire? my teacher said something about that, this is awesome, i believe thats true mastery when they dont even use cones and just do everything by eye, and lmao

"Not too many drinks though, more pots to be made in the morning." lol thats too funny

[agfield2000]

Sounds like your teacher is talking about a Japanese anagama kiln, they are often fired for quite a long time to accumulate wood ash build-up on the pots.

Yeah, these potters in the video aren't using cones and they generally have very few bad pots in a firing, pretty amazing.

[claymoma]

WOW!! any chance we could see the final product? How was the kiln packed and unpacked? What a great series of videos you have posted, Thanks for sharing this with us.

Regards from Debbie in Florida USA

[agfield2000]

I've got the raw footage of loading the kiln but no time to edit, it'll have to wait until I head back to the states in Oct.

More to come...

[monkeybss]

A fiery dragon!

For how long is it fired? How do they know if the kiln is hot enough to close up the fire box?(I don't suppose they are using cones, are they?)Are the pots glazed in any way or it's only the wood ash that gives this shine?

I envy you for beeing able to watch so closely this process.

[agfield2000]

It's a slow 3-5 day pre-heat and 2 days of gradual climb to about 1250 C. You're right, no cones, it is all by the look of the pots and the color of the heat, The pots are glazed at leather-hard with a mix of clay & wood ash, but the fly ash in the wood kiln gives them what they need to come out right, if the same glaze were fired in a gas kiln, it would come out matte. Yes, I feel very fortunate to be able to be a part of this.

Thanks for the comments & questions!

[chopin65]

I was shocked by the size of that kiln. Is that a whole season's production? What an event. I suppose they go out for drinks after that! LOL!

[agfield2000]

The production schedule is just as shocking as the size of the kiln, they fire 5 times a year! The majority of these pots are made by only 2 people using kick wheels (shown in my other videos). Celebration usually consists of ordering out for fried chicken & beer when we reach the half way point on the side stoke. Korea is great when it comes to being able to order out for almost anything at just about any hour. Not too many drinks though, more pots to be made in the morning.

[credenza1]

Thanks for this. What a kiln! fantastic.