News Five ceramic artists/potter (known collectively as Earthworks), all having a connection with the University of Derby, will exhibit their work at the Midas Workshops Gallery in Buxton as part of the Buxton Art Trail weekend and Buxton Fringe.
Read the review to find out more. The Midas Workshops Gallery is location number 36 on the map.
Please do join us for drinks and nibbles at the preview on Saturday 10th July between 14:00 and 17:00.
Thoresby Gallery will be hosting a selling exhibition of work by members of the Northern Potters Association and an invited group of potters from the Sadirac region of France.
You are welcome to join us at the private view which will take place on 11th July between 14:00 and 17:00.
I will be exhibiting at Potfest in the Pens 2010, an interactive potters' market showing the work of up to 150 potters.
The Geffrye Museum will, once more, play host to Ceramics in the City. Showcasing new work by 48 selected ceramicists, a mix of both well-established names and rising talents. The wide array of work on show and for sale means that there is sure to be something to please everybody.
A private view will take place on Thursday 16th September between 18:00 and 20:30. If you would like to come along to this please do let me know.
The weather was good on Wednesday which enabled the build move on. Additional base blocks were needed so the kiln could be sited nearer to the wall to give more room for the angle iron supports.
By the end of the day we had got up to the 3rd course of bricks and the fire box arch former had been made. Thank you to David Wright & Penny Withers for their help.
The white blocks are Durox Supablocs which will be used for much of the outer skin due to their excellent thermal properties, the speed and ease to build with and price.
The gas fired down draft test kiln referred to in a previous news article (published on 4 December 2008) was successfully fired today.
After just under 5 hours cone 9 was well on the way down when the burner was turned off and the kiln closed up. The next firing, when soda will be used, is scheduled to take place early in the new year.
I will write a technical article about the project in the near future once I have gathered together all of the information and photographs.
The kiln shelter is now up and the base blocks are in place.
Weather permitting, the build should continue on Wednesday.
For those who may be interested, I plan to write a technical article about the project which will include drawings and images.
Myself and a few others at the University of Derby began to build a test gas kiln today. The kiln uses a traditional galvanized steel dustbin as the frame which is lined with ceramic fibre blanket.
Within the next month or so I will be building a wood burning kiln. The design is based on Stephen Parry's smaller wood burning kiln which is similar to the the Phoenix kiln (see larger image) featured in Jack Troy's book, Wood-Fired Stoneware and Porcelain.
It is a very practical cross draft kiln from the 'fast fire' family with a robust arched firebox which sits below the chamber.
Thank you to Stephen Parry for his assistance and to Jack Troy for allowing me to use the image.