History

To view a PGPG Newsletter from September, 1976, click here.
 

Gas Kiln Installation, 2009

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Firepit Demonstration

 

Preparing the Fire Pit          Preparing the Fire PitUsually at ground level 2.5 to 3 feet depth and 5.5 to 6 feet width and a side trench for embers. Final Shaping of the Pit          Final Shaping of the PitCommencing fire inside the trench. Keeping Fire Stoked          Keeping Fire StokedTo produce large amount of embers.           Once enough embers are produced a layer is placed in the bottom of the fire pit, then covered with an insulating layer of fire brick. A roll of chicken wire is stretched over the fire brick and covered with at least 2 inches of fine sawdust.           The bricks on the floor of the pit should be placed in a radiating fashion. It will help to support the pieces of pottery. Now we are ready for the pots which have been fired, burnished, and slips applied. These are filled with sawdust and stacked carefully in a conical shape.           Sawdust is also packed in and around the pots. The sawdust is a mixture of hardwood and softwood. Coloured oxides may be added to the sawdust mixture for surface decoration.           Once all the pots are placed, the sawdust is packed op top of and around the pots. Chicken wire is placed over the pots to protect them from the embers.           A final layer of newspaper is placed over top of the sawdust, and embers from the fire pit spread over to slowly ignite the sawdust and burn down to the buried pots. Tin sheets are used to protect the whole firing from wind and rain.           This firing usually takes two days. It is completed when all the sawdust is burned and the pots are revealed.           Finished pieces           Finished pieces           Finished pieces Preparing the Fire PitUsually at ground level 2.5 to 3 feet depth and 5.5 to 6 feet width and a side trench for embers.
Preparing the Fire Pit Final Shaping of the Pit Keeping Fire Stoked

        

 

Raku Workshop May 5th, 1977

 

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Past Works

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