Brian Harper

  • Bio
  • cv
  • Statement
  • Artwork
    • Bunker Series
    • Scaffolding Series – JCPenny Home™ Collection
    • Scaffolding Series – Asteroids
    • Oscillations
    • Trans/pher
    • Standardized Test for Congress
    • Diplomatic Cables
    • New Myth Series
    • Strings in the Aether
    • The Open Crowd Project
    • Photographs
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Philosophy
    • Student Work
    • Kilns / Projects
      • IUS Anagama
      • IUS Cross-draft Soda Kiln
      • Gulf Coast Kiln Walk
      • St. Pete Kiln
      • Flagstaff Kiln
      • Taos Kiln
      • Bendel’s Mural
  • Curatorial
    • Boundless
    • The Ephemeral, The Evolving
    • Transition Points
    • Strange Attractors
    • The Air & The ground
    • Filtered Permeability
    • Artaxis Exhibition – Philadelphia
    • Bread and Roses (student exhibition)
    • CONNECT (student exhibition)
    • ZHEYNA (student exhibition)
    • Clean Fossils (student exhibition)
    • Unrelated and Unrestricted (student exhibition)
  • Life

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

IUS Cross-draft Soda Kiln

This is a kiln that I built with my students at IU Southeast in 2015/2016. It is a cross-draft, natural gas fired, soda kiln on the campus of IU Southeast and is built almost entirely from scrap bricks and materials.

Soda Kiln - laying floor
Laying the floor out
Beginning the walls
Beginning the walls
Building the walls up
Building the walls up
Building the base of the chimney
Building the base of the chimney
Soda Kiln - leveling the door opening
Soda Kiln – leveling the door opening
Soda kiln - Building the straight walls
Soda kiln – Building the straight walls
Soda kiln - adding insulation to the walls
Soda kiln – adding insulation to the walls
Soda kiln - welding the frame
Soda kiln – welding the frame
Soda kiln - making the arch form
Soda kiln – making the arch form
Soda kiln - assembling the arch form
Soda kiln – assembling the arch form
Soda kiln - finished arch form, setting the skews
Soda kiln – finished arch form, setting the skews
Soda kiln - laying out arch formation
Soda kiln – laying out arch formation
Soda kiln - working on the arch
Soda kiln – working on the arch
Soda kiln - working on the arch
Soda kiln – working on the arch
Soda kiln - prepping the key for castable
Soda kiln – prepping the key for castable
Soda kiln - just after pouring the castable key
Soda kiln – just after pouring the castable key
Soda kiln - working on chimney
Soda kiln – working on chimney
Soda kiln - arch form ready to take out
Soda kiln – arch form ready to take out
Soda kiln - working on chimney
Soda kiln – working on chimney
Soda kiln - working on chimney
Soda kiln – working on chimney
Soda kiln - working on chimney
Soda kiln – working on chimney
Soda kiln - new burners
Soda kiln – new burners
Soda kiln - installing new burners
Soda kiln – installing new burners
Soda kiln - cutting door bricks and posts
Soda kiln – cutting door bricks and posts
Soda kiln - arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln – arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln - arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln – arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln - arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln – arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln - arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln – arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln - arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln – arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln - arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln – arch form removed, washing inside
Soda kiln - first load
Soda kiln – first load
Soda kiln - first firing
Soda kiln – first firing
Soda kiln - first firing
Soda kiln – first firing
Soda kiln - first firing
Soda kiln – first firing
Soda kiln - first firing, putting soda in
Soda kiln – first firing, putting soda in
Soda kiln - first firing, putting soda in
Soda kiln – first firing, putting soda in
Soda kiln - finished
Soda kiln – finished

My mailing list

Find me.

email me at brianharperstudio@gmail.com or via my contact page
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Copyright @ Brian Harper 2001-2019

 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.