[Clayart] Wood firing Porcelain.

[Antoinette Badenhorst]

Hi Guys. I'm still lurking mostly, but today I have something new coming up
and I think maybe the group will also benefit from a discussion.

I will be teaching in South Africa and Europe again next year. It will be
mostly my regular "Understanding Porcelain" workshop, but one studio in an
East European country asked me to help them explore local materials and
come up with a porcelain body for their wood firings and otherwise. This
will be an exciting opportunity and I hope to learn a lot from them.  The
studio is in a very clay-rich area and we already have an idea of what raw
materials will be needed. Some of it will come from existing companies and
some will be wild clay. I think they have access to some of the world's
best kaolin.... and maybe some dirty kaolin too.

We are going to wood fire the objects made in the workshop and that is
where my knowledge stops and theirs takes over. I would like to see some
rich colors come out. My thinking stops at adding some iron-based
materials, maybe in the form of slips and maybe wood ashes.

I read somewhere that placement in these kilns is also enhancing color.
At this stage, I know nothing about the kilns themselves, so maybe some
general ideas as to what to be on the lookout for will be helpful. Thanks
for your ideas.


Best wishes,

Antoinette Badenhorst



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