Christy Cordell, right, a pottery assistant from Oregon, "unbricks" the wood kiln after the pottery has been fired for over 16 hours using a quart of wood on the last run of the wood kiln. Students Stephanie Cavanaugh, left, from Bowling Green, and Pat Halicek, center, help stack the bricks.
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Finished pottery sits in the wood kiln waiting to be taken out.
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Christy Cordell, center, a pottery assistant from Oregon, sits in the wood kiln and takes out the pottery that is finished and passes the pieces to students to put out on a rack.
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Student Stephanie Cavanaugh, of Bowling Green, admires one of the pottery bowls that she made after it was fired in the wood kiln at The 577 Foundation.
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Student Stephanie Cavanaugh of Bowling Green admires her pottery star ornament that was fired in the kiln.
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Students, including Stephanie Cavanaugh, right, smiling, and Dylan Stewart, left in red hat, of Bedford, Mich., take out their pottery pieces and put them on a rack for packaging.
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A pottery camel, which is part of a nativity scene, is surrounded by freshly fired pieces of pottery made by teachers and students at The 577 Foundation. The pottery be sold at the Angelwood Gallery on Front Street in Grand Rapids, Ohio for the Holiday Open House this weekend.
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A cup pulled out of the wood kiln at the 577 Foundation in Perrysburg.
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Students take out their pottery pieces and put them on a rack for packaging at The 577 Foundation.
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