POTS and POTS and PAPER

                                                      POTS and POTS and PAPER


Well I am getting very excited about Stefan Jakob's workshop in Sydney this coming weekend
with the members of the CSG (ceramic study group).

EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeek  
YAY  :D
jump  ;o
skip  ")
hop   8D

Stefan is a Swiss potter who has developed/designed a raku kiln made from an IKEA rubbish bin.
I understand that it fires to 1,000 degrees C in 30-45 minutes using only 2 shoe boxes of wood chips!
Should be a real little rocket kiln!
I have fired some pots to a low bisque
( although I have now heard that it could have been a full temp bisque :\ )
and I am getting my tool kit together for the kiln construction.
(We each build a kiln which we can then take home :) :) :) )
It will be great to finally meet some of the members of the CSG.

I joined  the CSG a few months ago and I haven't been able to get to ANY of the meetings as yet .
They only meet once a month and each time I have either been sick,
had family commitments or a broken down car :(

BUT...... I WILL get to this work shop ! ...
I may be dragging my coughing and spluttering body....
dumping the car and walking 100km, abandoning the needy family but........ I WILL get there!

Here are the little  numbers that I'll take to fire :)

I have also been making a bit of paper this week.
It is made from some of the grasses I collected in western NSW a few months ago. 

excuse my messy verandah,
I usually do my paper making here.....

The shelves behind me are divided into
paper making equipment,
dyeing equipment
and glazing equipment

 On the   WOW  front

here is a bit of News containing my entry and other clever Aussies who are finalists.

11 Aussie finalists in WOW

Thanks to Allison MacKay, a clever NZ designer, for posting it to me xxx





Well that is about it for this week
don't forget to check out  The Mud Colony  for other potty stories