April 26 - 28, 2025
Community Wood Firing (April 26-28) w/ Dan Tomcik & Meghan Burke
Ceramics Studio • Touchstone Center for Crafts 1049 Wharton Furnace Road Farmington, PA 15437 Organized by Touchstone Center for CraftsAbout this event
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Only 7 spaces are available... Don't wait to sign up! Meals are not available for this session. Limited lodging is available. Participants bring their bisque-fired works, Touchstone provides all other wood firing materials. **Make sure to review the Community Wood Firings info page on our website for full details regarding kiln shifts, safety, and what exactly you must bring with you to the wood firing.** Each Community Wood Firing welcomes ceramic artists of all skill levels, from novices to professionals. Handbuilders, wheel throwers, sculptors, and anyone in-between are encouraged to register and experience firing Touchstone’s two-chamber noborigama kiln. Participants will be introduced to all necessary steps of a successful wood firing: how to glaze (or leave a piece raw!), wadding, kiln loading techniques, lighting a kiln, stoking the kiln, working kiln shifts, kiln safety, soda mixing techniques, stoking soda, down-firing/reduction cooling with wood, wood stacking and drying, working with a team, kiln unloading, and sanding your wares, plus discussions about materials. Each participant is REQUIRED to bring 5 cubic feet of work. No work larger than 18 inches (any direction) will fit in Touchstone’s kiln. You are encouraged to experiment with different sizes from very small to a couple of “larger” objects. Touchstone supplies all glazes and wadding. Instructors may reject any glazes or material you bring from home for it could melt and cause damage to other participants work as well as damage the kiln or the shelving. All Touchstone glazes have been formulated and trialed multiple times in both chambers of our kiln. *All work must be cone 10 clay; wood firing clay recommended. All work must be bisque fired!* 5 cubic feet roughly fills a 6ft folding table. (Visual Examples of 5 cu. ft. : three old-school soda crates, four bread crates, four 50kg cement bags)
Age and Gender
Ages 18-99
Location
Ceramics Studio
Touchstone Center for Crafts 1049 Wharton Furnace Road Farmington, PA 15437Sessions
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