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Oxidation refiring of reduction-cooled, wood-fired ceramics
Reduction cooling produces some amazing surfaces in wood fired ceramics as seen in the following pieces by Jonathan Cross and Mitch Iberg. Johnathan Cross vessel from the Firebox kiln (Akagama)
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Ceramic Arts Daily – Wadding for Wood Firing
To Simon Levin, there is a science to every part of wood firing, including what goes into wadding and how it’s used in the loading and firing process. So he put together an overview of wadding based on his own … Continue reading
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Son of Kazegama! The Northwind kiln at Stanford University…
(Another post by Hideo Mabuchi) As some of you have heard off-and-on over the last year, I’ve been building a new Kazegama-style kiln up at Stanford University to use in ceramics and applied physics teaching. It is 100% inspired by … Continue reading
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Wood Firing in 29 Palms
Steve Davis, Jamie Boran, Jonathan Cross, & Kaz Ota firing the Firebox Kiln
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Weight loss (of clay during bisque-firing): Part 1
By Hideo Mabuchi / Stanford University Today I learned how to use a new analytic instrument that we have in the Nano Shared Facilities at Stanford: something called a Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA). This is basically a super-sensitive scale that … Continue reading
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Blue grains from “sintered ash”: Part 1
By Hideo Mabuchi / Stanford University One of the neatest features of a Kazegama firing is the opportunity to observe the magic effects of Steve’s “sintered ash” on pot surfaces. The sintered ash is obtained by sieving the largest chunks … Continue reading
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