PAN POTTERY AWARD

I am delighted and honoured to have been presented with the inaugural Pãn Award 2022 “Potter of the Year’.

to quote Bridget and Angus McDiarmid…

‘The Pãn Award was conceived on the wheel making pots, thinking about the lack of celebration and recognition for the great potters of Australia and young potters dedicating their life to the craft!

Realising action was needed I spoke to my wife Bridge and the boys and we decided to start an annual award for potters who are making great pots and who have dedicated their life to the craft!

This annual award is based entirely on the energy and beauty of the pot and potter and the joyful union of craft and function when you use one of their vessels!

Woodfiring.net Magazine

I invite you to view this new magazine featuring wood firing artists worldwide.

What a privilege it is to be featured in this magazine.

https://woodfiring.net/2022/08/15/jann-kesby/

Last Firing 2021

I will have now completed my final firing for 2021. This means I have done 2 firings in my catenary arch which go for about 35+ hours each and one in my anagama for 120 hours. This means considerable time collecting and splitting wood, making clay bodies, testing local materials, mixing glazes, washing & sieving ash to make into glazes and of course making the wares.

I am looking forward to showcasing works from both kilns during my Annual Open Studio 4-5 December.

All Welcome.

‘Asha’

Inaugural Firing

The inaugural firing has taken place!!!!…the build up was a time filled with excitement and anxiety. I am so pleased to report that temperature was reached with cone 12 just about touching its toes and was so even throughout. I started with a very small fire on day 1 and by evening the temperature was reading around 90 degrees C. Throughout the night, every 2 to 3 hours I stoked a little more wood to keep the warmth happen and to thoroughly dry everything out. The following morning the kiln was reading just over 300 deg. C and it was ready to go. The firing finished around 9pm.

Such mixed emotions when unpacking a kiln…excitement to see whats inside and a feeling of being overwhelmed with expectations compared with results on hand. One needs time to digest the results. The kiln has produced some beautiful surfaces with good reduction, glaze melt together with some surfaces which make you questions why and how did that happen?

This is what feeds my curiosity to keep woodfiring…