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Chris
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Chris Lewis
has been potting at his current workshop in Up until the spring of 2000 Chris had been using a two-chamber
wood fired kiln that he had built twenty years before. As Chris says,"
For some time I had not been satisfied with the results obtained from the old
kiln. It had various shortcomings that I had never been able to
satisfactorily overcome. In particular I wanted to have more surface texture
and evidence of the firing process on my pots and had been impressed by the
results coming out of the kilns of Nic Collins and Svend Bayer. Accordingly,
I built a single chamber catenary arch kiln in
which many of the pots are in direct contact with the wood and embers during
the firing process." Chris goes on to say that this method increases the risks
involved in firing the work produced over a period of three months - the time
required to make sufficient pots to fill the kiln. Nevertheless, he believes
that the potential for interesting results far outweighs these risks. All of Chris's pots whether domestic ware or garden pots are
produced in stoneware. The domestic ware is ovenproof and the garden pots
guaranteed 100% frost proof unlike cheaper imported products on the market. Following his successful solo exhibitions at the Harlequin
Gallery in October 2001 and April 2004, Chris's work continues to be kept in
stock and examples of available work can be seen below. |
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