Janet Kaiser on wed 27 oct 99
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Thanks for your support and the messages to date.
I asked Christian some additional questions, which he has answered:
1. SIZE REQUIRED: around 200 liters.
(Sorry, my mathematics are not up to converting to cubic capacity in =
imperial
measurements=21=21).
2. TEMPERATURE: 1000 degrees Celsius would be fantastic if possible and 1150
maximum (probably unobtainable).
3. WHICH =22KILN BOOK=22 DID HE SEND? He does not know. It is a =22standard =
work=22 he
saw at a fellow potters someplace.
4. IS PALM WINE ALCOHOLIC AND IF SO WHAT =25? Seemingly it is alcoholic and =
people
get really drunk on it, but it is not high Vol.-=25 -- more like a new wine =
still
fermenting, like the German =22Federweise=22.
5. WHAT SORT OF CLAY IS AVAILABLE? A normal red or terracotta which is dug =
out
of the ground locally. Very low firing.
6. HOW DO THEY FIRE NOW? By building a stack of pots and fuel into a bonfire=
and
firing it either in a pit or above ground.
7. WHAT FUEL IS AVAILABLE? They use some wood, but mostly a sort of reed out=
of
the forest/bush.
8. WHAT MATERIALS ARE UNOBTAILABLE? Anything and everything=21 That is why =
the
kiln will have to be built of simple clay bricks.
If you have any more suggestions or help they would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art: Home of The International Potters' Path
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales, UK
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
EMAIL: postbox=40the-coa.org.uk
If you experience difficulties accessing our web site, please e-mail me=21 =
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