The kiln is ready to be unloaded after a week of cooling down slowly. The door bricks are removed and ash is swept and shoveled out into the outside fire ring. The Broken shards begin finding their place around the outside slope. Each piece is admired as it comes into the sunshine and set aside for later washing. The kiln is closed up for the winter. My finished pieces are being collected for a future show. Only a few people have seen my artwork from this first Anagama firing in 2008.