Sunday, September 23, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Aso per Glumso revisited
In 1964, after leaving Japan Fred Olsen found himself in Denmark. He had ridden his motorcycle across Asia and Europe headed back home to California. After a short stint at Royal Copenhagen, he set up a studio near the home of painter Clifford Wright and his wife, Danish writer Elsa Gress. Fred built a studio of slabs left from trees milled for lumber from a local operation. His clay was delivered from the Kahler factory where he did piece work in exchange. Forty years later we visited the old studio site to see it still standing, and being used to house goats. An old kiln brick and part of setting post were found on the ground. At the house next door, the former home of Clifford Wright and Elsa Gress, Fred was surprised to find an old jug he had made at the old studio sitting in the window. It had been broken in half and glued back together. The kiln was the first two chamber wood fired kiln built in Denmark. A picture of the kiln can be seen in The Kiln Book written by Fred Olsen. Aso per Glumso is only a short distance from Skaelskor where the Nordic Woodfire Marathon 2007 took place.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Only one more kiln firing
As the Nordic Woodfire Marathon nears it's end, the participants can feel the tiredness that comes from the almost continuous packing, stoking and unpacking of kilns.
Monday was a particularly exciting day, with firstly the opening of the soda kiln, followed by the unpacking of the Cross Draught kiln and, in the evening, yet another successful Skaelskor Express Boury Box kiln.
Now, at midnight on tuesday, the last Bourry Box kiln has just been lit, and it will be led by Ben Richardson from Tasmania.
It has been packed with tumble stacking in the front and under the side soke holes. Vents have been left above the side stoke holes and Ben aims to fire as cleanly as possible. The wood being used is mainly ash and oak, wih a little pine scrap.
Monday was a particularly exciting day, with firstly the opening of the soda kiln, followed by the unpacking of the Cross Draught kiln and, in the evening, yet another successful Skaelskor Express Boury Box kiln.
Now, at midnight on tuesday, the last Bourry Box kiln has just been lit, and it will be led by Ben Richardson from Tasmania.
It has been packed with tumble stacking in the front and under the side soke holes. Vents have been left above the side stoke holes and Ben aims to fire as cleanly as possible. The wood being used is mainly ash and oak, wih a little pine scrap.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
Two kilns firing at Guldagergaard
Tuesday 12th June
Last night at 23.00 hours the Cross Draught kiln was lit, and a few seconds later the "Skaelskor Express" Bourry Box Train kiln followed.
Two teams of stokers have worked all through the night, and the kilns are both now well under way.
The Cross Draught will continue for three days, while the "Express" will probably reach temperature (1300 C plus) tonight around midnight.
Last night at 23.00 hours the Cross Draught kiln was lit, and a few seconds later the "Skaelskor Express" Bourry Box Train kiln followed.
Two teams of stokers have worked all through the night, and the kilns are both now well under way.
The Cross Draught will continue for three days, while the "Express" will probably reach temperature (1300 C plus) tonight around midnight.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Nordic Woodfire Marathon 2007
Fine results of soda firing - mostly works of Sten Lykke Madsen. Jug by Elisa Halland Hansen
Unpacked 4th June
Nordic Woodfire Marathon 2007
Music supplied by Hanne, Elsebeth and Richard during the firing of the "Skælskør Express" kiln
5th June
Nordic Woodfire Marathon 2007
Guest of the day - tuesday 5th June
Poul Jensen from Oslo, spent an evening with us with his wife, Anne.
Nordic Woodfire Marathon 2007
Today, Wednesday 6th June, we are packing the soda kiln and expect to light it late tonight.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Bowl - Priscilla Mouritzen
Spots of red clay terra siggilata on white terra siggilata on a porcelain pinch bowl. Fired in the Bourry Box kiln
Program
NORDIC WOODFIRE MARATHON 2007
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre
Heilmansvej 31a
4230 Skælskør
Denmark
E mail: ceramic@ceramic.dk
tel: +45 58 19 00 16
1st – 23rd June 2007
Program:
1 Arrival
Work period commences
Evening programs on participants own kilns and work
Morning presentations on glazes and slips for wood firing
8 Firing of Bourry Box kiln with reduction cooling.
10 -19 Packing and firing of kilns
Cross Draught firing led by Fred Olsen
Bourry Box train kiln led by Robert Sanderson
15 -17 Soda kiln led by Ruthanne Tudball
Presentation on different ways of introducing soda into the kiln
17 Open Day
Work period commences
Evening programs on participants own kilns and work
Morning presentations on glazes and slips for wood firing
8 Firing of Bourry Box kiln with reduction cooling.
10 -19 Packing and firing of kilns
Cross Draught firing led by Fred Olsen
Bourry Box train kiln led by Robert Sanderson
15 -17 Soda kiln led by Ruthanne Tudball
Presentation on different ways of introducing soda into the kiln
17 Open Day
Unpacking of kilns
22 Seminar on Wood firing. Analyses of results
23 Departure
Participants can chose to visit the parallel project in Hirtshals,
Fred Olsen
Ruthanne Tudball UK
Robert Sanderson (
Ben Richardson (
Sten Lykke Madsen (DK)
Aase Haugaard (DK)
Priscilla
Jane Reumert (DK)
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