Kiln

One of the perils of the internet is that it allows you to make impulse purchases at the press of a mouse key...
...so that's how I ended up with this...my new kiln which arrived this week.

Today, I tried it out for the first time;

As it gets rather warm, I've set it up on firebricks both as protection and to stop it from moving around on the surface.

This shot shows it just after I took out my first experiment in enameling. Keeping it simple I put a thin layer of green enamel onto an offcut of silver. And here it is;

Not very impressive I suspect to you guys, but I'm rather pleased with it. Now the experiments in enameling can begin in earnest... :)