Arts & Cultural
Firing Partners @ Ferrin Gallery
Start Date:2/1/2008
End Date:2/29/2008
~ FIRING PARTNERS ~
Hedgehog Kiln, Hillsdale, NY
Dan Bellow, Ben Krupka, Mark Rowntree
The February show at Ferrin Gallery is the first in the Firing Partners series, organized to show connections between groups of studio potters and artists who work together and share firings in wood fueled kilns. Mark Rowntree's kiln, nicknamed "The Hedgehog", is located in Hillsdale, NY just over the Massachusetts border, is fired twice a year, most recently in January 2008.
The anagama kiln that holds over 500 pots was built in 2006 with the help of Ben Krupka from Norfolk, Connecticut and his students from Bard College at Simon's Rock. Daniel Bellow of Great Barrington joined the firing group in 2007. The kiln fires for six or seven days, uses about fifteen cords of wood and involves "a cast of dozens" to cut the wood, stack it and then throw it in the raging fire, all under Rowntree's direction.
Photographer, Jason Houston, will show a related multimedia presentation on the firing process. Known for his projects on sustainable agriculture and family dynamics, Jason's interest in people, places, and how they live has drawn him to document the Hedgehog firing process.
Future Firing Partners shows will take place at Ferrin Gallery featuring Sam Taylor: Dogbar Pottery in May and Mark Shapiro: Stonepool Pottery in September.
The other Firing Partners shows will take place in May with Sam Taylor: Dogbar Pottery and Mark Shapiro: Stonepool Pottery.
HOURS:
Tuesday - Sundays, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Ferrin Gallery
437 North Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
413.442.1622
Ferrin Gallery.com
Located
in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the gallery was first established 1979.
The first location was in Northampton, MA, followed by five years in
Lenox, MA from 2002 7. The gallery focus is on ceramic art and
sculpture from throughout the country and contemporary art, photography
and sculpture by artists from the region. Open Year Round.
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