An Introduction to Fuel-Burning Kilns
Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we … Read More
Tag: firebox
The part of a fuel-burning kiln where fuel gases combust before contacting wares. Gas kilns need little if any firebox, whereas wood and oil kilns produce long hot flames whereas require a large firebox unless flame-flashing and ash-slagging (with wood) effects are sought. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Five Tips for Successful Stacking in a Salt (or Soda or Wood) Kiln
Long a process of industry, salt firing has also been embraced by ceramic artists and potters because of the beautiful … Read More
Clay Culture: WVO Firings
Waste vegetable oil (WVO) can be used in kiln firings as a sustainable and renewable alternative to petroleum-based fuels. An … Read More
Clay Culture: Petal Kiln
The ceramic world lost a major figure with the death of Danish artist Nina Hole last year. Nina was well … Read More
2015 NCECA Biennial
As the modernist inventors of the collage, assemblage and installation art formats were quick to realize, chance encounters between otherwise … Read More
Technofile: Why Do Kilns Stall?
Tired of staying up until the wee hours of the morning coaxing a stalling kiln to temperature? Learn why it … Read More
Universal Statuary: The Work of Matthew Groves
History and universal themes inspire Groves’ narrative figure sculptures, which were on view at the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, … Read More
Painting with Fire: Recipes and Techniques for Soda Firing
I can get lost in the sumptuous surfaces of Gail Nichols’ soda fired work. The way she skillfully “paints” her … Read More
Two Kilns That Make Smart Use of Waste
By it’s very nature, our art form is not the greenest of artistic endeavors, but happily, many ceramic artists and … Read More
How to Design and Make a Ceramic Fireplace Surround
I haven’t ever attempted to make anything on an architectural scale in my studio. It seemed a bit too intimidating … Read More
