Martin Howard on thu 27 apr 00
Thanks Ivor Lewis.
The response to my earlier postings and your further questions is very muted
from the ClayArt fraternity.
Perhaps the truth just is that there are very few on ClayArt who fire at
02-2.
The main lot of glaze examples are 6-10, the high fire range, which may
produce good ware,
but it is wasteful of heat, energy and materials. It must surely cause more
air pollution than firing at a lower temperature.
Where is our collective conscience in this matter?
Martin Howard
Webb's Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
England
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
Earl Brunner on fri 28 apr 00
Sorry, I would hardly consider it wasteful of heat, energy
and materials
if the wark comes out as intended. And that is as iffy at
lower temps as
it is at the higher end. Kilns have come a long way from 30
or 40 years
ago. My fiber kiln fired to cone 10 in six hours uses a
small fraction of
the gas that my soft brick kiln of 20 years ago did. Part
of that is the
refractories and part of that is the burner system (much
improved).
The fact is that I could pit fire and get good results, but
they wouldn't
be the same as earthenware electric fired, anymore than the
earthenware,
lower fired ware is the same as the highfire ware. If you
choose to fire
in a particular range, and have convinced yourself that you
are saving
the planet by doing so, fine. If it makes you feel good, but
don't put me
down or presume you are somehow better because I don't. If
cost of energy
is a factor, I can fire to cone 10 with gas cheaper that I
could fire to
cone 06 in an elctric kiln. Remember behind almost every
electric kiln is
a power plant somewhere polluting, don't feel better just
because it might
not be in your back yard.
Martin Howard wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Thanks Ivor Lewis.
> The response to my earlier postings and your further questions is very muted
> from the ClayArt fraternity.
>
> Perhaps the truth just is that there are very few on ClayArt who fire at
> 02-2.
> The main lot of glaze examples are 6-10, the high fire range, which may
> produce good ware,
> but it is wasteful of heat, energy and materials. It must surely cause more
> air pollution than firing at a lower temperature.
>
> Where is our collective conscience in this matter?
>
> Martin Howard
> Webb's Cottage Pottery
> Woolpits Road, Great Saling
> BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
> England
> martin@webbscottage.co.uk
--
Earl Brunner
http://coyote.accessnv.com/bruec
mailto:bruec@anv.net
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