Leeds Craft Centre & Design Gallery
September to November 2011
I currently have a selection of work on display and for sale at The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds City Gallery.
Dustbin test kiln - Carl Gray Ceramics
Future events
Earthworks at Cromford Mill
27 April/11 May 2012
Earthworks is a group of ceramists, me being one, with links to the University of Derby. We will be having a selling exhibition of our work at the World Heritage Site of Cromford Mill. More details will follow in the near future.
Dustbin test kiln
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.
While the use of a dustbin is not unique (Andy Mason has been using incinerators as the frames for raku firing kilns for many years) my design incorporates a vertical partition to create a down draft kiln, something which I have not encountered before. It is hoped that this feature and the use of 5cms of ceramic fibre blanket will enable the kiln to comfortably achieve stoneware firing temperatures.
We will finish building the kiln next Thursday and fire it the following Thursday.
I will post a further news article in a couple of weeks time to advise how we got on.