The Complete Guide to Choosing, Firing, and Maintaining Kilns Workshop Bundle

A bad throw costs you one pot. A bad glaze costs you one pot. A bad firing costs you the whole batch- every piece you made that month, slumped or fused to the furniture or under fired and chalky. Worse yet, you invest in a kiln that won’t even work in your studio, or meets your workflow requirements.

A kiln is the single largest purchase most potters ever make, and too often it gets made almost entirely on guesswork. What size? What cone rating.? Manual, touchscreen, or digital controller? Does it need a vent? What type of shelves do I get? How many amps do I need? Can my house can actually run a kiln without an electrician quoting you four figures. Can I get it through the door?

Most potters learn kilns by making big mistakes. You don’t have to.

Two of the five episodes in this module are sit-down interviews with Clay King’s kiln tech experts, they’re the largest ceramics supplier in the United States. These episodes are not kiln reviews, not a sales pitch, but over ninety minutes of the questions you’d want to ask if you could get a supplier on the phone and keep them there.

They see which kilns come back. They know what buyers regret. They know what the delivery truck will and won’t do, what “curbside” actually means, and what has to be ready before it arrives- and with this workshop series- you’ll know too!

That conversation doesn’t exist anywhere else, but here.

What’s inside

Orientation (6 episodes, 71 min)

Where every Clay Foundations student starts. Mindset, shared language, the supply list that saves you hundreds on gear you don’t need, and the six-step framework that turns scattered practice into actual progress.

• Episode 1: Orientation (5 min)

• Episode 2: The Six Steps to Ceramic Success, Will’s Story (18 min)

• Episode 3: Supplies You’ll Need and What You Don’t (13 min)

• Episode 4: Mindset & Shared Language (11 min)

• Episode 5: Workspace Flow and Safety (15 min)

• Episode 6: How to Get the Most From Clay Foundations (9 min)

Choosing, Firing, and Maintaining Kilns (5 episodes, 161 min)

• Episode 1: Interview with Clay King- How to Choose the Right Kiln (43 min)

• Episode 2: Interview with Clay King- Ordering, Delivery, and Setup (45 min)

• Episode 3: Kiln Accessories to Know About (18 min)

• Episode 4: Kiln Anatomy (26 min)

• Episode 5: How to Fire Your Pottery Kiln (29 min)

Nearly four hours total. The buying decision, the logistics nobody warns you about, what the kiln is actually made of, and how to run a firing start to finish.

Episode 4 matters more than its title suggests. Once you know the anatomy — elements, relays, thermocouple, bricks, lid — a kiln stops being a mysterious box that either works or doesn’t. It becomes a machine with named parts you can diagnose, and that’s the difference between a $800 service call and a Saturday afternoon knowing exactly what to do when things go wrong.

Why this module pays for itself first

Because it’s the one that keeps you from making a four-figure mistake.

Owning your firing is what turns pottery from a class you attend into a practice you have.

What you get

• Lifetime access. Rewatch the loading and firing sections before every load, for as long as you own a kiln.

• The full resource library. Every downloadable worksheet, checklist, and reference we’ve made, plus everything we publish from here on. Your library grows; your price doesn’t.

• Community access. Join the Clay Foundations community and get your questions answered by potters actually doing the work.

• $99 credit toward the full course. Upgrade to Clay Foundations within 30 days and your $99 comes straight off the price.

• 14-day guarantee. If it isn’t what you need, tell us inside 14 days for a full refund.

What’s not included

These workshops are a part of the full Clay Foundations Course, but not the full program. Live group calls, 1:1 coaching, and the rest of the Clay Foundations curriculum are reserved for full course students.

But if you’re about to spend three thousand dollars on a kiln, ninety-nine is the cheapest insurance available.

Who this is for

• Anyone shopping for their first kiln and not sure what they’re looking at

• Potters who own a kiln and still hold their breath every time they open it

• Community studio members paying per firing who want to go independent

• Anyone who’s had a load come out wrong and never found out why

• Potters who’ve been told to “just replace the elements” and have no idea where to start

What you need

Nothing. Watch this before you buy - that’s the point!

Register now for lifetime access, full resource library, and $99 back if you upgrade to the Clay Foundations Course within 30 days.