The Ceramic Thing
Gallery of Construction
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September 30, 1999: The Ceramic Thing BROKE while I was at Burning Man!
July 31, 1999: Scott's visit
July 9, 1999: Picture in the Chronicle
March, 1999: These pictures illustrate how the Ceramic Thing pumps fuel using water.
March, 1999: Just some simple pics
February 4, 1999: Pyro Lunch!

The Ceramic Thing BROKE while I was at Burning Man!
September 30, 1999
While I was away at Burning Man, the Ceramic Thing fell over on my deck and the ceramic part BROKE!
I may try to glue it together... Until then, I can't run it at all. :..(


Photos by Kiki.


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Scott's visit
July 31, 1999
Scott Bartlett came to visit to check out the firefall.
This visit was the first time we met!
Scott is now my husband.
He wanted to experiment with different kinds of film.
I like how my hair mimics the fountain.

I think these are the most beautiful pictures of me with the firefall.


Photos by Scott Bartlett.
Some of these are scanned using a *flatbed* scanner! They look horrible!
Some new ones were scanned at Moocat's place and look far nicer!


Note: copyright Scott Bartlett 1999

Kiki holding small flames
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Kiki holding flames
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Kiki's hands enveloped in flames!
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Water and Fire pour over
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Picture in the Chronicle
July 9, 1999
This picture was on the front page of the Arts section of the Chronicle on July 9th, 1999
The artical was about the Fire Arts Festival put on the The Crucible steel arts school and gallery in Berkeley.


Photos by Thor Swift.
This photo is copyright the SF Chronicle
[I probably shouldn't taunt the Herst family using this picture, though! :) ]

No, this was not my hand :)
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These pictures illustrate how the Ceramic Thing pumps fuel using water.
March, 1999
These pictures illustrate how the Ceramic Thing pumps fuel using water.


Photos by Kiki.
I used to have a page up describing in detail how the Ceramic Thing works.
If you want more info, please send me mail.

Here's the fuel injector
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27k		 Here's a little diagram explainging the flow
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12k		 Another picture of the injector
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26k		 The injector by itself
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A fake ''cutaway'' of how the brass tube makes a venturi
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Just some simple pics
March, 1999
These are some simple pics I took with a disposable camera.


Photos by Kiki.
I just snapped these real quick.
They look horrible. :)

Here's the Ceramic Thing on
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47k		 Another -- you can see the setup
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57k		 Here it is off in the daytime
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73k		 Here's a closeup of the head while off
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A flash pic of the fire and water
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Pyro Lunch!
February 4, 1999
I invited some folks over to talk about the firefall and to show off my recent tests.


Yes, I sacrificed this plastic tub. :)
It was old and breaking anyway. And the flames weren't very high at all.
But...yeah...it melted some. :)


Photos by Dan Lyke.
Dan Lyke took these pics. I'm glad he did. I have no other records! :)

Kiki watches in excitement as her test works!
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