Second Fireing

Trying another ceramic firing.  I am starting this time with a "candle burn"  to warm more slowly, but even a single candle is pretty hot on my little tin box.

 After a while with the candle I turned up the fire, charcoal mostly, deep coals, and flared it up from time to time with thin softwood for extra bursts of heat.

after an evening I set it all aside to cool overnight, and was happy to find nothing had exploded or even cracked in the kiln the next day.

a sample of the results, still warm