mel jacobson on fri 7 jan 11
every kiln has a unique sound. it belongs to that kiln.
it has a smell....it has a look.
a potter learns the senses of their kiln.
dannon rhudy wrote a post years back about his fact...i
memorized it.
smelling a kiln is liking stepping in dog crap...you know right away.
you don't have to look or make a statement like: `hey honey
i think i just stepped in dog shit.` everyone knows. it is one of the fas=
test
messages in humankind.
you walk into your kiln room and you know...right now...something
is wrong. you smell it.
or, the sound is wrong. or it may be as simple as a flame shadow on
a wall. something is not right. you have to react.
trust your senses...they are always correct.
when you fire your kiln, put an oven timer on a leather cord
and wear it around your neck. it will save your life.
`how many seconds in your life do you need a seat belt in a car?
well, if it is not buckled....those seconds do not work.`
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
alternate: melpots7575@gmail.com
steve graber on sat 8 jan 11
i never figured out why it happened, but my old dikerson kiln used to make =
=3D
that =3D0Aclassic sputter sound when firing.=3DA0 very soothing.=3DA0 very =
famili=3D
ar.=3DA0 then on =3D0Aabout fire #35 it suddenly went dead-ass QUIET!=3DA0 =
this w=3D
as at about cone 04 =3D0Aheading to cone 10 that day.=3DA0 it scared the CR=
AP o=3D
ut=3DA0of me thinking "oh my god =3D0Ait's going to blow up!"=3DA0 then lik=
e an i=3D
diot i realized that gas flowing into =3D0Athat hot chamber was still burni=
ng=3D
and it was simply "quiet" thereafter.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0Abut was still al=
so very =3D
creapy thereafter....=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Steve Graber, Graber's Pottery, In=
c=3D0AClar=3D
emont, California USA=3D0AThe Steve Tool - for awesome texture on pots! =3D=
0Aww=3D
w.graberspottery.com steve@graberspottery.com =3D0A=3D0A=3D0AOn Laguna Clay=
's web=3D
site=3D0Ahttp://www.lagunaclay.com/blogs/ =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A________=
____________=3D
____________=3D0AFrom: mel jacobson =3D0ATo: Clayart@LSV=
.CER=3D
AMICS.ORG=3D0ASent: Fri, January 7, 2011 1:48:00 PM=3D0ASubject: kiln sound=
s=3D0A=3D
=3D0Aevery kiln has a unique sound.=3DA0 it belongs to that kiln.=3D0Ait ha=
s a sm=3D
ell....it has a look.=3D0A=3D0Aa potter learns the senses of their kiln.=3D=
0A=3D0Ad=3D
annon rhudy wrote a post years back about his fact...i=3D0Amemorized it.=3D=
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=3D0Asmelling a kiln is liking stepping in dog crap...you know right away.=
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you don't have to look or make a statement like: `hey honey=3D0Ai think i j=
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t stepped in dog shit.`=3DA0 everyone knows.=3DA0 it is one of the fastest=
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ssages in humankind.=3D0A=3D0Ayou walk into your kiln room and you know...r=
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now...something=3D0Ais wrong.=3DA0 you smell it.=3D0Aor, the sound is wron=
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or it may be as simple as a flame shadow on=3D0Aa wall.=3DA0 something is n=
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ight.=3DA0 you have to react.=3D0A=3D0Atrust your senses...they are always =
correc=3D
t.=3D0Awhen you fire your kiln, put an oven timer on a leather cord=3D0Aand=
wea=3D
r it around your neck.=3DA0 it will save your life.=3D0A`how many seconds i=
n yo=3D
ur life do you need a seat belt in a car?=3D0Awell, if it is not buckled...=
.t=3D
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laya=3D
rt.html=3D0Anew book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com=3D0Aalternate: melpot=
s757=3D
5@gmail.com=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
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