The Fire on the Mississippi banks of New Orleans, Louisiana, NOLA Fired-Up! It was a great success! Beautiful sculptural kilns and great fires all around! Filling up the paper clay “VASE KILN”. Closing of the kiln. Starting the fire. Fire from within. Continue Reading
Next day, I put the clay slurry with magazine paper on the in- and outside of the kiln. Thicker paper and with colors (the chemicals in the ink) on it make it more refractory. Around 3pm a group of high school kids from an NOCCA art center came to have a look and they helped me ... Continue Reading
On Wednesday, February 27, I arrived in New Orleans to participate in the NOLA Fired-Up Conference. I arrived at midnight. It is an easy city to drive in, so, I found my hotel alright in the French Quarter. It is an old city and where I’m building the kiln, the devastation ... Continue Reading
I have terrible problems with the internet and so I will try just a couple of pictures each time. This wonderful vase was fired in the Flying kiln from Wali Hawes and was covered with the seaweed and scrub pads in a former blog. A lot of other chemicals were thrown in the kiln. ... Continue Reading
On Friday, Wali started to prepare his kiln and pasted with advertisement paper and wet clay. This kiln will be wood and charcoal fired. The pasting team: Swanica, Debbie, Jenny, Catherine and Pat and Nicole (hidden somewhere). My pot covered with seaweed and cleaning abr ... Continue Reading
I am finally back to continue my life story. I had a good 2 weeks in Holland and saw my family, especially my middle son, Maarten, who turned 22 years old. We went sailing that day and had real Dutch weather: heavy clouds, rain, wind, thunder, and luckily also some sun. Then to A ... Continue Reading
