For many potters, wood is more than just a source of heat for a kiln, it is a process. Wood firing can provide a link for ceramic artists to their surroundings and to pottery¹s beginnings thousands of years ago. This new handbook shares the experiences of individual potters who have sought to reconnect with a basic technology in our hi-tech society and who want to explore and master all the possible variables that this technique provides for the creative process. This book describes some of the technical, safety, and physical challenges of wood firing through first-hand accounts and interviews with potters. These are their personal stories, and in telling them, they share their lessons learned and much of their technical knowledge.

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1. It Is, After All, About the Wood, Right? by Dick Lehman
2. It's All One Meditation by Gil Stengel
3. Wood-Fire Apologia by Jane Herold
4. Magic and Ash by Barbara Campbell-Allen
5. A Journey with Fire by Robert Long
6. A New Collaboration by Dale Huffman
7. Larry Davidson by Lyn Kidder
8. Brian Van Nostrand by Phyllis Blair Clark
9. Cary Hulin by Phyllis Blair Clark
10. Joy Brown by Rich Pomerantz
11. Shiho Kanazaki: Extending the Tradition by Dick Lehman
12. Wood Firing in Maryland by Hollis L. Engley
13. Nanban by Isamu Mizoguchi
14. A Noborigama in the Colorado Mountains by Shelley Schreiber
15. In My Own Backyard by George (Kim) Ellington
16. Beyond the Light of the Sun and the Moon by Dick Lehman
17. An Urban Wood Kiln by Sam Clarkson
18. The Kiln That Consumed Elkton by Howard Kiefer with Deborah Lipman
19. Following Anagama Tradition by Estelle and Bruce Martin
20. The Incredible Hog Chain Groundhog by W. Lowell Baker
21. Digging a Hillside Kiln by Bryson VanNostrand
22. A Wood Kiln for the Lone Potter by David Swanson
23. Horn Island Kiln by W. Lowell Baker
24. A Kiln for All Reasons by Barbara Johnson
25. Clear Air by Gil Stengel
    

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