Advance Kilns is an on-line shop for heavy-duty high-quality kilns for professional use in ceramic workshops, dentistry, engineering, geology, glass and jewellery studios, and laboratories.

They can all use a regular 230V mains supply, so will work anywhere in the EU. They all have wall-mounted Bartlett digital programmers: either the 3K or the V6-CF.

Broadly, they're suitable for drying and firing Art Clay and PMC metal clays, annealing, dichroic glass, enamelling, firing ceramics, glass fusing, heat treating, making jewellery, and glass casting, sagging, and slumping. They're ideal for your home, school, craft workshop, jewellery studio, or course venue.

The on-line shop includes Advance Kilns, BullsEye ThinFire kiln paper, Bartlett programmers, ceramic blocks and cloths, digital pyrometers, reminder-timers, fire extinguishers, glare-resistant glasses, heat-resistant gloves, kiln shelves, kiln tables, and other tools and accessories.

You can shop here now: on line or by phone with a card, or by post with a cheque. Prices include a shelf kit, a door or lid safety-switch where appropriate, VAT, and insured door-to-door UK-mainland delivery: there are no other charges.

If the existing models don't fulfil your needs exactly, you can design your own. Just answer the questions on the wish form, and Advance Kilns will give you a door-to-door price. The recommended furniture kit will be included.

Advance Kilns is part of Cherry Heaven, a shop in Corfe Castle village. Cherry Heaven sells a diverse selection of exclusive essentials and luxuries. To look at Cherry Heaven, use the Cherry Heaven link above the menu bar at the top of the page.

Advance Kilns come in a variety of front and top openers, in square or cylindrical designs. Kilns can be made to order to maximise the use of your workspace or work volume so, for a quote, complete the wish form. The kilns combine the best mix of practical features, high-quality materials, and professional-standard manufacture. When comparing them to similar kilns from other manufacturers or resellers, there are important differences:

Advance Kilns made outside the UK have been re-engineered and comprehensively tested for the UK and Europe. They work on a single-phase 230V supply. 230V is the EU standard, although there are minor local and national variations.

UK voltage used to be 240V and European used to be 220V. The EU decided to harmonise the voltage to 230V, but the implementation costs were too high for almost no real benefit. So, to appear harmonised, the legal voltage limits were changed to 230V, but within the range 216V-253V. Generally, in the UK, 240V is a reliable average.

They're CE marked and comply with EU safety standards. The heating elements are either embedded in ceramic fibre, or the kiln is fitted with a door or lid switch: an important safety feature.

Advancde Kilns use Bartlett digital programmers. You can set four programmes, each with eight heating, holding, or cooling segments: so you can choose the temperatures, times, and heating and cooling rates. They don't have restrictive features such as single-sequence use or pre-set programmes.

Finally, prices. For a chosen firing-chamber volume and maximum temperature, Canadian-made kilns cost less than kilns made in the UK, Western Europe, and Japan. To complicate price comparison, many suppliers show internet prices that don't include VAT and delvery. Other suppliers only reveal prices in a paper catalogue or after a lengthy phone call.

To learn more about any of the kilns, use the appropriate link below the menu bar at the top of the page. To make it easier, every detail about every kiln has been included. This inevitably means that there's a lot to read, and there might be some repetition.

Choosing the right kiln is important, especially if you're not sure which materials you'll want to work with. If you need help, mail or call.

Art Clay, sometimes called silver clay, gold clay, metal clay, or precious-metal clay, is made by Aida Chemical Industries in Japan: it's a composite clay-like material, made of fine silver or gold powder and a harmless organic binder.

As it's fired, the binder vapourises and the metal powder sinters, leaving solid 999 silver or 22 carat gold: real metal, not something that just looks like metal.

To learn more about Art Clay metal clays, Accent Gold, Metal Clay Veneer, buying and using kilns and tools, choosing a course, or discovering more at The Art Clay Club, use the , use the more link below the menu bar at the top of the page, then choose Art Clay.

The kiln prices include the recommended shelf kit, and the legally-necessary lid or door safety switch where appropriate.

The on-line shop includes the Ultra Lite Kiln, the Kitiki MiniKiln, Paragon Kilns, BullsEye ThinFire kiln paper, ceramic blocks, ceramic cloths, digital pyrometers, reminder-timers, fire extinguishers, glare-resistant glasses, heat-resistant gloves, kiln shelves, kiln tables, and other tools and accessories. Alternatively, visit the Cherry Heaven Shop in Corfe Castle village.

Cherry Heaven, through Advance Kilns, is the EU distributor for Advance Kiklns made by Advance Kilns in Canada, and, through The UltraLite Kiln, an EU distributor for the Ultra Lite Kiln made by JEC Products in the US.

Cherry Heaven, through Electric Kilns, is an EU distributor for Paragon Kilns made by Paragon Industries in the US, and the Prometheus Pro kilns made by Odak Sanat in Turkey.

Cherry Heaven, through The Kitiki Studio, is a UK distributor for Art Clay made by Aida Chemical Industries in Japan, and an EU distributor for AccentGold For Silver paint and Metal Clay Veneer, both made in the US.

Cherry Heaven has been commended for outstanding performance as one of Paragon's 2007 top-selling distributors: a pleasing outcome since the UK is one third the size of Texas and one fortieth the size of the US.

. The names Cherry Heaven, Advance Kilns, Electric Kilns, Paragon Kilns, The Kitiki Studio, The Kitiki Mini-Kiln, The UltraLite Kiln, Orton Sentry Xpress, Odak Sanat, Art Clay, The Art Clay Club, Art Clay World, SilverClay, PMC, Accent Gold, Metal Clay Veneer, and Fimo Polymer Clay, are registered trademarks.