Finally, started the most awaited Anagama firing at 5.30pm on 21st evening.
We started with a small fire at the base of the chimney. This is done to create a draft(a pull for the heat being created in the front of the kiln, to pass through the chamber and rise up the chimney). It us this draft with which we manipulate the rise in temperature in the kiln, with the amount of wood and the quantum of air that is being sucked by the chimney.
Having the chimney heated up, Iber did a pooja and lit the fire in the front of the kiln.
And so we were on.
Adil, Neha, Iber and me were on the shift.
After feeding in wood at the floor, when the temperature on pirometer was 250, we started putting wood from the centre stoke hole.
Adil got fever and left at 3am.
This night was a night with three stokes a half hour of something like 6 to 10 pieces of wood.
Kept munching whenever we felt sleepy!!!
And the morning crew arrived and took over!
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