Can we talk Kilns?

[CrowAndAlice]

Hi,
I'm looking to get a kiln - for glass not necessarily ceramics. What should i be looking for? And what should i expect to pay?? (new v second hand).
Do any of you have a kiln?
TIA

Not at the moment but just looking into it but for clay. so dont know much about the requirements for glass.

Electric

size - what

soory cnt finish this - will try later when dd is not insisting on typing too!

Heehe!

Thanks messy - not sure what size tbh - i'm a bit green about these things, which is why i don't want to make a mistake...

My friend bought a 2nd hand kiln for clay - electric it would take pieces up to 14inches high and take about 4 hours. Think she paid £300 not too sure how much it costs to run though.

Siting it - have you somewhere to put it?

What temperatures does a glass kiln need to reach as that might need a different type of kiln.

I'm hoping to share a kiln - in my local area there are groups of artists and to spread costs they offer sharing.

haveyou got any 'open studio' organisations near you? any local artists groups? you could make contact with them. or via an evening class?

What sort of pieces do you need to fire?

sorry didnt mean to bombard questions...but tired now so off to bed!

I have one. Skutt basic kiln £700 from warm glass a while back. I make glass jewellery in it. It's good enough and capable of making nice pieces of jewellery and glass bowls.

Running it costs peanuts, but you have to be sensible. It runs at 600+ centigrade and it needs to be placed on a concrete floor with space around it. It just needs a normal plug socket, no three phase shenanigans.

If you've never worked with glass before, I strongly recommend you find a weekend try and see course and be prepared to learn how to fuse glass - it's at times a bit of a black art!