Kurt Wild on fri 18 may 07
I have a regular source of ash from a wood fire grill restaurant.
In sieving the ash I notice a few briquettes and black ash rather than the
typical grey ash.
The chef says he figures about 2/3 of the mix is wood ash and the remainder
from the briquettes.
Any thoughts on the subject?
Am I wasting my time with that ash for ash glazes in wood firing?
Kurt
WJ Seidl on sat 19 may 07
Kurt:
I don't have to tell you this...test, test, test .
Seriously though, you might want to do a test with that black
char (it's not ash) first. Might lead to new possibilities.
If the test fails, you can always just chuck it all into a kiln firing
and let it burn the rest of the way. Hmmm...does ash calcine?
Whatever you do, I would be sure to carefully guard the results, though.
You know how Mel is on his quest for "New! Bright! Shiny!".
ROFL
Wayne Seidl
loading the "world's largest iPod substitute" this weekend, with two
120Gig drives
WooHoo!
Kurt Wild wrote:
> I have a regular source of ash from a wood fire grill restaurant.
> In sieving the ash I notice a few briquettes and black ash rather than the
> typical grey ash.
> The chef says he figures about 2/3 of the mix is wood ash and the remainder
> from the briquettes.
>
> Any thoughts on the subject?
> Am I wasting my time with that ash for ash glazes in wood firing?
>
> Kurt
>
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Eva Gallagher on sat 19 may 07
Hi Kurt - in testing various ashes I did find that charcoal briquette ash
was different - melted all by itself. Cermaics Monthly years ago - maybe 20
years ago had an articles on ash glazes using ash from BBQ briquets. I
imagine that a mix with regular ashes would work - just may need to adjust
for the melt. I have found a big difference between various types wood
ashes - so any new batch needs testing.
Regards,
Eva Gallagher
Deep River, Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Wild"
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Subject: thoughts on charcoal briquette ash in wood ash glazes?
>I have a regular source of ash from a wood fire grill restaurant.
> In sieving the ash I notice a few briquettes and black ash rather than the
> typical grey ash.
> The chef says he figures about 2/3 of the mix is wood ash and the
> remainder
> from the briquettes.
>
> Any thoughts on the subject?
> Am I wasting my time with that ash for ash glazes in wood firing?
>
> Kurt
>
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> melpots@pclink.com.
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Duff bogen on thu 31 may 07
KW
my story while visiting friends in Kyoto in the 70's I used bricket ash on one pot... The clay for the pot from up the hill behind Kyu-mizu-dera, the glaze partially decomposed granite used for wlkway gravel ground up with a hammer and mixed with bar-b-que ash. the course grind granite made a nice mottled green with a slightly waxy surface C9/10 seger. Pioneer Pottery in the city.
The price looks right. Go-for-it
Duff
Kurt Wild wrote:
I have a regular source of ash from a wood fire grill restaurant.
In sieving the ash I notice a few briquettes and black ash rather than the
typical grey ash.
The chef says he figures about 2/3 of the mix is wood ash and the remainder
from the briquettes.
Any thoughts on the subject?
Am I wasting my time with that ash for ash glazes in wood firing?
Kurt
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