Contents In order of posting, latest pages at the top

Chester Nealie Book

Comprehensively illustrated volume on Chester's woodfiring activities



Bricks, metal and heat

Kevin Grealy details two more ways to go wrong



Red/orange flashing

Results of tests on Australian commercial clay bodies. (Note re recent TMK added Jan 2017)



Su Hanna

Su has an anagma with a cast arch near Bendigo, Victoria



Sergei Shatrov

Sergei fires with wood at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery near Bombala



Woodfire Tas 2011

Report on pre-conference firing and links to photos of the firing and conference



The Oztrain Kiln Carol and Arthur Rosser's Bourry box kiln for extended wood firings

Peter Pilven Ballarat woodfirer with a flat-top anagama

Reduced cooling Owen Rye comments on reduced cooling techniques

Controlled reduced cooling The Gentle Art of Ginger Stuffing: this is a version of a talk given by Arthur Rosser at the 2008 Sturt Woodfire conference

Grant Hodges and

Issac Patmore Grant and Isaac fire together in the suburbs of Brisbane

Graeme Wilkie Graeme has an anagama and a comprehensive establishment at Lorne, Victoria

Jann Kesby Jann fires a Bourry Box kiln and an anagama near Kempsey, NSW (new images Mar 2010)



Cher Shackleton Cher lives in Perth, Western Australia and conducts long wood firings and soda firings (Sasukenei kiln photos added 2008)

Zak Chalmers Zak fires an anagama near the southern tip of mainland Australia

Ben Richardson Ben fires with acacia wood and favours Tasmanian materials (new work, new kiln Mar 2010)

Bill Samuels Bill's kiln is an ogama, located in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney

The sutema An anagama can be easier to fire with a stabilizing chamber

Steve Williams Steve used to fire an anagama near Wagga in NSW. He has now shifted to Tuncurry.

(new work Mar 2010)



Len Cook An anagama in the wet rainforest of tropical Queensland (new photos Feb 2006)

Geoff Thomas Farmer-potter Geoff Thomas lives near Gilgandra in NSW

Daniel Lafferty Near Cobargo, in southern NSW, Daniel fires an anagama and a double Bourry box kiln

Stewart Scambler Stewart uses a variety of woods to fire his kiln in Western Australia

Fast-fire kilns Kevin Grealy writes about building and firing fast firing wood kilns

Steve Harrison Craftsman, kiln builder, teacher, author and more, from the NSW Southern Highlands

Simple photo setup A seamless background on a light metal frame makes photography easier

Warwick Brickworks Andy Schnitzerling´s family has been woodfiring bricks in Warwick for more than 150 years

Peter Thompson Woodfire potter from the far north of Queensland

Rosser anagama Photos and a plan for an anagama of unusual construction

Robert Barron Robert fires his 1000 cu ft noborigama twice each year

Twin Bourry box kiln A very efficient kiln built by John James of Warwick, Queensland

Paul Davis Written when Paul was at the Sturt Pottery

Chester Nealie Chester's elegant kiln at Goanna Ridge is fired with Black Cypress

Geoff Crispin Rebuilding of the Whiteman Creek kiln and pots from the second and third firings

Ian Jones and

Moraig McKenna Moraig and Ian use two anagamas at Gundaroo NSW

Peter Rushforth A visit to his pottery in the Blue Mountains

Andrew Stewart Images of Andrew´s pots and his long throat Bourry box kiln

Glossary Some words commonly used by Australian woodfirers

East Timor Project Photographs and details of the project organised by Sandra Lockwood and Simon Levin

Steve Harrison books New editions of Laid Back Woodfiring and Australian Woodfiring

Woodfiring at Sturt Megan Patey outlines the history of the Sturt Pottery at Mittagong NSW

Mexican brick kilns Robert Marquez provides elegant solutions to some problems with traditional kilns

Dennis and Malina Monks Woodfiring saltglaze potters from Lismore NSW

Blazuur Keramiek Linda De Nil and Erwin Vanderlinden's anagama and gallery in Belgium

Sandra Lockwood Woodfiring salt glaze potter from Balmoral Village in NSW

Small twin Bourry kiln Plans for a small kiln with two fireboxes

Bourry firebox How this downdraught firebox works

Single Bourry kiln Plans for a small kiln with a single firebox

Simple kilns Basic woodfiring experience with low temperature kilns made from common house bricks