clennell on sun 5 jan 03
If you are puzzled at whether to spend $6 for an old article in Studio
Potter, I'd say blow the wad. The very excellent article is one I refer to
EVERYTIME I teach a woodfiring course. The article is written by clayarter
Gary C. Hatcher and is called Chariot of Fire: Principles of a Bourry box
Kiln.
I attended a lecture of Gary's on the bourry box. The only part I found
disappointing was that he said his wife could fire the kiln in a halter top
and never showed pictures.
You will find no others that can help you more with a bourry box than these
two- Gary and Daphne.
Bon feu!
Tony
Gary C. Hatcher on wed 8 jan 03
Thanks Tony.
When I wrote that piece for The Studio Potter more than 10 years ago, there
was very little to be found on bourry box design. Since then there have been
some excellent things published. I have been compiling a bibliography of
articles and books on bourry box kilns and will get around to posting it on
my web site someday soon.
When I do I will let everyone at clayart know.
I was surprised recently when Gerry Williams told me that that issue of SP
from 1991 was still available, so if you do want one, go to the SP web site
at: http://www.studiopotter.org/
In fact, buy all the back issues of SP, they are among my most valued books,
serious detailed treatment of many things we all want to know about. Once
those back issues are gone, they will be much more difficult to aquire than
back issues of CM.
gary
Gary C. Hatcher
e-mail: gchfire@pobox.com
home/studio: 1-903-857-2271
university office: 1-903-566-7296
http://www.pinemills.com
"Art is not a matter of giving people a little pleasure in their time
off.....It is in the long run a matter of holding together a civilization."
David Pye
Dean Walker on thu 9 jan 03
I would think that since pictures were the earliest form of communication
and letters art just small pictorial artistc representations of ideas and
documentation that art is what holds civilization together. Without visual
communication of thoughts and ideas civilization would not exist as we know
it.
Dean
did I tell ya'll my New Years resolution was to start drinking ?
claybair on thu 9 jan 03
Richard,
I assert that Art is often the only remaining indication that a civilization
ever existed. Few objects are prized more than an ancient artifacts?
What holds us together during and long after our civilizations are gone???
Art!
Who/what destroys a civilization...... politicians, war mongers, religious
fanatics & leaders who are largely deficient in the art department!
Art shows us where we've been thereby giving us the choice to go there
again, make the same mistakes or move forward.
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Whittaker
snip>>
"Art is not a matter of giving people a little pleasure in their time
off.....It is in the long run a matter of holding together a civilization."
David Pye
The quote is immediately appealing. I wonder if you'd care to say anything
more about your choice of this quote. And who David Pye is.
I confess to a weakness for such big questions. For any others who are
similarly inclined, does art help hold civilization together and how might
it do this?
Richard Whittaker
rwhit@jps.net
Snail Scott on thu 9 jan 03
At 06:42 PM 1/8/03 -0800, you wrote:
>...who David Pye is...
His books (The Nature and Aesthetics of Design,
among others) have been discussed on the list
before, at sufficient length that I won't add
to it here, but do look into them. Good Stuff
on the philosophy of craftsmanship and design.
-Snail
clennell on sat 15 apr 06
E: the talk on clayart about m-board backed with an inch of fiber makes
sense for The Chariot of Fire. this would be very light and the walls could
stay in tack on the chariot. Although the Californian attached the
board/fiber to expanded metal I would put a layer of sheet metal over the
expanded metal to make it waterproof. Geil Kilns do this. this could also be
painted like a neato circus ride( I'm not joshing here). You're a painter
and it could be the greatest piece of performance art on wheels. Put a
Canadian flag and a frog on there somewhere will ya? What kid doesn't love
the circus and disadvantaged kids probably don't get to go.
do it all right. Don't do a "that'll do for now" version of the Chariot of
Fire. This could be a nice little business on wheels and any banker with
half a brain ought to see the potential of this pottery caravan.
Other than the trailer and metal for welding the investment is really fairly
minimal. I think 2" thick M board is about $100 Cdn for a 2'x3' piece. I
just bought a piece to use as a damper in the wood kiln. The Fast Freddies
that I built had chambers 3'x3'x3'.
Best with life on the road. Anything to get out of those dry counties.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King Street
Beamsville, Ontario
CANADA L0R 1B1
http://www.sourcherrypottery.com
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