Monocacy River Pottery employs a large 3-chambered noborigama style kiln for our community firings. 

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The first chamber of the noborigama is wood only. Chambers two and three are salt and soda fired.

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The first chamber produces wares that have rich flashing, natural ash glaze effects and a variety of shino surfaces. The second and third chambers can produce a wide variety of amazing effects on glazed surfaces, flashing on slipped or bare clay, orange peel, rivulets, carbon trapping and other surprises!

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Please see the gallery for examples of the exciting ceramic surfaces our kiln can create!

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Photos by Greg Holmes