Firing Priority Policy

These are general guidlines only. If there is no crunch for space the person loading and firing the kiln should flex this to get some of everyone's work in the kiln while still meeting their needs. In general when kiln space is insufficient to meet immediate demand priority first goes to:

1. Undergraduate BFA students with BFA exhibits in the following few weeks who need the work for the exhibit.
2. Graduate students with MFA or MA exhibits in the following few weeks who need the work for the exhibit.
3. Glaze tests in the first part of the semester
4. Ceramics 1 students near the end of the semester.
5. Undergraduate students near the end of the semester
6. The person loading and firing the kiln.

When space is sufficient the person loading and firing the kiln should give themselves priority over other needs unless it will result in wasted space. Also every kiln should have pieces from beginning and intermediate classes in it trying to ensure that everyone that has glazed work, gets a piece in the kiln.

Work loaded into the soda kiln should be glazed in a way that makes use of the soda kiln. In general this means having exposed clay surface. Often it is best to make work that is designed specifically to fired in this kiln. The soda kiln has few shelves dedicated to it so large flat ware requiring lots of shelf space is often left out of firings.

Because the soda kiln has a long firing cycle, requires extra work in prep, and cleanup, and is expensive to fire and maintain, students should expect not to get everything the want fired in the soda kiln loaded. The best way to get lots of work fired in the soda kiln is to participate in preparation, loading, firing and cleanup. The worst way is to wait until the end of the semester, not participate and make ware that is designed for the reduction kiln.