Wood Kiln Firing
Summer Studio | This course is completed
Firing takes place Friday, Saturday, Sunday: June 13th - 15th
Each artist is required to arrive between 9am and 10am on the day of drop off. Work needs to be completely prepared for loadings on Friday, which means it is already glazed and wadded. The scheduling of work shifts will be confirmed at this time.
Each participant will need to be available to work 3 shifts per share for approximately 6 hours each. Mark Tyson will be contacting participants to schedule shifts.
You can make arrangements to split a share, but we only sell full shares. ***When splitting a share, please call the office with the names of the individuals with whom you are splitting the share. 610-566-1713. We need this information prior to loading on Friday!
Each share is approximately 5 cubic feet, roughly 12" x 24" x 30".
Before each firing there will be prep times for glazing and wadding available. Details with specific days and times, will be provided in an email before the event.
***You must schedule your time with the office, 610-566-1713, in order to use this time and have access to the studio to prep your work.
Mark Tyson
“All of my tea bowls are hand formed and carved without the use of a potters wheel. I strive for organic forms that are unique ceramic sculptures that are comfortable in the hand and feel natural to hold and drink from. I try to give each piece a complex, naturalistic surface by adding materials such as small stones, ground up rocks, sand and ground up iron to the clay and glazes and by firing with wood whenever possible to add wood ash to the surface instead of or in addition to glaze. Many of my pieces are fired multiple times to build up layers of wood ash or to layer glazes over wood ash or other glazes. I follow the same process for all of my ceramic art.
Every tea bowl that I have ever seen, handled or used, subconsciously influences my work which then, in turn, will also influence my future work. A tea bowl is a seemingly simple form that is actually quite complex, so that the quest to make the perfect tea bowl is an endless one but also one that I will never grow tired of. I also enjoy making other tea wares, jars, vases and sculptures. I have been a full time ceramic artist since 2011.
My ceramic art has been influenced by many other ceramic artists, both those who I have attended workshops with and those who's work I have collected over the years” — Mark Tyson
LEARN MORE: https://www.ceramicartyson.com/