The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 52 No 1 April 2013
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Focus: New Zealand <strong>Ceramics</strong><br />
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Barry Brickell, collection <strong>of</strong> terracotta sculptural pieces. rivets decoration inspired by blacksmiths making boilers from<br />
steel plates; photo; courtesy artist<br />
have also built two phoenix-type kilns. I also found I needed a smaller stoneware kiln for domestic ware,<br />
to be fired on waste oil, and so engaged an ex-engineer potter near Tauranga to build this kiln . It fires<br />
almost smokelessly using a sloping length <strong>of</strong> angle iron into which oil and water are dripped in the<br />
correct proportion. This kiln is brilliant, even-heating, reaching cone 12 with ease and costing very little<br />
to fire.<br />
Today, Driving Creek Potteries <strong>of</strong>fers studio space, facilities and accommodation for visiting potters<br />
and ceramic sculptors. With a capable staff now managing the railway, I can at last return to the studio<br />
without the anxieties associated with money. <strong>The</strong> writing desk still has an old-fashioned electronic<br />
typewriter and now a laptop that occasionally drives me mad. But above all, the architect who designed<br />
my art gallery also gave me an attached 'supershanty' with comforts, something I never thought I would<br />
need ... until recently.<br />
Rails Toward the Sky. Barry Brickell. David Ling Publishing. 2010; available from the author<br />
<strong>The</strong> Story <strong>of</strong> Driving Creek. 8th edition. <strong>2013</strong><br />
www.drivingcreekrailway.co.nz<br />
THE IOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS APRIL <strong>2013</strong> 63
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