We got together at Clayworks and lit the highest fire yet. I was planning on throwing some pots and was having such a good time around the barrel that I never got to the wheel.
I helped "split" some wood for the firing. I used quotes because except for a few logs with knots in them, the wood was so worm-eaten that it pretty much crumbled to dust when I connected with it.
Since this was our holiday barrel, there was a lot of Christmas wrapping paper used for kindling this time. Along with the wrapping paper, we had the usual ingredients such as sawdust, wood shavings, copper carbonate, copper sulfate, epson salt, Chore Boys, seaweed, charcoal briquettes, etc. It really is quite a conglomeration of combustibles.
The pile of wood I helped "split".
Nice fire.
That's a tall fire.I like the little licks at the top.
During the burn.Notice that little snake of green flame
on the right. It stayed there
for most of the firing.
Green flame usually means
there is copper present.
3 comments:
Conglomeration is a big word in my world. I like it. Didn't know that about the green flame. Hmmm Great pics. Maybe you and Minke will compete in a 'splitting' wood competition at BF #8?
man, I wanna make a wee little pizza oven/fireplace/wood kiln out back and burn baby burn!
Amy-
I use a lot of big words that I don't understand (some of them I make up myself). I'm in training with the axe. I think Minke will win, though.
Gary-
What's stopping you? (Besides nine feet of snow...)
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