Cherylene Caver, a ceramic artist from eastern Colorado directed this firing of an Anasazi trench kiln at the 2019 SW Kiln Conference at the Timber Camp Campground near Globe, Arizona on October 5 and 6, 2019.
Learn more about Cherylene at her website
This four stage firing process was first defined in:
Swink, Clint
Limited oxidation Firing of Organic Painted Pottery in Anasazi-Style Trench Kilns. 1993. Pottery Southwest, Vol. 20.
If you are interested in learning to fire this way check out the book "Messages From the High Desert" by Clint Swink. The book can be purchased on Amazon at this link –
The Southwest Kiln Conference is an annual event focused on the art, science and technology of recreating the prehistoric pottery of the American Southwest.
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Really great to see the firing …was such a good time….the last picture is excellent…what a wonderful group….see you next year!
Thanks for making the long drive out from Louisiana Allen.
I’d like to attend the next one . Is there an info site for attendance.
Very New Age even to the pagan offering of tobacco and corn.
It’s also very traditional Southwestern.
what’s new age about that? It’s continuation…. if the potting is done to a tradition, and the firing done to a tradition, what is wrong with following other traditions…. it isn’t like they used a Sami chant to accompany the firing… now *THAT* I would consider ‘new age’…
What a happy bunch with their beautiful pots!
It is a fun event. Too bad it was canceled this year.
@Andy Ward’s Ancient Pottery Hopefully it will be on again next year.
@Jeanette Waverly Yes