Two-week workshop focuses on unique kiln
Ceramics Professor Randy Johnston, right, peers into an anagama kiln located outside of his residential studio, McKeachie Johnston Studios, to see how pieces are being placed by senior BFA ceramics major James Smead before firing. Participants, including current and former students, come together for a two-week workshop to use the kiln. They spend several days loading ceramic pieces into the wood-fired kiln, which is designed in the spirit of the oldest Japanese or hill-climbing kilns. Then in shifts, teams keep it fueled for five days. The pieces spend several days cooling before they are unloaded. The anagama kiln was built as a class project during summer 2002 and is fired up once a year. Photo by Kathy M Helgeson.
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Education News
"Cross says he'd be OK with tuition freeze," WisPolitics, May 21.
"UW System president says he'll seek major increase in financial aid," Wisconsin Public Radio, May 20.
"Several Wisconsin colleges and universities still accepting applications for fall 2014," Blog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 21.
"Hundreds of colleges and universities have openings for freshmen," Washington Post, May 21.
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