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| Greg Crowe |
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Salt glazing was brought to my attention very early in my training at WAIT ( Curtin University), and I have worked with salt glazing on and off ever since.
Initially, salt glazing was done with kerosene at WAIT, then in Darlington I experimented with smelly sump oil and six old vacuum cleaners.
In 1984, having started woodfiring, Fergus Stewart and I built a wood-fired, salt Kiln at Hovea Pottery. (This is the kiln I still use today.) Most firings in this kiln extend for about 40-hours: some pots are raw glazed/ once-fired, others have the majority of pots bisqued.
My Current salt-glazed work concentrates on clay bodies and slips developed from locally dug materials. For many years I had been using locally dug clay for wadding. However, my interest in the colour responses it gave led to me adding it to clay and making skips. I am fascinated by the colour responses in areas protected or shielded from full exposure to the salt vapours.
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