International Ceramic
Research Center - Guldagergaard, Skælskør, Denmark
28 – 31 August 2014
After
the 1st European Woodfire Conference, held in Bröllin, Germany in
2010, the International Ceramic Research Center – Guldagergaard
took up the challenge to organize the next conference, and to follow
up on the momentum gained by that inspiring event.
Ceramic artists, woodfirers,
students of ceramics, collectors, and the general public are invited
to Denmark in the late summer of 2014 to participate in a wealth of
activities centred around the process of firing with wood and to see work
from wood-fired kilns.
The
Conference will be held in and around the small harbour town of
Skælskør, which lies 170km South-West of Copenhagen, on the island
of Zealand.
During the conference there will be several exhibitions of wood-fired ceramics in various venues around the town of Skælskør.
The studio building at Guldagergaard has recently reopened after a major renovation. A new second floor houses three lecture rooms
where group discussions and demonstrations will take place.
Guldagergaard
has four woodfire kilns, Embla,
a
cross-draught kiln built by Fred Olsen in 1998, the Skælskør
Express, a
Bourry-Box train kiln built by Robert Sanderson and Coll Minogue in
1999, a small new anagama built by Andres Allik in 2012, and a
woodfire soda kiln. There will be a kiln building workshop leading up
to the conference, when further kilns will be built and fired.
The
pre-conference programme is being planned. It will culminate in an
intense ten day workshop of kiln firing immediately prior to the
conference. Kilns will be opened and unpacked on the last day of the
conference.
We
invite proposals for all aspects of the conference: lectures, topics
for panel discussions, and demonstrations. Exhibition proposals are
also welcome.
Further
details will be announced on the website once they are confirmed.
The
conference fee of Dkr 1950 (approx. EUR€262 / US$356) includes
dinner on the opening night and two lunches. Buffet or grill dinners
on the other nights will be available at a small additional charge.
The conference fee will be waived for a limited number of students in full-time
education who register early: they will only pay Dkr 450 (approx. EUR€61 / US$82) to
cover meals.
The
conference language will be English.
Conference
registration and information about pre-conference workshops and links
to accommodation in Skælskør will shortly be available here. Meanwhile see other posts on this blog.
International
Ceramic Research Center - Guldagergaard
Heilmannsvej
31A
DK-4230
Skælskør
Denmark
T:
+45 58 19 00 16
Enquiries and proposals for papers, demonstrators and exhibitions are welcome - please send them to: office@ceramic.dk
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