Carol Casey on sun 24 feb 02
Isn't that just the thing about "firsts"? They have to
be known to be first, but who knows what potters
working away quietly for years were really "first"?
Thanks for that post.
Which brings up other interesting questions about
being known as a measure of anything.
--- Richard Aerni wrote:
> This is an interesting subject. Not that I know the
> man or the kiln, but
> the pottery I first worked in had a couple of pieces
> made by a potter in
> Great Barrington, MA, who had apprenticed in Japan
> and worked with a
> multi-chambered wood-fired kiln. I'm not sure when
> the kiln was built, but
> I first saw the pieces in 1973, and they appeared to
> have been around there
> for a while.
> Richard Aerni
> Bloomfield, NY
> ----- Original Message -----
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>
> Rick asks, "Who really has the first Japanese
> woodfire kiln in the US? "
>
> Roger replies: "At NAU in Flagstaff, we claim that
> Yukio Yamamoto and Don
> Bendel were first, in 1976, "
>
> Richard Hotchkiss and Rimas VisGirda held a workshop
> in the summer of 1971,
> outside of Grass Valley Ca. Earth, Air Fire and
> Water participants built a
> six chambered, wood fired climbing kiln that is
> still occassionally fired.
> Not only did the students build the kiln, the bricks
> were also constructed
> onsight. The process is documented in Olsen's The
> Kiln Book.
>
> Anyone have an earlier, documented wood fired,
> climbing kiln?
>
> Craig
>
>
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Sharon Pemberton on tue 26 feb 02
A Japanese wood fired kiln was built in the mountains of AZ, Payson, to be
exact, in either the very early 70's or late 60's. Don't remember who worked
on it........maybe Yukio Yamamoto. He had some ties to NAU.
Sharon
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