Perhaps twenty years ago, I bought a lightly-used 120v Evenheat electric kiln through the local ads. It is a small model 810 with a KilnSitter. The kiln’s purpose was to bisque the pots I had thrown in my home studio so they could travel safely to Schoolcraft College, where I was teaching and glazing. That was how the plan began. A few months into kiln ownership, an exhibition deadline loomed large, and I needed to get some raku done immediately. I looked at the Evenheat kiln and thought, "Why not?"
So began my electric raku kiln odyssey. I kept my method of home raku firing a secret. Why? The prevalent gossip at the time declared electric kilns too dangerous for raku – you’ll electrocute yourself, or you will ruin your kiln if opened at full temperature. Both points initially sound legitimate but have since proven false.
