On 16 June, the charcoal kiln at the Warburg Reserve, Oxfordshire was unloaded and its charcoal removed. The firing had included the wooden chair and sections of wood which were part of my artistic research into charcoal making and its possibilities.
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Residuals #11 Charcoal making in a kiln
On 26 May, I visited the Warburg Reserve in Oxfordshire – a beech woodland which is managed by the wildlife charity BBOWT. It hosts a charcoal kiln in which wood is made into charcoal /wood biochar. I joined the staff and volunteers in charcoal making which included the log I’d cut into sections for my charcoal sculpture and a ready-made sculpture too.
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Residuals #11 Charcoal sculpting
The residuals series started with charcoal granules being moved and pressed onto a paper surface. Charcoal is produced when wood is subject to pyrolysis – or burning in a oxygen starved environment. In Residuals #11, I investigate the possibilities created by interceding in the charcoal production process; and researching charcoal production at a charcoal kiln.
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