An International Wood-Firing Exchange
by Dick LehmanComparing clays, fuels and firings between Japanese-Shigaraki-style and American-Midwestern-Style Approaches
Owen Rye: A Daedal Gallimaufry. Exhibition in the Barn Gallery, Montsalvat
Owen Rye’s autumn exhibition, A Daedal Gallimaufry, curated by Skepsi’s Anna Maas, was a tour de force in many ways, not least in its fortuitous timing.
The Flavor of Fire: An approach to Flashing in Wood Fired Kilns
Derek Larsen shares the results of his 20 years of obsession and experimentation with atmospheric flashing, or hiiro, achieved in wood-fired anagama kilns.
Anagama Kiln Build – Roto-O-Rangi
by Margaret BrayIn March 2019, Janet Smith commenced the monumental task of building a mighty Anagama kiln on her rural property at Roto-O-Rangi, in the picturesque backblocks of Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand. A la…
Are You Going to Gulgong?
A new word entered the vocabulary of Australian ceramics years ago. That word is Gulgong. An example of a normal sentence in which it is used is: ‘Are you going to Gulgong?’ Or, ‘Did you go to Gulgong…
Collaborating With Uncertainty – Towards Visual Complexity
This article has been adapted from a talk given at the Confluence Woodfiring Symposium, Helena Montana October 2018.