Rafael Molina on thu 15 jul 99
Clayarters:
After our recent wood-firing at our school, I am seeking to use the material
cleaned out of the fire box during and after the firing. There is some =
smaller
particle size material I would consider ash to be sieved and washed for
inclusion in a glaze. There are also some larger chunks of material of what=
I
refer to as charcoal. I want to reduce the coal/charcoal to ash to use as a
component for glazes. Does anyone on the list have any ideas regarding a
process to accomplish this? TIA.
BTW, the kiln we fire is one I constructed from a design out of Troy's
=22Woodfire...=22 book. It is the Peg Udall kiln designed by Will Ruggles. =
Four of
us worked nineteen hours to fire to cone 13 top and bottom. We are quite
pleased with the results.
Rafael
Stephen Grimmer on fri 16 jul 99
Rafael,
I suppose if the charcoal is in the range of 2" or so, you could load it
in the ol' Weber, light it, and throw on some Carne Asada. Invite the 3
helpers from the kiln for a fiesta, as long as they bring the peppers,
onions, tortillas, and tequila. Yum! Serve the food on the pots that came
out of the firing, of course!
steve grimmer
drooling in marion illinois
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>From: Rafael Molina
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: Charcoal to ash?
>Date: Thu, Jul 15, 1999, 8:09 AM
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Clayarters:
>
>After our recent wood-firing at our school, I am seeking to use the material
>cleaned out of the fire box during and after the firing. There is some smaller
>particle size material I would consider ash to be sieved and washed for
>inclusion in a glaze. There are also some larger chunks of material of what I
>refer to as charcoal. I want to reduce the coal/charcoal to ash to use as a
>component for glazes. Does anyone on the list have any ideas regarding a
>process to accomplish this? TIA.
>
>BTW, the kiln we fire is one I constructed from a design out of Troy's
>"Woodfire..." book. It is the Peg Udall kiln designed by Will Ruggles. Four o
>us worked nineteen hours to fire to cone 13 top and bottom. We are quite
>pleased with the results.
>
>Rafael
>
ababy sharon on sat 17 jul 99
At my last Bisque firing I put some charcoal in a vessel and I got from it
more ash.
But the main thing I want to offer you is to take dry claybody, add to it
some charcoal (little pieces), weigh it and add water and mix; then you
might discover something you will not find in the books! Or add those little
pieces to a glaze:
Good Luck
Ababi
----- Original Message -----
From: Rafael Molina
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 04:09
Subject: Charcoal to ash?
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Clayarters:
After our recent wood-firing at our school, I am seeking to use the material
cleaned out of the fire box during and after the firing. There is some
smaller
particle size material I would consider ash to be sieved and washed for
inclusion in a glaze. There are also some larger chunks of material of what
I
refer to as charcoal. I want to reduce the coal/charcoal to ash to use as a
component for glazes. Does anyone on the list have any ideas regarding a
process to accomplish this? TIA.
BTW, the kiln we fire is one I constructed from a design out of Troy's
"Woodfire..." book. It is the Peg Udall kiln designed by Will Ruggles.
Four of
us worked nineteen hours to fire to cone 13 top and bottom. We are quite
pleased with the results.
Rafael
Bonita Cohn on sat 17 jul 99
What you want to do is called calcining: Place all the incompletely burned
stuff into an old bisqued bowl (I save those cracked ones for this). Then put
it into your next bisque load, vent the area, as this can be a little stinky
indoors. The ash can be screened, and the resulting powder used directly as
the ash part of the glaze recipe. Start w/ half ash, half clay, a little
ochre for color and voila! A glaze that runs like hell, but is nice inside
bowls or on the shoulder of taller pieces. Good luck! Bonita in Clutch
Country.: San Francisco.
Ben Shelton on sat 17 jul 99
Bisqu it in large pots in your gas/wood/outside kiln. Bye Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Rafael Molina
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:09 AM
Subject: Charcoal to ash?
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Clayarters:
After our recent wood-firing at our school, I am seeking to use the material
cleaned out of the fire box during and after the firing. There is some
smaller
particle size material I would consider ash to be sieved and washed for
inclusion in a glaze. There are also some larger chunks of material of what
I
refer to as charcoal. I want to reduce the coal/charcoal to ash to use as a
component for glazes. Does anyone on the list have any ideas regarding a
process to accomplish this? TIA.
BTW, the kiln we fire is one I constructed from a design out of Troy's
"Woodfire..." book. It is the Peg Udall kiln designed by Will Ruggles.
Four of
us worked nineteen hours to fire to cone 13 top and bottom. We are quite
pleased with the results.
Rafael
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