mel jacobson on sat 24 feb 07
i have named several kilns `alice`.
in honor of alice delkic.
we all loved alive.
i write the name with chalk, several places on the kiln.
mel
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Beth Spindler on sat 24 feb 07
what a nice gesture naming kilns.........and kiln gods...do people still make those??? I currently have a coiled basket that my 96 year old grandmother made for me sitting at my kitchen table several years ago. first time she ever worked with clay and loved it. her basket sets on top of my kiln with rose petals in it. she left us last Dec. 23 at 101 years old....hey, say hi to Beatrice Wood, grandma!!! :)
Beth in sunny, but chilly foothills of Virginia with mud and water in her veins...:)
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Subject: naming kilns
i have named several kilns `alice`.
in honor of alice delkic.
we all loved alive.
i write the name with chalk, several places on the kiln.
mel
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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Beth Spindler on sat 24 feb 07
ok......it's Cornelia Beatrice............I just named my kiln.....whew.....I need a glass of sangria now to celebrate...you around Marcia, Logan, Lil, Knox, Cat, Lisa, Nan, Lisa to toast? :)
Beth in VA
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:50 AM
Subject: naming kilns
i have named several kilns `alice`.
in honor of alice delkic.
we all loved alive.
i write the name with chalk, several places on the kiln.
mel
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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Marcia Selsor on sat 24 feb 07
Beth,
Cornelia Bernice sounds good. So does the Sangria. It is going up to
88 here today and winds blowing from the south. I am working on my
mugs for NCECA and preparing for house guests. My new oval electric
kiln arrives Monday . Same day the door goes on the kiln shed. I will
soon be back in business! My Raku kiln isn't named yet. But you have
inspired me. I will think about it. I'll toast to both you and
Cornelia Bernice tonight! Congratulations
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
Sandra Kelements on sat 24 feb 07
AHH!! My little kiln is Millie after my grandmother it used to belong =
to her. Her spirit guided me back to clay. The larger one is just Big =
One. If it ever gets warm here and the 2 inches of ice Iowa is getting =
now ever melts I'm doing raku thinking a great name is Charro.
Thanks everone for all I'm learning on the post.
Sandra K
Phyllis Tilton on sun 25 feb 07
This is going to require some thought. Over the years, I have named my cars----(my first car) Bessie Buick--a '49 torpedo body, 4 hole,(you have to know buicks to understand that one. It was a first to have that design and strangley, many years later, I had one of the last 4 holers--either 56 or 57.) huge steering wheel, no power steering. Trunk was full of straw when I bought it. After that was the memorable Freddie Ford. Now to name the kiln--I have called it a few names in the past which I won't print but after two very nice firings this last weekand I love it again.
I do have a kiln goddess which I bought. It is a raku lady with long black hair and a bowl on her head. I did talk with her and told her to make these firings good--and she did.
Shall we all try the Sangria?
Phyllis Tilton
sacredclay on sun 25 feb 07
The only name I can think of for a kiln is Donna, as in Donna
Summer's "Hot Stuff". Let me think some more about that onel Kathryn in
NC
Cindy Buehler on tue 27 feb 07
I bought my kiln with money my grandmother left me when she died too. It
is a small electric kiln with electronic programming and I am so happy to
have it. My kiln is named Shadrack from the bible story about Shadrack,
Meeshack, Abednego and the fiery furnace. It reminded me of a great folk
song I sang in my 5th grade musical. I think it was "Fourth man in the
Fire". Grandma was a very religious woman and I think she would have
appreciated the name and the fact that when she died she left me a bible
story. Whenever I start up my fiery furnace I think of her.
Cindy
Lee Love on tue 27 feb 07
My red Pinto was named Rocinante. My red cars after that were
always named Rocinate. I have a red Honda Civic waiting for me in S.
Minneapolis.
"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last
ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was
better for this." -Man of La Mancha
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Megamelon on tue 27 feb 07
I'm building a kiln with a Bourry Box and chimney on either side of the =
arch. If it was more tunnel-like I'd name it "Anagama Davita".
Susan Fox Hirschmann on tue 27 feb 07
In a message dated 2/27/2007 10:29:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
megamelon@ADELPHIA.NET writes:
I'm building a kiln with a Bourry Box and chimney on either side of the arch.
If it was more tunnel-like I'd name it "Anagama Davita".
My new kiln is "Grimley"
as in
"You may fire when ready, Grimley!"
Susan
Annandale, VA
JoAnne Willemsen on tue 27 feb 07
After cleaning several thousand used firebrick over the course of thre=
e summers, while at the same time building a monster of a catenary arc=
h wood fire kiln, then covering the arch with refractory fiber and cov=
ering all that fiber with the skins from steel doors (from our local d=
oor factory), I decided it was important to name my kiln the "Steel Ma=
gnolia". She lives up to her name, a great kiln....of course I'm a bi=
t prejudiced.=0D=0A=0D=0ADoesn't everybody name their kiln? And their=
cars too? Jo Anne Willemsen=0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0ASend postings to claya=
rt@lsv.ceramics.org=0D=0A=0D=0AYou ma=
y look at the archives for the list or change your subscription=0D=0As=
ettings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/clayart/>=0D=0A=0D=0AModerator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be =
reached at melpots@pclink.com.=0D=0A=
Victoria E. Hamilton on tue 27 feb 07
We've named our kiln "Howie." I cannot remember why.
He's quite mature (40+ years) and pretty fit, really - a 20 cu.ft. Alpine
updraft.
He seems to like women more than men, but then we do have a 3-woman "firing
squad."
He's great - we love him!
Vicki Hamilton
Millennia Antica Pottery
Seattle, WA
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Willemsen
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:42 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: [CLAYART] naming kilns
After cleaning several thousand used firebrick over the course of three
summers, while at the same time building a monster of a catenary arch wood
fire kiln, then covering the arch with refractory fiber and covering all
that fiber with the skins from steel doors (from our local door factory), I
decided it was important to name my kiln the "Steel Magnolia". She lives up
to her name, a great kiln....of course I'm a bit prejudiced.
Doesn't everybody name their kiln? And their cars too? Jo Anne Willemsen
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Lee Love on wed 28 feb 07
On 2/28/07, Cindy Buehler wrote:
> I bought my kiln with money my grandmother left me when she died too.
Nice to put this kind of money into something that keeps giving. :^)
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Frank Colson on wed 28 feb 07
And I named my portable raku kiln ROCKY RAKU, who often is near CATERINA
CATENARY when she has "hot flashes" But, noone seems to know where
ROMERO ROMANARCH is yet? Too Bad!
Frank Colson
www.R2D2u.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "JoAnne Willemsen"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: naming kilns
After cleaning several thousand used firebrick over the course of three
summers, while at the same time building a monster of a catenary arch wood
fire kiln, then covering the arch with refractory fiber and covering all
that fiber with the skins from steel doors (from our local door factory), I
decided it was important to name my kiln the "Steel Magnolia". She lives up
to her name, a great kiln....of course I'm a bit prejudiced.
Doesn't everybody name their kiln? And their cars too? Jo Anne Willemsen
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Gary Navarre on wed 28 feb 07
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:52:10 +0900, Lee Love wrote:
> My red Pinto was named Rocinante. My red cars after that were
>always named Rocinate. I have a red Honda Civic waiting for me in S.
>Minneapolis.
>
>"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last
>ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was
>better for this." -Man of La Mancha
>
>--
>Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Man that's funny. For years the VCR at the Hayes Farm played "Man of La
Mancha" with Peter O'Tool and Sophia Loren. Peter loves making up names for
people and on of his favorites for me is Rocinante among others. If you
listen carefully you will hear Peter calling me Rocinante at about 24sec.
into this early video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3UF-FiQYg
Man ya outta hear Zack belt out that song about Dulcinea, over and over and
over and... Ya know, come to think of it I think I'll call this new kiln
Dulcinea after all the fun times with the Hayes family the first two winters
up here and because Sophia Loren still so hot, ah? Thanks for the idea Lee
and, ah, stay in there!
G in da UP
claystevslat on wed 28 feb 07
Susan --
IIRC, it was Captain Charles *Gridley* who was XO to Dewey --
always a difficult position, being a captain but having
a higher level commander on board. Note that Dewey wasn't
polite enough to call him 'captain' or even 'mister,'
though Gridley was an older man with a distinguished history
stretching back to the Civil War.
Having completed the actual work for which Dewey took the
credit, Gridley was relieved of duty for reasons of poor health
and died in Japan on the way back to the US. Several destroyers
have been named for him.
-- Steve (more useless information than you could ever believe) S
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Susan Fox Hirschmann
wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/27/2007 10:29:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> megamelon@... writes:
> I'm building a kiln with a Bourry Box and chimney on either side
of the arch.
> If it was more tunnel-like I'd name it "Anagama Davita".
> My new kiln is "Grimley"
>
> as in
> "You may fire when ready, Grimley!"
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