A definite game-changer for the Burdekin Potters has been a successful grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) to acquire a new Tetlow front-loading electric kiln.
Memberships of the club have grown to over 60 in the past five years and the addition of a second kiln will greatly increase the turn-around time with the firing of pottery pieces.
There have been constant, back-to-back firings at the Burdekin Potters! Pottery pieces first need to be bisque fired. Then glaze (colour) is applied, and they are once again put in the kiln for the final high firing to mature the glaze.
The extra kiln capacity will also benefit the local Kindys and schools, who have their students work fired at the Burdekin Potters on a regular basis.
Expensive equipment, like an electric kiln, is only achievable through the generosity of organisations, such as GCBF, who constantly support not-for-profit clubs in their endeavors to grow and offer social interaction and creativity to regional communities. The addition of the kiln will be a definite bonus as Christmas is already creeping up, and members are madly potting.
Contributed with thanks to Debbie Ferraris
Photos:
The kiln is finally positioned in the clubhouse.
Miranda loads the last pieces into the kiln for its maiden bisque firing.
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