wood fire kiln building workshop
March 15-18, 2008
Laurelville Mennonite Church Center In partnership with the Union Project
Print Registration Form or call 1-800-839-1021
Participants will build a single chamber “makigama” wood fired kiln on the campus of Laurelville Mennonite Church Center (LMCC). A long sprung arch kiln that fires much like an anagama, this kiln design is derived from such kilns in Tokoname, Japan. Participants willl learn hands on skills for kiln building and kiln design, including basic design theories, cutting and laying brick, building an arch, installing steel buttressing, and more .
Participants will receive a copy of the basic kiln designs and materials lists. Workshop leaders will lead informal discussions about their own work. Participants are encouraged to bring several pieces of their own bisk ware to be fired in the kiln at a later date. The kiln will serve as a resource for LMCC’s arts focused programs, as well as be a resource for the cooperative and production studio members of Union Project.
Workshop Fee
$195 includes lunch March 15-18. Also includes a copy of the kiln design, construction specifications, and all necessary tools and materials for use during the workshop.
Lodging & Meals Option
- Four nights lodging at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center (March 14, 15, 16, 17)
- Includes breakfast and dinner- March 14,15,16,17
Single private room with private bath: $360 per person (linens provided)
Shared double room with private bath: $226 per person (linens provided)
Shared room (bunk-style) with shared bath: $136 per person (linens not provided)
Instuctors
Dale Huffman is chair of the art department at Carlow University. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is an internationally known ceramic artist. He has been honored by Pittsburgh Center for the Arts with a Service to the Arts Award and was one of only two American Award Winners in the Mashiko International Ceramics Contest in Japan. Dale has built several kilns, including his own anagama kiln. Since 2004 he has been included in 34 exhibitions – eleven International, eighteen National and three Solo.
Justin Rothshank is founder, associate director, and manager of ceramics at Union Project. Justin’s work in the ceramic arts has been exhibited around the country and seen in numerous national publications. In 2007 Justin was recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist. He was also awarded a 2007 Alcoa Foundation Leadership Grant for Arts Managers, the 2005 Decade of Servant Leadership Award from Goshen College, and was named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 under 40 in 2005.
Eric C. Wolfgang Knoche is a potter and sculptor from Minnesota, where he discovered clay while studying Anthropology and English. Recent years have found him living, working and teaching in Omaha, Thailand, North Carolina, and New York where he completed a two year apprentice-ship to international woo d-fire ceramist, Jeff Shapiro. Eric currently lives in Asheville, NC and works at the Clay Space Co-op.
The Union Project, a non-profit organization,
provides gathering and working space for artists,
community builders and people of faith.
This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance.
For information visit www.unionproject.org/ceramics or email justin@unionproject.org
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