Woodfiring - Vol. 28 No. 2

June 2000

Woodfire: The State of the Art - 1999 International Woodfire Conference: Intro by conference leader Chuck Hindes and articles by Louise Allison Cort, Jack Troy, Janet Mansfield, Fred Olsen, Randy Johnston, Mark Hewitt, Kim Ellington, Svend Bayer, Richard Bresnahan, Dee Buck, Jeff Shapiro, Owen Rye, Chester Nealie, Robert Sanderson, Diane Kenny and Peg Malloy, Bede Clark, Water Wu, Todd Piker, Tom Crawford, Martie Geiger-Ho, and Gerry Williams. 22 East Pennsylvania Potters. Other articles by Kathryn Holt, Joel Bennett, and Catherine Merrill. Print version is sold out, PDF download available.

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The 1999 International Woodfiring Conference: The Death and Life of Woodfiring in Asia

By Louise Allison Cort

In this year when everyone seems to be talking about the millennium, it does seem meaningful to speak about a millennium-long span, between roughly the years 1000 and 2000 of our era, when woodfiring as an industry for producing wonderful pots attained its greatest development.

Fires of Innocence, Fires of Experience

By Jack Troy

The 1999 International Woodfire Conference: Tradition Is The Future

By Mark Hewitt

I wonder, are there degrees of traditionalism? Are some traditional potters more traditional than others? There is no litmus test to determine whether someone is a traditional potter, no seal of authenticity verifying membership. So what is at the core of tradition?

Pennsylvania Passages: Part One: Jack Troy

By Jack Troy

The Kiln as a Tool, By Svend Bayer

Pennsylvania Passages: Part One: Willi Singleton

By Willi Singleton

My father accepted a job in Kobe, Japan as director of a center for exchange students. I went to Japan to find work as an apprentice...

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