i spent yesterday loading the last shelves of the wood kiln at geoff pickett’s. it was a beautiful fall day out in the country. steady working, figuring out what to put where, making sure the shelves are clean before we put them in the kiln, and wadding the bottoms of the pots. wadding is a mixture of stuff that you roll into a ball and stick on the bottom of the pot with some glue. it keeps the pot up off the shelf so it (hopefully) doesn't get stuck from all the salt and drippy glaze. here’s geoff putting wads on a pot and placing it carefully in the kiln. today the doors will be bricked up, then we’ll light the fires![gallery]