Curious about reduction firing? Ceramic artists can rent cubic footage  in our community gas kiln on a fee-for-service basis. To see images from our first firing and examples of the glazes, check out our Instagram and the firing highlights at the top of the profile! We are so excited to be developing this exciting community firing program after years of planning and hard work by volunteers, board members and community members.

We do our best to fire monthly (schedules permitting)so build up a stash of cone 10 bisqueware!

 

Price scale for renting cubic feet in the kiln (price increases will be happening in early 2025)

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$33.50+tax/cubic foot for PGBC guild members

$40+tax/cubic foot for non-members.

All payments for cubic footage is billed after the load via SQUARE invoicing. They are sent to your email. 

PLEASE NOTE we will not turn away folks with lack of full funds if you are experiencing a financial barrier we can offer a sliding scale rate. Please contact the Board of Directors at Pottersguildofbc@gmail.com for more information. 

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What is a cubic foot of pottery? Imagine loading your pieces into the interior of a square milk crate, including posts and shelves. Things like bowls are not stacked into each other but lip to lip, rim to rim. On glazing day we can help you measure and assess.​

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DROP AND CANCELLATION POLICY PLEASE READ: 

IF YOU REGISTER FOR A SPOT AND DROP IT WITHIN 7 DAYS OF THE GLAZE DAY YOU WILL BE CHARGED  FULLY FOR THAT CUBIC FOOT UNLESS IT IS FILLED BY ANOTHER PARTICIPANT. THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THE KILN REMAINS FULL AND ALLOWS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO HAVE WORK READY TO FIRE. ex: for a Saturday glaze day, you must drop by end of day the preceding Saturday, end of day.

Please email the guild if you miss this date. If this becomes a pattern you may be refused from firing in the kiln in the future. 

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LOCATION: Courtyard of the Mergatroid Building, 975 Vernon Dr, Vancouver BC

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VOLUNTEERING AT THE KILN

The PGBC gas kiln is entirely volunteer run. Our firings are volunteer dependent. We will be requiring the majority of volunteer spots to be filled in order to run the firing. Volunteers will have priority of booking a cubic foot of space in the firing they participate in. We welcome volunteers of any level experience. It is a great way to support this community project and learn about reduction firing. Please see our page on

VOLUNTEERING AT THE KILN HERE

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PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION ON WHAT IS EXPECTED AT THE KILN

LINK TO PAGE CAN BE FOUND HERE

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Late March Firing 2025​

Glaze and Load- Saturday March 29th

Firing Day-Sunday March 30th

Unload-April 5th

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VOLUNTEERING AT THE KILN: SignUp to be released Friday March 7th @6pm 

If you are interested in volunteering at the kiln, you can SignUp for a volunteer shift HERE for the firing. It's a great way to support this community project and learn all about reduction firing. Cubic feet is still to be paid by volunteer. ​​

*NOTE*: we are trying out new timeslots for volunteering in March to see if it will work better for efficiency. 2 new volunteer spots for CLEANING have been added. It is a shorter shift due to the nature of the work. This may change in the future, it is just a temporary test for now :)

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FIRING YOUR WORK AT THE KILN: SignUp to be released Monday March 10th 2025 @6pm

If you would like to book a cubic foot of space to fire in the kiln. You can SignUp HERE.

Limit of 2 cubic feet per person. If the kiln does not fill the Saturday before the load date, we release extra cubic feet beyond the 2 cubic foot maximum. 

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