Soda Fired Ceramics

Damian grava vapor fired designs is a ceramic artist specializing in soda fired pottery.

Soda fired ceramics. After each firing a mixture. I am an artist and educator in chicago. You ll find everything from firing schedules to glaze recipes to beautiful examples of salt and soda fired work. In this section ceramic artists will share the results of their experimentation with the salt and soda firing process.

Damian works in cone 10 stoneware and porcelain out of westwood art studio in west seattle. Damian teaches pottery classes workshops and kids camps in his efforts to build an. Soda firing does not release toxic gasses. Soda firing involves the introduction of sodium sources such as soda ash carbonate soda bicarbonate and borax into the kiln environment starting at cone 8.

Wood fired pottery and glaze fired pottery can also be found in the gallery. Opens online at 9am central time 9 26. Soda fired pottery new. Salt firing releases chlorine gas and thus is a toxic procedure.

Sodium bi carbonate also know as baking soda the arm and hammer kind and sodium carbonate which is also known as soda ash. Soda firing is an atmospheric firing technique where soda is introduced into the kiln near top temperature 2350 10. The soda that we use is. I create functional soda fired ceramic objects in an attempt to heighten users enjoyment of everyday rituals.

Participants will learn to how to glaze and prepare pottery for soda firings as well as learn how to load and fire the kiln. Soda firing is done at a variety of different. However soda firing has its own distinctive look. This board was inspired by baumgartner s and lichman s soda fired work and features soda firing techniques kiln designs and soda fired work from a number of different artists.

The soda combines with the silica alumina iron and other elements in the surface of the wares to produce a glazed or flashed surface. This class will focus on making various pottery forms intended to be fired in the soda kiln.