Help install a kiln for a more sculptural future

I am a sculptor without his most vital tool! Pictured - me seated in my idle kiln, with ceramic friend. If I can get this important machine up and running I will be able to participate in so many more sculpture events than I do currently - do you wish to see more brightly coloured large ceramic men in galleries and sculpture parks across the world? Of course you do, so - please help fund the installation of my kiln!

A kiln is where one fires his clay sculptures, turning them from mere dried mud into rock hard permanent fixtures.  As long as I've been working with clay I've had to call on the generosity of other ceramists and potters to borrow their kilns, or else hire kiln space at art clubs and the like.  This means the nerve-racking job of transporting delicate unfired work, often over long distances and only infrequently getting to fire work, depending on kiln availability.  As well, I make very large pieces (see above photo of white chap at rest on studio table) and there aren't many kilns around that are a good fit.  

Well, last year I finally got my very own piece of equipment - an old heavy thing, rough around the edges but in good working order, a large beast of a kiln, just perfect...but for the past twelve months it has been sitting dormant in the garage since I can't afford to get it installed and running.

The aim of this boosted campaign is to raise enough money so that I can install the kiln and have the studio set up I need in order to develop as a sculptor. There are a lot of events and opportunities to exhibit, but currently I don't have the kit to complete work fast enough. I have had to say no so many times when I want to yell yes yes yes!  A working kiln in my home studio will change everything.

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