Eleanora Eden on wed 8 nov 06
Dear Ester, and clayart,
Reid Harvey has been contacting clayart newsgroup from time to time. He has many years'
experience doing low tech ceramics projects in North Africa/Near East area.
The last email address I see for him is: from about a year ago. I thought
I had a more recent message from him that came into clayart this spring but I don't see it now.
Anybody see a more recent address for Reid to give to Ester?
Good luck with your projects and I, for one, would be very interested to get news of your progress
and problems on this list.
Eleanora
>Hello hello,
>I'm working with an organisation that has a ceramics-project in
>Afghanistan; we are setting up a small ceramics school here in Kabul, and
>are also working in a potter's village called Istalif, just north of Kabul.
>Our focus is on traditional Afghani pottery and tiles, and we would like to
>keep things as local as possible, (ie. not import everything from overseas
>and make them reliant on materials and equipment that's not available here).
>I'm not the most experienced potter in the world (just taking a year out
>from my ceramics-degree), so i've got quite a few questions about things,
>(as you can perhaps imagine).
>The traditional method here is single-fired earthenware; the kilns are not
>very effficient (updraft), and i'm wondering whether anyone knows whether
>the fast-fire olsen kiln would work if it was built with normal house-bricks
>and mud-straw mixture (which is what the potters use for their kilns), i
>mean if i could use the design and proportions, but with these local
>materials to fire to low temperatures, ie not more than 1100 degrees C???
>Hard firebricks are available from Pakistan, as is some kind of insulation
>fibre, so we could also use this...
>Also, I'm wondering whether the kilns they are using now could perhaps be
>made more efficient by adding chimneys (Kabul and Istalif are at pretty high
>altitudes), or even by insulating the insides with a layer of fibre? (they
>are basically cubes, with a round firing chamber, firebox directly
>underneath, a hole in the floor of the kiln, with a corresponding hole in
>the roof/ceiling that is closed up during firing, and 4 flues opening onto
>the roof, (no chimneys).
>That's all for now, but you'll no doubt be hearing from me again in the
>future... Thanks very much!
>All the best,
>ester
>
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Helen Bates on wed 8 nov 06
This address here for Reid Harvey may be more current:
http://www.purifier.com.np/
You might also try contacting K.E. Schwab of Slippery Rock University,
Pennsylvania: http://www.sru.edu/pages/13474.asp
(A three-day Water Filter Conference showcasing the research of Slippery
Rock University art students in development of a low-input ceramic kiln and
flame induction burner system used in firing Potters for Peace ceramic water
filters used in developing countries was just held on Nov. 3-5 on the SRU
campus.)
Helen
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayart Websites: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
Frank Colson on fri 17 nov 06
Frank Colson here- I'm a little out of the loop as my system has been out a
few days. Some years ago I drove overland across the Middleast and met with
potters along the way. Spent some tme in Afghanistan. Don't know if I can
be of help here but one never knows?
Frank Colson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanora Eden"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:27 AM
Subject: kilns in afghanistan: contact Reid Harvey?
> Dear Ester, and clayart,
>
> Reid Harvey has been contacting clayart newsgroup from time to time. He
> has many years'
> experience doing low tech ceramics projects in North Africa/Near East
> area.
>
> The last email address I see for him is: from
> about a year ago. I thought
> I had a more recent message from him that came into clayart this spring
> but I don't see it now.
>
> Anybody see a more recent address for Reid to give to Ester?
>
> Good luck with your projects and I, for one, would be very interested to
> get news of your progress
> and problems on this list.
>
> Eleanora
>
>
>>Hello hello,
>>I'm working with an organisation that has a ceramics-project in
>>Afghanistan; we are setting up a small ceramics school here in Kabul, and
>>are also working in a potter's village called Istalif, just north of
>>Kabul.
>>Our focus is on traditional Afghani pottery and tiles, and we would like
>>to
>>keep things as local as possible, (ie. not import everything from overseas
>>and make them reliant on materials and equipment that's not available
>>here).
>>I'm not the most experienced potter in the world (just taking a year out
>>from my ceramics-degree), so i've got quite a few questions about things,
>>(as you can perhaps imagine).
>>The traditional method here is single-fired earthenware; the kilns are not
>>very effficient (updraft), and i'm wondering whether anyone knows whether
>>the fast-fire olsen kiln would work if it was built with normal
>>house-bricks
>>and mud-straw mixture (which is what the potters use for their kilns), i
>>mean if i could use the design and proportions, but with these local
>>materials to fire to low temperatures, ie not more than 1100 degrees C???
>>Hard firebricks are available from Pakistan, as is some kind of insulation
>>fibre, so we could also use this...
>>Also, I'm wondering whether the kilns they are using now could perhaps be
>>made more efficient by adding chimneys (Kabul and Istalif are at pretty
>>high
>>altitudes), or even by insulating the insides with a layer of fibre? (they
>>are basically cubes, with a round firing chamber, firebox directly
>>underneath, a hole in the floor of the kiln, with a corresponding hole in
>>the roof/ceiling that is closed up during firing, and 4 flues opening onto
>>the roof, (no chimneys).
>>That's all for now, but you'll no doubt be hearing from me again in the
>>future... Thanks very much!
>>All the best,
>>ester
>>
>>______________________________________________________________________________
>>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>>
>>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>>
>>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
>>melpots@pclink.com.
>
>
> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
> www.eleanoraeden.com
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
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>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
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>
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> melpots@pclink.com.
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