235: New Zealand Week: Duncan Shearer on experimental kiln firings




Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast show

Summary: Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Duncan Shearer. His interest in atmospheric firing has led him to build kilns from nontraditional materials, such as wood blocks, telephone directories and ice. These performance firings captivate audiences and have informed the kilns he built at his studio in Paeroa, NZ. In our interview we talk about experimental firing, the geologic diversity of the Coromandel Range and his interest in the Albarello form used in medieval Europe.