Ron or Sue Corl on wed 12 nov 97
Hi Ya'll
I can't believe how great potters are with info sharing but I guess we
have all heard that before. I'm still amazed every time I look at this
list!
This months CM had a noborigama kiln in it. I could not for the life of
me figure out the schematics. And I was a Draftsman for three years!
Does anybody have one or know of a good kiln book.
I was involved in building an 30' Anagama at McKneese U. in Louisiana
and have helped fired it several times but I like the idea of multiple
chambers multiple cones and glazes.
Thanks
Ron
Big Baby Head Studio
Jan Jokinen on thu 13 nov 97
Hello Ron, and others interested in Noborigama kilns!
I am secretary of the Tozan Cultural Society, here in Nanaimo, on
Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We are caretakers of 2 very special
wood fired kilns- a 4-chamber and fire-box Noborigama, and an Anagama.
The Tozan is a unique variation of the ancient Japanese hill-climbing
kiln, and there are only two of these kilns outside Japan, one at
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the other here in
Nanaimo...both of which were laid out by Master Tozan Yukio Yamamoto, of
Himeji, Japan.
Local potter Les Beardsley was so intrigued with the kiln at Flagstaff,
that he persisted in his desire to see one built here on the Island, and
convinced Yukio Yamamoto to move here for the better part of 1995 to
oversee the construction. After countless hours of work by Les's family
members and dedicated volunteers, the Tozan kiln is available as a
public resource. The Tozan Cultural Society welcomes potters from all
over the world, who come to take part in firings, which take place in
the summer.
You can visit our TOZAN HOMEPAGE, which includes a drawing of the kiln,
photos and a wonderful piece on the "Magic of Wood-fired Pottery" by
fellow "Clayarter" Veronica Shelford, at:
www.mala.bc.ca/www/tozan/homepage.htm
For any other information, or to become a member of the Tozan Cultural
Society, please feel free to contact me at:
Jan_Jokinen@bc.sympatico.ca
If you have any technical questions, I will pass them along to the
proper channels. Otherwise, when you are in our neck of the woods,
please visit, we love showing interested folks our "Dragons"!
Cheers!
Jan
Charlie and Linda on fri 9 oct 98
Hey Folks
Anyone know where to look up a good set of plans for a noborigama?
Thanks in advance. Yes, I checked the archives first... :-)
Charlie Riggs
Donn Buchfinck on sun 11 oct 98
If you want good plans to build a kiln get in touch with a guy named
Mackenzie Smith
he was at the Archie bray foundation and built a kiln there and at the
baltimore clayworks also. they are catenary arch kilns single chamber but I
do not think it would be too difficult to just add a second chamber.
another kiln is that of Ruggles and Rankin, You can look them up in studio
potter magazine, Penn St. built a small version of one of these. it is a two
chambered kiln. fires like a dream.
Thanks
Donn "with the flue" Buchfinck
gari whelon on mon 12 oct 98
Try Jack Troys "Wood Ffired Stoneware and Porcelain"
It has several wood fired kiln plans including 2, 3, and 6 chamber noborigamas.
I'm involved in firing the Tozan Noborigama in Nanaimo B. C. which is
somewhat similar to the Flagstaffe Tozan (both built with Yukio Yamamoto)
It is different from the ones in The Troy book in that the Dogi is much
larger and serves not only as the main stokeing chamber but also holds
considerable ware. In essence I suppose it functions like an anagama in
that pots from the dogi get the brunt of heat flame and ash, although the
lower of the 4 chambers behind the dogi still get good flame and some ash play.
I have no plans but I'm sure we could come up with some crude drawings and
pictures. If interested, tell me what you need and I'll get to work on it
after talking to those more involved in building it than I.
Don Bendall at U of A at Flagstaffe would also be worth approaching to see
if he has plans for their Noborigama.
Hope this helps
Gari Whelon
Nanaimo B.C.
whelon@island.net
At 08:47 AM 10/9/98 EDT, Charlie and Linda wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hey Folks
>
>Anyone know where to look up a good set of plans for a noborigama?
>Thanks in advance. Yes, I checked the archives first... :-)
>
>Charlie Riggs
>
>
Lee Love on mon 12 mar 01
Go here to see the fire I tended for the pre-heating of the Noborigama. It
is an animated clip. It bounces a bit, I think following my heartbeat:
http://akita.homestead.com/files/fire.html
--
Lee Love
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