Kiln
building workshop.
Organized by
Centre d'Etudes et de Diffusion des Techniques d'Expression
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Dates
:24th to 31st march 2007 included, |
We
will build the kiln in Saint-Calais -near Le Mans - Sarthe (France).
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The
workshop objective is to review the essential knowledge (pratical
and "theoretical") necesssary to build a professional
production woodkiln.
The
kiln built will be of the "Sèvres type", a 2-firebox,
1-chamber, 1.5m3 woodkiln.
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Program |
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Wood
firing principles
Pros and cons of wood as a kiln fuel.
Practical and economical points.
Quick review of wood kiln history.
Sèvres kiln, plan.
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Brick
laying,specific methods in kiln building.
Walls building.
Mortar and refractory mixes.
Vaults. Drawing and building methods.
Iron reinforcements.
Insulation mixes, making and use. |
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Workshop
will be lead by Claude AUSSAGE. Formerly physicist converted to ceramics,
he is inspired by oriental aesthetic and woodfiring. Claude has already
built different type of kilns : primitive, roman, anagama, noborigama,
Kassel, both in France and in Japan. |
Please
contact me if you are interested... |