The three chambered kiln was built and fired at the International Ceramics Festival 2003 at Aberystwyth. A prototype was built and fired just before the festival and some adjustments and improvements were incorporated into the ICF 03 kiln. 

The climbing kiln is a completely new design, using fire-bricks, insulating-bricks and ceramic fibre. The first chamber being a down-draught kiln fired with LPG until near the top temperature when soda wood is added. The second and third chamber are cross draught, both fired with wood.

3 Chamber Climbing Kiln

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