mel jacobson on mon 11 apr 05
just a reminder:
this has been stated on clayart many times, but
bears repeating.
most of the kilns in japan are electric.
my guess...90 percent.
there are some rural kilns fired with wood etc, but
most all the kyoto kilns are electric. as with any large
city in japan...electricity would be the major utility.
and pollution laws would keep gas or wood kilns from
being fired in a city.
they are made with huge coils..thick as a pencil.
many are fired to cone 10.
but my point is:
the variety of quality pots made every day japan is
varied and amazing. every color, every surface, every
style. all well crafted and fired with electricity.
there are also millions of average pots fired each year
in japan with electricity.. hand made for daily consumption. so, it should
inspire any potter living in the western world that if the
wonderful pots of japan are fired in electric kilns...why
can't we do it. just because a half dozen good old boys
have said...`shit, home potters firing with electric kilns
are crap...they need cone 10 reduction like us.`.
and, some of you actually believe that b.s.
actually i am rather proud of my new pots fired in
oxidation. and i was damn proud of the work of hopkins
students for over thirty years...firing in three skutt 1027's.
it is not the kiln, the materials, or the fuel that is sacred.
it is the quality of the work of the potter using those tools.
start believing.
especially in yourself.
use what you have, use it well and advance every day.
art is often like lightning and electricity...craft is like an
all day soft rain. it just keeps coming...and things grow.
mel
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luckisprepaid
dkat on mon 11 apr 05
May I second this? It may have been said before but I have never heard it and it is said so well that I would not mind if I had heard it many times before. DK
----- Original Message -----
From: mel jacobson
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:04 AM
Subject: electric kilns/2
just a reminder:
this has been stated on clayart many times, but
bears repeating.
most of the kilns in japan are electric.
my guess...90 percent.
there are some rural kilns fired with wood etc, but
most all the kyoto kilns are electric. as with any large
city in japan...electricity would be the major utility.
and pollution laws would keep gas or wood kilns from
being fired in a city.
they are made with huge coils..thick as a pencil.
many are fired to cone 10.
but my point is:
the variety of quality pots made every day japan is
varied and amazing. every color, every surface, every
style. all well crafted and fired with electricity.
there are also millions of average pots fired each year
in japan with electricity.. hand made for daily consumption. so, it should
inspire any potter living in the western world that if the
wonderful pots of japan are fired in electric kilns...why
can't we do it. just because a half dozen good old boys
have said...`shit, home potters firing with electric kilns
are crap...they need cone 10 reduction like us.`.
and, some of you actually believe that b.s.
actually i am rather proud of my new pots fired in
oxidation. and i was damn proud of the work of hopkins
students for over thirty years...firing in three skutt 1027's.
it is not the kiln, the materials, or the fuel that is sacred.
it is the quality of the work of the potter using those tools.
start believing.
especially in yourself.
use what you have, use it well and advance every day.
art is often like lightning and electricity...craft is like an
all day soft rain. it just keeps coming...and things grow.
mel
mel jacobson/minnetonka/minnesota/usa
http://www.pclink.com/melpots
http://www.rid-a-tick.com
luckisprepaid
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URL Krueger on mon 11 apr 05
But Mel.
Normally there's no big honkin flames shooting out of an
electric kiln !!! What fun is that???
--
Earl K...
Bothell WA, USA
Gayle Bair on mon 11 apr 05
Speaking of big honking flames shooting out of an electric kiln....
I had an experience yesterday that gave me an idea for a new source
of combustion.
We were having lunch and I suggested to my husband that the local
corn chips we bought would taste better warm. So I suggested a brief
warm-up in the toaster oven.
He put a handful of chips on a piece of foil and put it on what he thought
was the toast setting. He went out of the room and I continued preparing
lunch. After a while I heard crackling and looked over at the flames trying
to shoot out of the toaster over door.
We pulled the plug and took it out to the concrete patio. I suggested we
leave the door shut until it burned itself out. After a few minutes it was
still burning. John was worried the heat/flames would warp the top so he
opened the glass door. Whoa.....did flames ever shoot out of that sucker!!!!
Now he was sure it would ruin the toaster and wanted them out of there! So I
pulled it out with a long pair of tongs and set the foil on the gravel.
Even though I folded the foil over the chips several times
those corn chip continued to burn for a several minutes until the second
dousing with water!
So there you have it.... a new alternate fuel source!!-)))
Gayle Bair...... in sunny Tucson where my cactus' are teasing me with
some early blossoms
-----Original Message-----
From: URL Krueger
But Mel.
Normally there's no big honkin flames shooting out of an
electric kiln !!! What fun is that???
--
Earl K...
Bothell WA, USA
Lee Love on tue 12 apr 05
dkat wrote:
>May I second this? It may have been said before but I have never heard it and it is said so well that I would not mind if I had heard it many times before. D
>
It is true. But on the other hand.... : Understand what you want
your work to look like. Then figure out the tools and processes you
need to achieve that effect. You always have to start where you are,
but iIf you are serious, don't settle _only_ for what is convenient
or easiest.
--
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