John Post on tue 24 jul 12
Hank Murrow sent me a couple of pics of a flat-top kiln that he helped
Ann Kenworthy build.
It's so new in these pics it looks like a showroom model...
http://cl.ly/image/0s2X2x0k2H0P
http://cl.ly/image/2d1r1x0s3F1G
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Taylor Hendrix on tue 24 jul 12
These are great pictures showing the detail that gives the lie to the
"flat-top" moniker. Should be called the Minnesota Nearly Flat-top. I do
believe that Hand and Ann did some strategic partial dipping of the center
bricks to help encourage the ever so shallow arching of the top. The second
picture reveals the small yet visible curve of the front roof bricks.
Thanks for those pictures, John.
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On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:26 AM, John Post wrote=
:
> Hank Murrow sent me a couple of pics of a flat-top kiln that he helped
> Ann Kenworthy build.
> It's so new in these pics it looks like a showroom model...
>
> http://cl.ly/image/**0s2X2x0k2H0P
> http://cl.ly/image/**2d1r1x0s3F1G
>
>
> John Post
> Sterling Heights, Michigan
>
> http://www.johnpost.us
>
> Follow me on Twitter
> https://twitter.com/**UCSArtTeacher
>
Hank Murrow on tue 24 jul 12
On Jul 24, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Taylor Hendrix wrote:
> These are great pictures showing the detail that gives the lie to the
> "flat-top" moniker. Should be called the Minnesota Nearly Flat-top. I =3D
do
> believe that Hank and Ann did some strategic partial dipping of the =3D
center
> bricks to help encourage the ever so shallow arching of the top. The =3D
second
> picture reveals the small yet visible curve of the front roof bricks.
Hank here;
Actually, Mel was on the phone with us a couple of times 'coaching' me. =3D
I haven't built any brick kilns since '73 when I built my first lifting =
=3D
fiberkiln. Been building them that way ever since, so I needed some =3D
coaching, despite having built more than 50 brick kilns prior to '73.=3D20
I built 12 kilns during my MFA studies at Oregon, so I was pretty =3D
curious about flame and refractory boxes. My MFA project was "A Natural =3D
Draft Oil Burner for a Pottery Kiln". At the time, I thought I was going =
=3D
out to the desert and make wares off the grid.
John McClure of Annapolis was also in on the entire construction and =3D
first firings of Ann's kiln, along with welcome participation from Jon =3D
Singer and another potter whose name escapes my faulty memory. Ann's =3D
husband John was also very helpful____ and Ann kept us all happily fed =3D
and hydrated, while touching every brick that went into the project.
Cheers, Hank=3D
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