LUAITH CHÁITHNÍNEACH / FLY ASH
AG TEACHT GO LUATH
Cé acu luaith ón tinteán nó ábhar plandaí a bhailím agus a dhóim, imríonn an luaith ról tábhachtach maidir leis an gcraiceann ar roinnt mhaith de mo chuid potaí.
Faighim an luaith thinteáin ó roinnt daoine áitiúla ar an oileán agus ó cheann de na tithe tábhairne. Meascán de cibé ábhar a dhóitear is ea í – adhmad, gual, brícíní móna. Criathraím an luaith sin go cúramach sula mbainim úsáid aisti mar chineál luatha cáithníní bréige san áith shóide. Déanaim é sin ag séideadh na luatha tríd an áith leis na gásdóirí a bhíonn á téamh. Leis sin, gluaiseann an luaith tríd an gcuasán earraí, feadh chonair na lasracha, sula leaindeálann sí agus leánn ar na potaí. Leánn an luaith ar a ndromchla, agus cruthaítear saothair a bhfuil craiceann dinimiciúil orthu agus nach ionann ó phíosa go píosa.
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COMING SOON
Whether collected from a fireplace or from plant material I gather and burn, ash plays an important role in the surfaces of a lot of my pots.
The fireplace ash, I source from a few local people on the island, as well as one of the pubs. This ash is a mixture of whatever they are burning, wood, coal, turf briquettes. This ash I carefully sieve before using it as a type of faux-fly-ash in my soda kiln. I do this by blowing the ash through the kiln with the gas burners that fuel it. This makes the ash travel through the ware chamber along the path of the flames, landing and melting on the pots that it passes. The ash melts onto their surfaces, creating pieces with dynamic surface, with variation across each piece.