JAG BRÄNNER; SOFIA FOTOGRAFERAR I AM FIRING; SOFIA PHOTOGRAPHING
Min dotter Sofia var här på besök och eftersom hon är fotograf tog vi tillfället i akt och tog lite brännar
bilder.
My daughter Sofia was here when I was firing and as she is a photographer, we took the opportunity to
get some nice pictures of me firing my pots.
Det är trevligt med en famn full av fina krukor när dagen är slut.
It is nice with a handful of nice pots at the end of the day.
PIT FIRING WITH CAROL MOLLY PRIER
Ska nu gå tillbaka igen till 2012. I september hade jag en stor workshop genom Scottich Potters Assossiation här i min verkstad. Vi var 25 personer från överallt. Det var nog det roligaste och jobbigaste jag har gjort här. Otroligt mycket planerande men fantastiskt roligt att se så många människor intresserade och positiva här. Pit firing är en rolig teknik att jobba med. Hoppas bilderna visar det. Molly Prier reste från California hit för att undervisa oss i denna konst. Det var en ära att få ha henne här och en ära att få vara värdinna för en sån bra kurs! Tack till alla inblandade!
I shall now go back in time again. To 2012. In September I was hosting a big workshop through Scottish Potters Assossiation in my workshop. I could sqeeze in 25 lovely people from all over. It was the most fun and the most hard work I have ever done here. Incredible amount of planning but amazing to see so many potters interested and with a positive mind. Pit firing is a interesting tecnique to work with and I hope the pictures show that. Molly Prier travelled all the way from California to teach us in the art of pitfiring. It was an honour to have her here and an honour to host such a brilliant event!Big thanks to everybody involved!
Carol Molly Prior
Lots of the wonderful crowd, polishing away.
Deep concentration! One from Australia and the other from Sweden!
Pots needs to dry fast on a short workshop! In front of the wood pellet burner!
Pots stacked on to of sawdust and sprinkled with seaweed.
A bit of seawead, a bit of cupper carb. a bit of sheep poo, a bit of wood and then FIRE!
Molly was very firm when she told us to WAIT until all was burnt down proprely until we could rootle un the ashes. I can't remember anything being so difficult!
The result was stunning! I think and hope everybody was happy with their things.
Before the workhop we luckely also had time to show Molly who comes from dry California what a proper Scottish forest look like. I think she enjoyed. Her she is with Jill (Swedish) and lovely Rike (German girl who helped out here before and during the workshop, couldn't have done it without her! Thank you Rike!)
60 ÅR
I mars fyllde jag och fadern till våra flickor 60 år och vi bestämde oss för att träffas och fira! Här är vi alla, barn, barnbarn och nya partner. Ett jätte trevligt kalas!
In March it was the 60th birthday for me and the father of our girls and we decided to celebrate together! Here we all are, children, grandchildren and our new partners. A smashing party!
In March it was the 60th birthday for me and the father of our girls and we decided to celebrate together! Here we all are, children, grandchildren and our new partners. A smashing party!
Anagama
Förra sommaren var jag med om nåt spännande. Jag blev tillfrågad om jag ville vara med och hjälpa till vid en keramik bränning av en Anagama ugn. Det är en spännande keramiker som heter Nancy Fuller, här i Scotland och som bränner en gång om året i sin japanska ugn. Du kan hitta hennes websida här http://www.nancyfuller.co.uk
Två dagars packning av ugn och sen fyra dagars bränning. Jag assisterade vid bränningen! Jättekul. Det bästa var att ha morron skiftet så man kan sitta och höra dom första fåglarna i gryningen. Detta är mina bilder men Nancy har en jättefin websida...
Last summer I joined in something really exciting! I was asked if I could assist a firing in an Anagama kiln! The exciting ceramicist Nancy Fuller fires once a year in her japanese kiln. You can find her website here http://www.nancyfuller.co.uk Two days of packing kiln and four days of firing. I joined in the firing days and nights. Great fun! The best thing is to have the early morning shift so you can hear the first sounds of birds in the first dawn. These are my pictures but Nancy have a really beautiful website.....
Right, so this is the last day of firing: the shed is half empty/full!
Nancy make big pots!
This picture should be at the beginning because the shed is full!
