Soda Firing Workshop with Emily Murphy
with Emily Murphy
Interested in soda firing?
This workshop is the whole soda firing process packed into
one weekend at Lillstreet Art Center.
This workshop is for intermediate and advanced students, amateur potters, and professional ceramic artists who want to have an introduction to soda firing or to expand their soda firing knowledge. Workshop students will learn how to load the soda kiln: no kiln loading experience necessary!
Soda firing is an atmospheric firing that produces flashes of color, a textured orange peel surface, and reacts in a variety of ways with different slips, glazes and clay bodies. The “soda in soda firing is a combination of baking soda and soda ash. The soda mixture is introduced into the kiln near the end of the firing. The soda vaporizes and is carried on the flame throughout the kiln. Wherever the flame travels, the soda travels and reacts with the pieces in the kiln to create a glazed or flashed surface.
Come to the workshop with an assortment of bisqued pieces. Variety is best. Please come with 6 – 10 pieces. You're not guaranteed to get every piece into the kiln, but we'll try to get in at least 6 pieces, depending on size. The more variety of forms, sizes, shapes and clay bodies, the better for loading! The clay must be rated to Δ10. If you'd like to purchase some of Lillstreet's special soda clay body ahead of time, you can make arrangements for that. You will be contacted via email prior to the workshop with suggestions of commercially available clay bodies, as well as some slip recipes that you can mix to use on your greenware.
Friday, April 21, 11am-6pm
We will meet to get an introduction to soda firing, glaze, slip and wad pieces. When the pieces are glazed, we will load the soda kiln with everyone's work.
Saturday, April 22, 5-7pm
Saturday is firing day. This timing is approximate- we will be mixing up the soda and putting it into the kiln around this time (Δ9).
Monday, April 24, 3-6:30pm
Unloading time! We'll unload the kiln and examine our results from the soda kiln.
Lillstreet Members $135 / Nonmembers $140
Soda Firing lab fee: $30
To sign up for this workshop, go online to lillstreet.com, or call: 773.769.4226
For more information about the workshop, or to learn more about Emily's work,
please visit: sodafired.com or email: [email protected]
