Materials
used in the kiln Floor:
Rylance dense fireclay tiles 12ins x 12ins x 3ins Hotface
arch: Rylance dense firebricks Outside
arch layer:Townsville common red house bricks Insulating
layer, 5ins thick: mixture local Paluma fireclay and
coarse sawdust from local sawmill. 70 clay:30 sawdust Hard
skin: 1 ins thick layer of Paluma fireclay and Darley air
setting refractory mortar 50-50
Side
stoking was directly on top of the pots in the foreground.
Clays
used in the anagama pots A blend of a
lighter burning kaolinitic Paluma clay is used and is sometimes
blended with Feeney's White Stoneware or Johnstone Brothers JB1
or JB3.
Wad
clay Pink Paluma
fireclay (coarsely sieved through fly wire) plus fine sawdust.
Although high in iron the clay is very refractory and leaves a
dark mark on the clay body.