Bisque is fired to 950 degrees celsius.

Glaze is fired to 1240 degrees.

This temperature is “Cone 6.” It is in the mid-fire range for stoneware.

Yes, but we will not do this very consistently.

We will communally plan low-fire kilns (such as a glaze kiln at 1150 degrees) when a few members have enough low-fire pieces to fill at least our smaller kiln.

We are not prioritizing Porcelain in this studio – we are a Stoneware studio. Once in a while though, we may organise a higher temperature firing, but will not make this a regular practice. Higher temperatures will be charged at a higher rate.

We are starting to plan in 1 bisque and 1 glaze kiln per week. We are firing the kilns on the following weekly schedule:

Monday evenings: Bisque kiln

Thursday evenings: Glaze kiln

IMPORTANT: For all glaze work, you must finish your glazing by Wednesday evening at the latest. The pieces must dry overnight. Any wet or damp pieces may explode in the kiln.

All your fully-dried pieces that are ready for the kiln go on the shelves in the hall or glaze room. We try to do our best to get a few pieces from every member into the kiln each time we fire. If you have high-priority pieces that you need to be done as soon as possible, please leave a little note paper next to your priority clay pieces on the kiln shelves. That helps us make sure your pieces are done when you need them. We cannot guarantee that odd shaped items will go in every time.

The following prices are for members only. If you know a non-member who wants to rent a kiln for their work, please send them to the FAQ’s page.

Medium kiln (100 L): €70 / kiln load (bisque and low-fire glaze only)

Large kiln (200 L): €120 / kiln load (same for bisque or glaze)

We aim to invoice by the 15th of the following month. So for all of your work that was fired in January, you would get an invoice from us around 15 February. We are very often a few days late 🙂

Kiln firing costs and studio clay (if used) are invoiced together.

Yes. Clayground is a place for experimenting. But we do have to protect our kiln from damage.

If you want to fire a glaze that you don’t have experience with:

• Make a test tile first
• Make sure the glaze can be fired up to 1230 degrees or higher
• Let us know that it’s a new/experimental glaze so we can also give it a little more space in the kiln.
• Create your own cookies to place under the test piece and place the cookie under the item on the ‘glaze shelf’ prior to firing