Post from Ashton Faye Free · October 24, 2026

Here’s a little pottery update, I currently have 6/10 pieces nearing the bone dry phase and ready to take to the kiln. I have been putting off navigating using a kiln at a community centre because as a mostly self taught artist I have this little voice inside my head repeating to me that I don’t know what I am doing. That might not be 100% true all the time, however I especially don’t know what I am doing when it comes to firing pieces. Maybe it is also just the idea of having to travel 30+ minutes to a location I’ve never been and speak to someone new. I am sure they are lovely at the community centre but it has just become this thing in my head that is an unnecessary obstacle I’ve arbitrarily put in my own way. So that is where the “I need 10 finished pieces before taking them to the kiln” came from, that and cost. Since I am pretty sure I will be paying for sq ft per kiln load, or at least that is what I have gathered from their website, again another thing that I would be more clear on if I just stop building up things in my head and called and asked. Anyways, I will have an answer for you in a couple more pieces.