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this when dry, the pots are fired to 960 degrees centigrade, in an electric kiln, to
facilitate the application of glazes and decoration. Many designs are applied using paper
cut, wax resist, glaze trailed, brushed, sprayed, dipped and poured to obtain the desired
result. The decoration and patterns come from many sources, landscape in its many moods,
animal, floral, and abstract, plus simple fire induced patterns and colours. Notable
techniques have developed through necessity, certain parts of wood fired kiln having
varying amounts of glass deposits from the wood that is used. This tends to considerably
lower the surface temperature of glazes in these localities, and can cause normally stable
glazes to run dramatically. In 1975 a much larger climbing Dragon Kiln was built, so
called because of its appearance at night, when it has licking flames protruding from the
top, gives the appearance of a recumbent Dragon. This was constructed with the assistance
of his son Benjamin, consisting of three climbing chambers, of approximately four hundred
and fifty cubic feet capacity, it holds about three to four thousand pieces of work, and
is fired every six months. |
Two Gallon Jug Moon Flight.
£350/$700.
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