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                                                                Workshop                                                                                                                    Clay Processing

                                                           

                                                  

                                  Clay blending                       Filter pressing                    Clay for use

            

Blunger

Two  clay bodies are made in  the workshop.                                  A stoneware, based on nearby Kiripaka  fireclay,  is    blended with small additions of  feldspar and ballclay. While a porcelain, based  on  the   Matauri   Bay   China  clay   deposits   further  north,    require        significant  additions  of   ballclay,   silica,   and  feldspar.

 

    

 

                                                                                                                        

                                 

 

 

                                                                                                          

                  

                  

 

 

        

     Greg at work                        Working process                         Studio                                             

  

                                                

 

                                                                                                                                                  Jin Ling  at work                             Visitors

                                                                                                                                            

 

          

                                                                                        

                                                                                                

 

 

 

 

Porcelain and tableware  fired  to 1300C LPG kiln.  Terracotta and saggar firing to 1050C - 1150C.                   Wood   firing to 1300C in woodfire kiln.                         Raku fired to 1050C.

     

                                                                        

 

  

 

Firing

 

  

               Building the kiln                  Trolley kiln                          Open  spy                          Raku fire

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                                                                                                                         May 2011