Thursday
Jul012010
2 Wood Kilns. Pizza and Chanterelles
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 9:04PM
Sarah is in Flat Rock this week for a workshop. That's about an hour away so I drove up last night to see her. She's staying with our friends David Voorhees and Molly Sharp. David is a potter and Molly is a jeweler. I've known David for a long time and Sarah apprenticed with Molly.
Right after I arrived, David and I headed out to his friend Robert's place. Robert has a small wood kiln that was being unloaded. It was nice to get to see the pots from the kiln and meet some new folks.
Back at David's, I got to see his new Bourry box wood car kiln. It is first class! and even has a woodfired pizza oven between the fire box and the chamber. David had fired up the oven earlier in the day so we all made pizzas for dinner. They were amazing.
The pics of the chanterelle mushrooms were taken out in Molly and David's yard. Wow, I'd never seen them before. They had quite a few growing out there and are going to harvest them for the special occasion of Molly's birthday coming up soon.
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Sarah will be home tomorrow. It's been lonely here without her. I'll be happy to have things back to normal. It was really great to catch up with Molly and David. It's been a few years since we've gotten together and we must make a point to do it more often.
Right after I arrived, David and I headed out to his friend Robert's place. Robert has a small wood kiln that was being unloaded. It was nice to get to see the pots from the kiln and meet some new folks.
Back at David's, I got to see his new Bourry box wood car kiln. It is first class! and even has a woodfired pizza oven between the fire box and the chamber. David had fired up the oven earlier in the day so we all made pizzas for dinner. They were amazing.
The pics of the chanterelle mushrooms were taken out in Molly and David's yard. Wow, I'd never seen them before. They had quite a few growing out there and are going to harvest them for the special occasion of Molly's birthday coming up soon.
Click for larger image.
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Sarah will be home tomorrow. It's been lonely here without her. I'll be happy to have things back to normal. It was really great to catch up with Molly and David. It's been a few years since we've gotten together and we must make a point to do it more often.
Reader Comments (5)
whoa, built in pizza oven! You know you've got all the bells and whistles when you've got a built in pizza oven in your kiln.... I'm a little jealous.
Joe
what a fun visit... is it a coincidence that you showed up just as the kiln was being unloaded?
smart- putting in that pizza "KILN"
yes, that pizza 'kiln' is the trick. Great addition to any kiln for sure.
Jim, I just lucked out on that. It was fun, as I hadn't been around any woodfire potters for a while and I enjoyed all their post-firing talk about fireboxes, stacking, what the next kiln will be like, wood ash, wood size, flashing slip, wadding, and on and on.
Ron,
If any of your blog readers are interested in knowing more about my wood-fired car kiln they can see extensive construction images on my web album: http://picasaweb.google.com/DavidMollyVoorhees/DVWoodKiln?authkey=Gv1sRgCI2_p7z16P6SCw&feat=email# and can keep up with my firing schedule and kiln opening events on my wood-fire webpage: http://handinhandgallery.com/Voorheeswoodfiredpots.html
Thanks,
David