{"id":2523,"date":"2012-06-18T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2012-06-18T09:30:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T14:30:38","slug":"yary-builds-a-wood-burning-kiln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/yary-builds-a-wood-burning-kiln\/","title":{"rendered":"Yary builds a wood-burning kiln"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2530\" title=\"Yary Livan holding a wax cast\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Yary_in_yard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We last wrote about Cambodian ceramicist  <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2009\/08\/making-art-for-everyday-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yary Livan <\/a>when he received an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council this past Spring.\u00a0Livan&#8217;s work draws on the rich heritage of Cambodian culture, including influences from ancient imperial Khmer kiln sites, such as Angkor Wat, and incorporates Khmer imagery, relief carving, and design.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2535\" title=\"Detail of elephant jar made by Yary Livan. Photo by Jason Dowdle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Elephant_Jar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The big news in his life is that after having no decent place to work or fire his ware, Yary not only\u00a0has\u00a0studio space at  <a href=\"http:\/\/westernavenuestudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Avenue Studios\u00a0<\/a>, he is in the process of building a wood-burning kiln on land owned by the National Park Service. Middlesex Community College, who is sponsoring the project, has created a  <a href=\"http:\/\/community.middlesex.mass.edu\/blogs\/cambodiankiln\/archive\/2012\/06\/04\/Kiln-design-combines-tradition-and-new-technology.aspx#.T9o3hsVYCZQ\" target=\"_blank\">blog\u00a0<\/a>:\u00a0&#8220;On this blog one can follow events at Yary&#8217;s Kiln, 220 Aiken St. Lowell, MA, with photos and interviews; find out when the kiln will be fired; learn how to sign up for workshops, to visit, view exhibits or find sales of traditional Cambodian woodfire pottery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be stopping by from time to time as well, to see how things are progressing at the kiln site. Come September, the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/historyculture\/lowell-folklife-series.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folklife Series <\/a>will host a firing of the newly finished kiln.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/community.middlesex.mass.edu\/photos\/kiln\/images\/1870611\/640x480.aspx\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"389\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 We last wrote about Cambodian ceramicist Yary Livan when he received an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council this past Spring.\u00a0Livan&#8217;s work draws on the rich heritage of Cambodian culture, including influences from ancient imperial Khmer kiln sites, such as Angkor Wat, and incorporates Khmer imagery, relief carving, and design.\u00a0 The big news &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/yary-builds-a-wood-burning-kiln\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yary builds a wood-burning kiln&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[502,501],"class_list":["post-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","tag-kiln","tag-wood-burning-kiln"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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