http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln All About pottery, ceramics and wood firing. 2009-11-20T18:04:11Z Google Groups bill geisinger geisin...@deanza.edu 2009-11-20T18:04:11Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/a903f8917b433dcd?show_docid=a903f8917b433dcd

I have not had any problems with the wood ash and a soda mixture. I know <br> about the Shimaoka screening and it helps with the ash that's for sure. I <br> have actually ball milled wood ash for several days to make some really fine <br> particles. It never clogs up the sprayer and adds quite a bit of additional

Lee l...@mashiko.org 2009-11-20T17:36:35Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/85f3861f84c7c634?show_docid=85f3861f84c7c634

Does it dissolve as well? I find that spraying works best with <br> soda. Shimaoka's ash was repeatedly sieved though 200 mesh. I <br> thought of it as being sort of the terra sig of wood ash. <br> I use salt cups made of 50/50 alumina/epk for <br> localized salt. Salt bleaches shino, but soda does not.

bill geisinger geisin...@deanza.edu 2009-11-20T16:53:11Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/15dc0aad2bb16993?show_docid=15dc0aad2bb16993

you might try to use wood ashnext time instead of whiting it melts better! <br> MHO <br> <p>bill

Lee l...@mashiko.org 2009-11-20T16:40:52Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/02efd312a0cf044d?show_docid=02efd312a0cf044d

I've been using a mixture of soda ash, baking soda and whiting in my <br> soda firing. I guess the whiting serves the same purpose as the <br> original lead in salt firing.

bill geisinger geisin...@deanza.edu 2009-11-20T16:34:55Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/68ec6b855da00c6d?show_docid=68ec6b855da00c6d

This is a great book about Marguerite and Bauhaus I would recommend it also. <br> <p>bill in sebastopol which is a few miles from Guerneville where Marguerite <br> had her Pond Farm studio.

Paul Herman potterp...@frontiernet.net 2009-11-20T16:31:01Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/ab3e121a53f6e45b?show_docid=ab3e121a53f6e45b

Luc, <br> I think the origins are lost in obscurity, but that was a good story <br> from Bill about the barrels. I've also hear the speculation that using <br> salty driftwood could have happened. No doubt the discovering was a <br> lot of fun. <br> I have been mostly relying on various colored slips for use in the <br> salt. The other potters who fire here use a lot of glazes, but to me

Lee l...@mashiko.org 2009-11-20T16:23:04Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/f30c84c281ec84fc?show_docid=f30c84c281ec84fc

Makes you wonder: who developed Salt only firing? Is it <br> something like American Raku? Or American Shino?

Lee l...@mashiko.org 2009-11-20T16:13:35Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/28f0c18b6e5d3e66?show_docid=28f0c18b6e5d3e66

This is book has interesting information on Bauhaus: <br> <a target="_blank" rel=nofollow href="http://www.amazon.com/Marguerite-Wildenhain-Bauhaus-Eyewitness-Anthology/dp/0976138123">[link]</a> <br> One interesting thing, is that what the salt firers in <br> Germany put in the kiln was a mixture of cobalt, lead and salt. <br> Looking at church records, they died at about the age 0f 37 and had

bill geisinger geisin...@deanza.edu 2009-11-20T14:48:07Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/511f1eb935bcfe37?show_docid=511f1eb935bcfe37

Luc, <br> <p>I am sure there are many theories about the development of salt glazing . As <br> I sit and think about firing and choosing new directions for myself, I <br> wonder abot potters from the past and how they thought. <br> My immediate thoughts abot trying new things develops by thinking about <br> things that are familar to me. I use salt to help glaze materials melt. I

Luc Foucher lucy...@fat.coara.or.jp 2009-11-20T13:03:08Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/00f1e2640f6622fc?show_docid=00f1e2640f6622fc

Hi Mike, <br> I am aware of these people, yes they are still firing, I came across <br> their work and also Maruta in Ukiha Ichinose gama. <br> I am trying to put together a short history of salt from its origins in <br> Germany and its importing in Japan most probably through Hamada to make <br> Japanese people a bit more aware of the art.

Luc Foucher lucy...@fat.coara.or.jp 2009-11-20T12:45:34Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/2b3905a8a0e5d66c?show_docid=2b3905a8a0e5d66c

Hi Lee, <br> Used to be the only way as wood was the only means of firing at the <br> time. <br> I like salt glazing with wood because of the random effects of salt and <br> wood/ash and reduction and the unpredictability of it. <br> Salt cups help for the area where the salt is hard to get. <br> Each firing is different depending on kiln packing and wood and

Luc Foucher lucy...@fat.coara.or.jp 2009-11-20T12:40:53Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/cf712fda6748abd0?show_docid=cf712fda6748abd0

Hi Bill, <br> <p> thank for the story, I read about such a probability. <br> <p>I wonder if the fact that there is rock salt mines in germany has <br> anythng to do with it?????

Mike m...@karatsupots.com 2009-11-20T08:46:56Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/033889d53edb5631?show_docid=033889d53edb5631

Hello Luc, <br> <p>This is my understanding as well. Locally, there is Kuromuta Yaki, the <br> patriarch of which is Maruta Masami. He was one of the Hamada mingei <br> gang way back, and apparently had the first salt kiln on Kyushu. I don't <br> know if they fire one currently. <br> Sorry that's all I'm aware of,

Lee l...@mashiko.org 2009-11-20T06:36:52Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/c3b0747a481d6b4f?show_docid=c3b0747a481d6b4f

Luc, <br> Robert Yellin seems to think it was Hamada who brought it to <br> Japan. There are several doing it in Mashiko but he doesn't mention <br> them. Check out the article about John Dix. <br> <a target="_blank" rel=nofollow href="http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/dix-john-jt.html">[link]</a> <br> Vapor firing is big here in the States, especially soda firing.

bill geisinger geisin...@deanza.edu 2009-11-20T05:12:01Z http://groups.google.com/group/woodkiln/browse_thread/thread/e1a9de91e03028f2/7322d05f351311e7?show_docid=7322d05f351311e7

Of course this is the romantic story! Probably some truth to it <br> <p>Once upon a time, a Rhineland potter thought he had enough wood for one last <br> firing before having to head out into the forest, with his wagon and ax, to <br> do all the hard labor of cutting, splitting, and hauling the wood back to <br> his pottery. Besides, his merchant friend wanted his latest pots ready to