What an exciting, joyful adventure it is to use waste to make light appear…
A process that brings me even closer to the alchemists of the past.
I’m currently working on new glazes, using wood ashes.
For many years now, I’ve been keeping the ashes from the wood-burning stove in my house.
I burn beech and oak, as well as anything else that can be converted into heat 🔥
The ash I get (while heating my house) is very rich and interesting because of the compositional diversity. For example, for my never-ending quest for blue…
This goes completely against the guidelines of the great Masters and purists (including my Dad!).
Their approach consists of using very pure ashes, obtained from the burning of a single plant. This makes it possible to work as closely as possible with the ash compositions found in their books.
Burning plants in a barrel to obtain ash, without taking advantage of the heating effect, is a practice from another era….
What ashes do you have available?
Does this give you any ideas?? Write me an email !
