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Category Archives: Kilns and Kiln-building
Published: Late Medieval Pottery Kilns at Newport… + Interpretation of Pottery Production Sites
Our book is out! We are very pleased to be able to show it off. It comes in two sections – Part 1 is the archaeological report on the late-Medieval Pottery Kilns at Newport, Pembrokeshire. The site consists of the … Continue reading
40 Years Since the Bickley Ceramics Project Began
Something 2020 positive for once! In 2021 it will be 40 years since we began making pots and building kilns at Bickley! The summer of 2020 would have seen the 40th event. For the people who took part in the … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bickley Ceramics Project, Bonfire Firing, bottle kiln, Experimental Archaeology, International Ceramics Festival, Kilns and Kiln-building, Medieval pottery, Open firing, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Studio Ceramics, Winchcombe Pottery
Tagged archaeological ceramics, Bickley Project, earthenware, experimental firing, experimental kiln, historic ceramics, ICF, kiln building, medieval kiln, Medieval Pottery Research Group, Plimoth Patuxet, Plimoth Plantation, updraught kiln, Winchcombe Pottery
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Mastering the Basics of Bonfire-firing Ceramics
Several people have asked me if I would provide a basic guide to bonfire-firing. This post is intended to provide a straightforward outline of the basic process sufficient to make it possible to fire successfully. There is no shortcut to … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bickley Ceramics Project, Bonfire Firing, Experimental Archaeology, International Ceramics Festival, Kilns and Kiln-building, Medieval pottery, Open firing, Studio Ceramics
Tagged African pottery, Archaeology, ceramics, earthenware, history, low-firing, Medieval pottery, pottery
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Newport Medieval Kiln Open to the Public
The impressive medieval pottery kiln at Newport in Pembrokeshire is now fully conserved and open to public view. The kiln is contained within the basement of the Newport Memorial Hall built in 1921. Its survival concealed within the building for … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bickley Ceramics Project, Experimental Archaeology, Kilns and Kiln-building, Medieval pottery, Museums
Tagged Archaeology, ceramics, country pottery, earthenware, history, kiln, medieval, medieval jug, Medieval pottery, Newport, Pembrokeshire, pottery, reconstructions, South Wales, updraught kiln, Wales
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Laser-scanning the 18th-century Kiln at Dunster
The kiln in Dunster is the oldest ‘complete’ pottery kiln in Britain and sits alone in the corner of the grounds of Dunster Castle in Somerset. It was built in 1759 and its construction is recorded in detail in the … Continue reading
The Babel Tower Brickworks
Tower of Babel. Joos de Momper, Antwerp c.1600. Oil on canvas. 175cm x 249cm. Musee Royaux des Beaux Art, Brussels. (Wikipedia Commons) Whilst at the Medieval Pottery Research Group conference in Brussels at the beginning of June some of us … Continue reading
Posted in Architectural Ceramics, Architecture, Kilns and Kiln-building, Museums, Open firing, Tiles
Tagged Brueghel, Brussels, ceramics, earthenware, history, kiln, low-firing, medieval, Museum, Tiles, updraught kiln
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Laser-Scanning the old Winchcombe Pottery Kiln
As a contribution to the project to repair and present the old bottle kiln at the Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire, David Dawson and I, together with Bill Stebbing of Scan to PLAN offered to carry out a full 3D laserscan … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, bottle kiln, Folk and Country Pottery, Kilns and Kiln-building, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Slipware, Studio Ceramics, Winchcombe Pottery
Tagged bottle kiln, bricks, ceramics, country pottery, crafts, earthenware, history, kiln, laser scan, pottery, Redware, Stoneware, updraught kiln, Winchcombe Pottery
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Jars and Jugs from the Newport Medieval Kiln Excavations
The late 15th/early 16th century pottery kiln preserved beneath the Memorial Hall in Newport, Pembrokeshire is a remarkable survivor (see The Newport Medieval Kiln, Pembrokeshire (Feb 2016). Identified by Mortimer Wheeler during the building of the hall in 1921 and … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Architectural Ceramics, Folk and Country Pottery, Kilns and Kiln-building, Medieval pottery, Tiles
Tagged Archaeology, ceramics, crafts, earthenware, history, kiln, low-firing, medieval, Medieval pottery, Newport, Pembrokeshire, pottery, South Wales, Tiles, updraught kiln
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Clay and Fire 