How can I fire clay in a wood stove?

Question

My art teacher gave me some clay, so I made this really nice ... pinch pot... and I was talking about my...pinch pot... with her and she told me it would be possible to fire it in a wood stove. I'm gunna try it, but I have some questions first. The clay is cone .06, how hot should my stove start out and how hot should it end at? How long should I leave it in there? Would it be possible to glaze fire it in a wood stove? What can I use to keep it up off of the fire so that it doesn't get ashes all over it? Also, is it possible to let the clay get too dry before firing it? I don't think it's going to get cold enough to have a hot fire all day any time soon.
If you were going to try this, how would go about doing it?

Answer 1

Until you get a better answer - including asking your teacher and looking at wood firing on line - only the fact that your clay is 06 gives you a chance of bisque firing in a wood stove (and by stove I am guessing you mean heating stove and not cooking stove)

As for how hot, you have to get it up to the 06 firing temperature which is over 1800F http://www.aaproducts.com/ConeTemp.html depending on how fast you heat.

As for how hot when you start - normally it would be cold.

As for keeping the ashes off - most people who do wood firing - which with a large amount of pots takes days and cords of wood to get the large kiln up to temperature - go to the trouble because they want the ash glazing effects.

No I don't think it can get too dry - one wood firing pottery I visited fired once or twice a year with shelves and shelves of production being held for months until the firing