Naomi Rieder on sat 13 mar 99
I'd like to hear from anyone within a 2 hour drive of San Francisco who has or
knows of a place to do pit-firing, other than at a beach. What would be ideal
is private land where a small permanent pit could be dug, or a brick surface
pit built, in exhange for a fee, or a pot. Probably 6 - 7 firings a year. I
hope the clay gods are not laughing!
Alice Gibbs on thu 18 mar 99
Naomi,
Check Hayward Area Recreation Dept. for pit firings. Tom Decker has them
3-5 times
a year in Castro Valley. That's only about 25 minutes from S.F.
Alice, in the beautiful Hayward hills, CA.
-----Original Message-----
From: Naomi Rieder
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 1:40 PM
Subject: pit-firing site search
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I'd like to hear from anyone within a 2 hour drive of San Francisco who has
or
>knows of a place to do pit-firing, other than at a beach. What would be
ideal
>is private land where a small permanent pit could be dug, or a brick
surface
>pit built, in exhange for a fee, or a pot. Probably 6 - 7 firings a year.
I
>hope the clay gods are not laughing!
>
Naomi Rieder on fri 19 mar 99
Alice,
Thanks for your info about Tom Decker & the Castro Valley site. I took part
in a pit- firing there a couple of weeks ago & it's a great place & Tom is
especially helpful & generous. The only problem for me is that the ungrogged
clay I use couldn't take the unprotected/uncovered exposuren nor the high
heat. All my pot cracked & color burned off. If I used a grogged stoneware,
I'd definitely enjoy that site.
Naomi
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