A few late nights, 10 soft bricks, a few feet of old elements and about 15 pounds of scrap stainless steel...
New baby test kiln Apollo is born!


The lid isn't quite finished, but I couldn't help but test fire. Made it right to cone 4 in about 3 hours using the controller I just built (also the controller's maiden firing!). 

Inside dimensions are 6x6x4.5
I drilled out the grooves to hold the elements then cut through the bricks to slide them in, no pins needed.

If you haven't already, check out my new instructable. It was recently featured in the Technology section on instructables.com

here is the link:
http://www.instructables.com/id/USB-Powered-LED-Articulating-Lamp/

Product-photography behind the scenes with white masonite, a couple of 2x4's, a few clamps and a few lights. 
Check out the finished pictures in my gallery.

I've been working on fixing up the studio recently, just finished painting a wall and installed a neon piece that I pulled out of storage.
I think it goes well with the ceramic lamp. Though if I stay in the room with no other lights on for too long the red starts messing with my eyes...