Laid Back wood firing
THE WORKSHOP IS FULLY BOOKED
Accommodation: A limited number of free accommodations is available. First in -
first out. Please bring your sleeping bag with you. Otherwise we have rooms for rent. If you want to sleep here in Alt Gaarz you have to book your accommodation
directly at Markus Böhm. Because this is a kalkspatz workshop you have to book the workshop at Maike Hagemann.
Your reservation for the workshop is only binding if you have paid the fee.
Maike will help you with the details.
The preparation of meals will be together, costs will be distributed.
Please bring bisque fired pieces for 1320-1350 for the firing
The idea for this workshop arose when Sandy Lockwood asked me how many kilns I’d have under this big kiln shed. The answer was: One. But I asked myself: Why
not more? Sandy recommended Steves book »Laid Back wood firing« I bought it and asked him a whole lot of question. At that time I could not
imagine that there would be once the possibility to visit him or to have him
here. But when I was in Mittagong for the wood fire conference it changed.
Now we are planning a small kiln with bourry box for salting that I’d like to have beneath my 3 m3 kiln for my clay and glaze experiments and for making orders more quickly.
Photo by Arthur Rosser
I’m interested in Steves way of firing that he describes in his book as follows:
»...This is an excellent way to get those heavy ash deposits without spending
days on doing it. You don’t even have to wear a head band or chop the sleeves off your T shirt to get
there (although you can if you want to). This is the great heresy. Laid back
wood firing, start in the morning, finish in the night, go to bed the same day
that you got up. Live a normal live, make beautiful objects and enjoy your
firing. You can even do it in the city because there is so little smoke or
pollution...«
Norm Wheeler (CN):
»Steve, you are to be blessed and thanked... Our previous firings have left my
good wife and I shattered. This firing was a dream, calm, dignified, orderly,
almost effortless. Actually, as we walked away from the kiln we both felt as
though we had left something out!!! This was too easy, we feel great. So once
again thankyou very much for the guidance, direction and support offered in
your writings.«
Kiln by Steve Harrison
Tea bowl by Steve Harrison, inside/outside of the same bowl, kiln of light
weight RI bricks - 16 hours firing time
