EXPERIMENTAL OPEN AIR KILNS USING RECYCLED MATERIALS Terry Davies’ kilns have been constructed from glass bottles, paper, cardboard tube and old cotton sheets. Over the past seven years he and Italian potter Alberto Cavalini have been lighting up piazzas all over Italy with their large and crazy kilns. This lecture will offer an insight into the world of experimental kiln construction and firing, showing plans and im
Terry Davies was born in the Welsh border town of Shrewsbury, Shrophire in 1961. His passion for clay began aged 11 and by the time he was 19 years old, he knew how to throw and control clay into any form needed. He gained a further artistic form of training from his extensive travels, starting with a period on Green Island Dorset, where he learned the techniques of salt and soda firing with Guy Sydneham. After a
