JOYCE LEE on thu 22 jun 06
Subject: send to clayart/wood kiln. hay creek
> joyce please post this to clayart. i do not have
> permission with this address.
>
> the wood fired kiln at hay creek has been perfection.
>
> we fired it with a new configuration:
> opened up the chimney, to be larger.
> built an internal brick grate in the fire box.
> all donovan's specs. others helped in the
> process. tim frederich just loves brick. and
> kerry from dock six was a dream on the roof, cleaning
> old brick...we added about 200 new hard brick and
> donovan mortared it all together.
>
> we cannot hold it back...it just fired like a dream.
> cone 12/13 in the entire kiln. good ash...and it fired
> to temp in about 18 hours.
>
> we did not use a pyrometer, or a timing method.
> just loaded wood, sat around, load wood, sit around.
> 5 shifts of 3 people.
>
> the amish gave us two loads of bark/slab/ lumber, and
> we used about half our load of walnut/cherry sticks.
> total cost. twenty dollars.
>
> we have about an ice cream pail of ash left in the
> fire box, and did not have to clean out the kiln once during
> the firing. it just fired perfectly.
> about a 200 pot load.
> donovan and collen ran the firing. easy, no stress,
> and the kiln is now complete, and he thinks it may be
> his best kiln yet.
>
> i will post pix when i get back to the city.
>
> we have had perfect weather...75 and clear most
> of the week. happy campers, being good people, sharing
> ideas and strengths.
> men and women, equal as artists. strong, hard working
> artists. and no makes apologies for being craft and skill directed.
>
> heidi haugen did most of the chain saw work, larron from arizona
> split all the big heavy slabs. no one got tired, worn out, the all =
night
> shifts actually enjoyed the process. of course having a cold night,
around
> 55 degrees F. helped a great deal. all wore jackets.
>
> we fired another hundred or so chinese glazed pots with many using
> that glaze. some very nice pots indeed. we fire the small stoneware
> kiln every day. now 12 days in a row....to cone 13. not a warped pot
> in the lot. good color...almost automatic.
>
> so.
> will be back at you next week.
> mel
> from haycreek
>
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Marcia Selsor on fri 23 jun 06
Joyce,
After your list of summer workshops, Haycreek is on mine.
Also Linda and Charlie Riggs are a blast and really fun people.
trying to pack for Texas
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
Lisa Skeen on fri 23 jun 06
Ok this is totally unfair . Would all people bragging
about having 75 degree days and 55 degree nights or similar please CUT IT
OUT! We in the hotbox definitely do not want to hear about it. I could
have baked whole wheat bread in my car today; I swear we're all about to
cook down here. so she could see the keyboard....> In fact, I'm pretty sure I've been
transported to live in Kelly's backyard oven. And no it AIN't a dry heat.
:( How anybody lives in Arizona is beyond me.....
Droopily,
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "JOYCE LEE"
Subject: Mel's HayCreek Firings
> we have had perfect weather...75 and clear most
> of the week. of course having a cold night,
around 55 degrees F. helped a great deal. all wore jackets.
>
Dannon Rhudy on fri 23 jun 06
I had to leave Hay Creek early this year, so could
not wait and see the wood kiln unloaded. But - I
can say it was the smoothest wood firing I have seen,
it just started and WENT. No fits, screaming, moaning,
lecturing. An easy journey, and fun. Not to mention,
it is a really pretty kiln, and not too huge.
I can hardly wait to see some images, when Mel gets
to it.
The rest of the kilns were going daily, too - unload, load,
do it again. That turns out to be a lot of work done in
ten days; very inspiring, in fact. It is always good to see
a variety of work and a variety of styles coming smoothly
off table and wheel. There is a special value in spending
a period of time with others, just working and watching.
There's always an uplift. It may be seeing other work
and workers, or it just may be the time spent uninterrupted by the usual
mundanities.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
Earl Brunner on fri 23 jun 06
Yeah, we're having 81-82 degree weather too..................................... for the stinking LOW...... Now the humidity was at 4% today, so YES it is a DRY heat but 111 degrees is HOT any way you look at it. I feel like Hansel and Gretel.. "So Gretel, just climb in here and see if it's hot enough........."
Lisa Skeen wrote: Ok this is totally unfair
. Would all people bragging
about having 75 degree days and 55 degree nights or similar please CUT IT
OUT! We in the hotbox definitely do not want to hear about it. I could
have baked whole wheat bread in my car today; I swear we're all about to
cook down here. so she could see the keyboard....> In fact, I'm pretty sure I've been
transported to live in Kelly's backyard oven. And no it AIN't a dry heat.
:( How anybody lives in Arizona is beyond me.....
Droopily,
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "JOYCE LEE"
Subject: Mel's HayCreek Firings
> we have had perfect weather...75 and clear most
> of the week. of course having a cold night,
around 55 degrees F. helped a great deal. all wore jackets.
>
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Earl Brunner
e-mail: brunne53-clayart1@yahoo.com
Gary Navarre on wed 28 jun 06
Hay Crew,
All I can say is chill out and stay in there!
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/mup/fthsd/
And Jimmy Reed cooks!
G in da U.P.
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