Elliott Perkins
@elliottperkins.bsky.social
Looking for beauty in materials and ideas of meaning
Goes a thousand miles an hour
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Goes a thousand miles an hour
Zen for me but not for thee
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Zen for me but not for thee
Studio water, dried and fired in the first three pictures, dried in a small bucket in the fourth
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Studio water, dried and fired in the first three pictures, dried in a small bucket in the fourth
Again, more words
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Again, more words
Night fog across the way
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Night fog across the way
They have the variation in surface I was hoping for, and I like the saggars as objects, too
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
They have the variation in surface I was hoping for, and I like the saggars as objects, too
A lot of the surface decoration in a salt firing is a result of salt vapor moving through the kiln, and since I always liked the varied surface from the updraft kiln, I though to build the saggars shown above around the pieces I fired in this kiln, so the interaction of salt and surface was varied.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A lot of the surface decoration in a salt firing is a result of salt vapor moving through the kiln, and since I always liked the varied surface from the updraft kiln, I though to build the saggars shown above around the pieces I fired in this kiln, so the interaction of salt and surface was varied.
In a downdraft kiln, the fuel and fire enters at the bottom of the kiln and exits at the bottom, where it goes up a chimney. The result is a more homogenous atmosphere within the kiln.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In a downdraft kiln, the fuel and fire enters at the bottom of the kiln and exits at the bottom, where it goes up a chimney. The result is a more homogenous atmosphere within the kiln.
In the updraft kiln, the gas path follows the heat, and the effect is more like a flame: rising unevenly as it burns.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In the updraft kiln, the gas path follows the heat, and the effect is more like a flame: rising unevenly as it burns.
This kiln is a downdraft kiln. The difference is in how the burning gasses move through the kiln.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This kiln is a downdraft kiln. The difference is in how the burning gasses move through the kiln.
I fired a salt kiln a lot starting in 1992 and ending in 1993, but it was an updraft kiln.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I fired a salt kiln a lot starting in 1992 and ending in 1993, but it was an updraft kiln.
Clouds around sunset
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Clouds around sunset
Wall of kiln, showing the effects of salt on clay
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Wall of kiln, showing the effects of salt on clay
A little salt
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A little salt
A little reduction
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A little reduction
Some red heat at dawn
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Some red heat at dawn
Partly-loaded kiln
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Partly-loaded kiln