To the potter who is planning to
build a fuel fired pottery kiln, THE KILN BOOK,
SECOND EDITION is highly recommended. If you
get only one book on kiln building, this should
be it. The book offers a wealth of information
that 1s necessary for any kiln building project.
[It offers designs for several kilns and enough
detail to successfully build one of them.

The book is no less useful to the
potter who plans te buy a commercial fuel fired
kiln. The chapter "Fuels, Combustion and Fir-
ing’ is an invaluable guide to more satisfying
and more economical firings and the discussion
of the history and theory of kiln design will
open up a better understanding of any kiln.

Even if the lst edition of Olsen's
book is already in your personal library, do
add the 2nd before you build your next kiln.
The entire book is revised or rewritten and
there is much new material, If one revised
sentence caused you to save a dozen insula- |
tion firebricks ar a few square feet of ceramic
fiber, then the book has been a good investment.

The first edition of THE KILN BOOK
has earned Fred Olsen a solid reputation among
potters. The second edition will add to that
reputation. The book is thorough and well
written. It offers interesting informative
reading for every potter and essential reading
for those who will build or fire their own kilns.

THE KILN BOOK, SECOND EDITION by Frederick L.
Olsen. Forthcoming January 1983 from Chilton
Book Company. Copies may be ordered from
Sunflower Pottery Supply: 586-9073.

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