David Woof on fri 26 aug 05
sometimes we sound like a convention of muscle car motor heads, faster,
faster, ramp it up baby. Techno pottery. Got these new fangled
computorized kilns with atmosphere sniffers and still blowing up whole loads
of work. so hurry up and make more and then pressed for time, again
calculate right to the edge how efficently fast we can fire.
I think we all must do it, a phase in the learning journey. It's good to
test limits and the consequences are tuition paid. I feel this pressure
also and put in my time doing same. 1980 or so, built a ten cu foot under
ground woodfired tunnel from shovel to loading in 5hrs, tumble stacked and
fired off a successful bisque in the subsequent 7hrs. did this because
someone didn't arrive with work needed to finish filling the wood kiln and I
had a show scheduled. no pyrometer, just fingers in the stack testing for
temp and humidity. when one single parents four little ones, one learns what
103 degree feverish foreheads feel like. later went to electric bisque and
learned the limits as I fussed with "optimum schedules" and lost pots, of
course the bigger ones representing more time and bigger money lost.
Now I ask how the two or three dollars I save in electric pushing so hard is
balanced by the serenity I am granted by slowing down. And what else I
productivly accomplish while the kiln peacefully candles my pots to secure
dryness. In this safe, no fussing, no pressure of wondering, space inside
my head creative energy is given free run of the house. Having tested the
limits gives security in knowing this is best for me.
David
peering over the edge, reverently taking an irreverent look at everything.
Barbara Arner on mon 29 aug 05
yes being patient...and taking the time to enjoy it all.
-barb
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USA
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> sometimes we sound like a convention of muscle car motor heads, faster,
> faster, ramp it up baby. Techno pottery. Got these new fangled
> computorized kilns with atmosphere sniffers and still blowing up whole loads
> of work. so hurry up and make more and then pressed for time, again
> calculate right to the edge how efficently fast we can fire.
>
> I think we all must do it, a phase in the learning journey. It's good to
> test limits and the consequences are tuition paid. I feel this pressure
> also and put in my time doing same. 1980 or so, built a ten cu foot under
> ground woodfired tunnel from shovel to loading in 5hrs, tumble stacked and
> fired off a successful bisque in the subsequent 7hrs. did this because
> someone didn't arrive with work needed to finish filling the wood kiln and I
> had a show scheduled. no pyrometer, just fingers in the stack testing for
> temp and humidity. when one single parents four little ones, one learns what
> 103 degree feverish foreheads feel like. later went to electric bisque and
> learned the limits as I fussed with "optimum schedules" and lost pots, of
> course the bigger ones representing more time and bigger money lost.
>
> Now I ask how the two or three dollars I save in electric pushing so hard is
> balanced by the serenity I am granted by slowing down. And what else I
> productivly accomplish while the kiln peacefully candles my pots to secure
> dryness. In this safe, no fussing, no pressure of wondering, space inside
> my head creative energy is given free run of the house. Having tested the
> limits gives security in knowing this is best for me.
>
> David
>
>
> peering over the edge, reverently taking an irreverent look at everything.
>
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