Terpstra Karen K on fri 16 mar 01
Hi All,
Question 1. The metals professor here is offering me a few barrels of
oak charcoal if I want it. I have experienced using charcoal only once
during a wood firing while I was in grad school. Have any of you wood
firers out there used coal as a supplement to the firing on a regular
basis? We can weld up a couple shovels for the firebox and side stokes.
We have a 2 chamber kiln and fire for 36 hours. We salt the second
chamber.
Question 2. The gallery director and I are kicking around an idea for
fall of 2003: an Upper Midwest Wood fire Show and mini conference. Am I
out of my mind!!!??? Probably. If you own a wood kiln (or know of
someone) in WI, MN, MI, Northern IA and ILL, Southern bit of Manitoba
and Ontario contact me. We would have support from local galleries, the
school administration, etc. I would need mental and emotional support
for something like this! Like I said, we are just kicking the idea
around at this point.
I'll be at NCECA (Adams Mark) and frequenting the Clayart room. Hope to
meet many of you there. And, I'm VERY excited about the new Potter's
Council and Fund!
Karen Terpstra
Assistant Professor of Art
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
email: terpstra.kare@uwlax.edu
fax: 608-785-8840
voice mail: 608-785-8842
ps. Mel, more for CM comments: Waiting on all that snow from last fall
to melt and wood is wet. Jeeez, can't even get to the wood pile till it
melts. Physical plant hasn't put up the roof they promised last
October..... CM left out the part about this all being harder than
giving birth and choosing a mate!
RJones7582@AOL.COM on sat 17 mar 01
Dear Karen,
I guess that I and my partner don't really qualify for upper midwest, living
in southwest Iowa, but we would be very interested in attending a woodfire
conference in the midwest. The one in Iowa City last year was excellent. We
have a small wood fired kiln of approximately 27 cubic feet of ware area
volume which we fire approximately every 2 to 3 months. Occasionally get an
outstanding piece. We would offer as much emotional support as we could
possibly muster. We aren't great potters but love the challenge and
excitement of this activity.
Sincerely,
Robert Jones
Wall Hollow Pottery
20468 Allis Rd.
Pacific Junction, IA 51561
e-mail rjones7582@aol.com
Karen Sullivan on sun 13 apr 03
I do charcoal firings and I have spent many years
firing in a gas kiln,
I throw in around 200 pounds of charcoal at the
high end of the firing cycle...around cone 10.
The work is buried in charcoal, so the loading
is significantly different...but the result
is amazing....I have used oak charcoal but
prefer mesquite...
so it's wood and I suggest
using it...
I do not use the charcoal
for the heat/fuel quality...I use it for the
atmosphere/glaze/surface/flashing characteristics.
The heat I get from gas. I fire a kiln in 10 hours
and get the look of wood fired stuff.
Kinda like techno 21st century meets bizen fire god
stuff.
So, accept the oak charcoal and have fun experimenting.
bamboo karen
on 3/16/01 11:08 AM, Terpstra Karen K at terpstra.kare@UWLAX.EDU wrote:
> Hi All,
> Question 1. The metals professor here is offering me a few barrels of
> oak charcoal if I want it. I have experienced using charcoal only once
> during a wood firing while I was in grad school. Have any of you wood
> firers out there used coal as a supplement to the firing on a regular
> basis? We can weld up a couple shovels for the firebox and side stokes.
> We have a 2 chamber kiln and fire for 36 hours. We salt the second
> chamber.
>
> Question 2. The gallery director and I are kicking around an idea for
> fall of 2003: an Upper Midwest Wood fire Show and mini conference. Am I
> out of my mind!!!??? Probably. If you own a wood kiln (or know of
> someone) in WI, MN, MI, Northern IA and ILL, Southern bit of Manitoba
> and Ontario contact me. We would have support from local galleries, the
> school administration, etc. I would need mental and emotional support
> for something like this! Like I said, we are just kicking the idea
> around at this point.
>
> I'll be at NCECA (Adams Mark) and frequenting the Clayart room. Hope to
> meet many of you there. And, I'm VERY excited about the new Potter's
> Council and Fund!
>
> Karen Terpstra
> Assistant Professor of Art
> University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
> 1725 State Street
> La Crosse, WI 54601
> email: terpstra.kare@uwlax.edu
> fax: 608-785-8840
> voice mail: 608-785-8842
>
> ps. Mel, more for CM comments: Waiting on all that snow from last fall
> to melt and wood is wet. Jeeez, can't even get to the wood pile till it
> melts. Physical plant hasn't put up the roof they promised last
> October..... CM left out the part about this all being harder than
> giving birth and choosing a mate!
>
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