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Anagama Woodfiring in Ireland 2025

Travelled over to Marcus O'Mahony at Glencairn Pottery, Co Waterford in May with @nigelwebster21. Marcus had arranged for Korean potter Tae Sungyong to visit and run a two day workshop combined with firing of the anagama kiln. The kiln was already half loaded when we arrived and it took a couple of days to finish... Continue Reading →

Woodfiring in Scotland October 2024

Autumn had arrived and it was time to travel up to Scotland to fire the woodfired kiln. This was our 14th firing and we were confident that all would go well as we now considered ourselves relatively experienced wood firers. The weather was fare and not too chilly. We spent a day and half glazing... Continue Reading →

Woodfiring in Scotland April 2024

Despite having a bad back I travelled to Scotland for our first woodfiring of the year at Gledfield Mill, Ardgay. It was great to be back in Scotland. This was the 13th Firing of Nigel's Woodfired Kiln. We met up with Marcus O'Mahony and Jim Behan from Ireland. It was great to see them again... Continue Reading →

Trip To Japan 2023

In October 2023 I went on my first trip to Japan to undertake a woodfiring workshop with John Dix. The workshop ran over three weeks consisting of making, glazing and firing in an Anagama kiln. There were in total six of us participating in the workshop from all over the world along with Aarti Manik... Continue Reading →

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