Tony Ferguson on mon 18 jun 01
Rafael,
Mike Weber was my teacher when I was an undergraduate.
We still keep in contact and share tidbits. He
helped me design my first wood kiln. I built my
Anagama based on his rocketman design. Since there
are no plans for this kiln, it requires a little
adjusting (especially if you modify it like I did) but
it fires easy. Not the easiest kiln to load, but then
again the end justifies the means. I would rec. you
build that style of kiln. The work gets blasted with
ash. You can also (not rec. by him) put a wall in the
back, get less ash, use less wood, but fires like a
down draft--piece of cake. P.S. I have had whole
loads turn out the nice shitty oxidized pale peach and
I have had load turn out nearly perfectly--every piece
beautiful. I hope to come down and lend a hand for
his workshop.
Tony Ferguson Duluth, MN
--- "MOLINA, RAFAEL" wrote:
> Clayarters:
> Recently, I ordered 5000 bricks (Empire 9" x 4 1/2"
> x 2 1/2" straights, No.
> 1 arch, No. 2 arch) from RHI in Dallas formerly
> Harbison Walker formerly AP
> Green for the new Art Annex ceramics studio at our
> school. I'm going to
> build a sprung arch down draft soda kiln and a
> modest sized wood kiln.
> I haven't decided on the design of the wood kiln.
> I've thought about a
> catenary arch cross draft or a train. Lately, I've
> been intrigued by Mike
> Weber's "Rocketman" anagama. I'm attending his
> kilnbuilding workshop at the
> University of North Texas in October.
> My previous experience with building wood kilns was
> the Fast Freddy, a
> Catenary Arch Cross draft, and Lehman's Large
> Firebox Step Down Grate kiln.
> I'm trying to gather as much data on different
> designs before making a final
> decision.
> Tom Drews at RHI called the last week to inform me
> about a great deal on
> some brick (I wish I would have known about this
> before our order was
> placed). He has an inventory of over 18,000 bricks
> he will sell for only $
> 1.00 a brick regardless of size. The sizes range
> from the standard 9" x
> 41/2" x 2 1/2" to 13 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 3". The brick
> shapes are straights, #1
> arch, #2 arch, #3 arch, #1 wedge, #2 wedge, and #3
> wedge. The brands are
> Louisville, Empire, Ufala, Kala, Kruzite-70, Super
> Raco, and Mo Flint.
> You can contact Tom via e-mail at
> Thomas.Drews@hwr.com or phone (214)
> 330-9243.
> Good luck!
> Rafael
>
> Rafael Molina, MFA
> Assistant Professor of Art
> Department of Music, Art, and Dance
> Tarrant County College-Southeast Campus
> 2100 Southeast Parkway
> Arlington, TX 76018-3144
> (817) 515-3711
> (817) 515-3189 fax
>
>
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Stephen Grimmer on mon 18 jun 01
Tony,
Care to describe the Rocketman?
Steve
--
Stephen Grimmer
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
> From: Tony Ferguson
> Subject: Weber's Rocketman
>
> Rafael,
>
> Mike Weber was my teacher when I was an undergraduate.
> We still keep in contact and share tidbits. He
> helped me design my first wood kiln. I built my
> Anagama based on his rocketman design. Since there
> are no plans for this kiln, it requires a little
> adjusting (especially if you modify it like I did) but
> it fires easy. Not the easiest kiln to load, but then
> again the end justifies the means. I would rec. you
> build that style of kiln. The work gets blasted with
> ash. You can also (not rec. by him) put a wall in the
> back, get less ash, use less wood, but fires like a
> down draft--piece of cake. P.S. I have had whole
> loads turn out the nice shitty oxidized pale peach and
> I have had load turn out nearly perfectly--every piece
> beautiful. I hope to come down and lend a hand for
> his workshop.
>
> Tony Ferguson Duluth, MN
>
Tony Ferguson on tue 19 jun 01
Stephen,
Take a look at my kiln on my website. It is a
rocketman. I noticed Mike's new rocketman when I was
over at his place in Herbster was a little bit more
vertical then mine, but not much more. He also added
on some 12 inch bricks onto the front extending the
length of the firebox=not having to cut as much wood
or having more pieces in the fire box.
p.s. are you a prof. at carbondale? Karen Kramer is a
friend of mine up here in Duluth--she obtained her MFA
I believe from there.
Tony
--- Stephen Grimmer wrote:
> Tony,
> Care to describe the Rocketman?
> Steve
>
> --
> Stephen Grimmer
> Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
>
>
> > From: Tony Ferguson
> > Subject: Weber's Rocketman
> >
> > Rafael,
> >
> > Mike Weber was my teacher when I was an
> undergraduate.
> > We still keep in contact and share tidbits. He
> > helped me design my first wood kiln. I built my
> > Anagama based on his rocketman design. Since
> there
> > are no plans for this kiln, it requires a little
> > adjusting (especially if you modify it like I did)
> but
> > it fires easy. Not the easiest kiln to load, but
> then
> > again the end justifies the means. I would rec.
> you
> > build that style of kiln. The work gets blasted
> with
> > ash. You can also (not rec. by him) put a wall in
> the
> > back, get less ash, use less wood, but fires like
> a
> > down draft--piece of cake. P.S. I have had whole
> > loads turn out the nice shitty oxidized pale peach
> and
> > I have had load turn out nearly perfectly--every
> piece
> > beautiful. I hope to come down and lend a hand
> for
> > his workshop.
> >
> > Tony Ferguson Duluth, MN
> >
>
>
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=====
--Tony Ferguson, fergyart@yahoo.com315 N. Lake Ave. Apt 401Duluth, MN 55806(218) 727-6339Looking to see, buy or barter artwork go to:http://acad.uwsuper.edu/www/aferguso/fergyart.htm
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