PRICING

Prices include unpacking and repacking, loading and unloading the kiln by an experienced technician, materials, equipment, programming, monitoring, electricity and gas.

  • General Firing $13 per kilo per firing (plus GST)

    (or bisque, earthenware, mid-fire, stoneware oxidation, lustre and decal)

  • Reduction Firing $20 per kilo (plus GST)special request only

  • Once Firing $20 per kilo (plus GST) special request only, please contact us to discuss if this firing is available for your specific work.

  • Saggar Firing (enquire for pricing)

    PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

  • Minimum charge $13/$20 (plus GST)

  • Work is weighed after firing.

  • Payment on receipt of invoice.

  • Payment of $50 (plus GST) for each kiln shelf damaged by running glazes.

  • Large items may require discussion about firing costs as they exclude other smaller items filling the firing. Likewise beads etc. may incur an extra cost for the work required in loading.

  • Kiln Setters:

    Kiln setters are pads of clay (made of a white stoneware clay and slightly bigger than the base of the work) which protect the kiln shelf from glaze runs and contamination. Kiln setters will be required if your work has any of the following:

    • a runny glaze on it,

    • black or blue underglaze/oxide covering the base,

    • cobalt pencil or oxide as your makers mark,

    • been made from iron rich clay like Buff Raku Trachyte (BRT), Scarva Earthstone, Feeneys Hand Building Clay (FHB) etc.

 

Turnaround for each firing is usually about a week or less. This is dependent on type of firing, size and quantity of work and kiln demand.