Summary

In "project Aquagama" the role of water in the ceramic firing process will be explored with the purpose of investigating the addition of water/steam on kiln efficiency and color development in different body and engobe-formulations.
The project involves design and construction of a suitable kiln, a literature survey/mapping of the historical and technical/scientific background, body formulation, and firings running over a longer period of time as there are a number of aspects to be considered and experimentally verified;

- Additions of water during the actual firing cykle (room temp - top temp.)
- Amounts of water/steam that can be added without loosing efficiency.
- the influence of water-additions during the cooling-cykle; when/where/and for how long ?

The chemical, physical and catalythic influence of H₂O in the kiln atmosphere is well understood and will be described briefly and a literature survey points to some of the historical work done in the field.