{"id":2833,"date":"2012-09-12T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T18:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2012-09-20T15:08:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T20:08:02","slug":"cambodian-kiln-fires-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/cambodian-kiln-fires-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian Kiln Fires Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2847\" title=\"Lion sculpture by Yary Livan\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Yarys-lion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, we told you about a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/blessing-ceremony-for-kiln-building\/\" target=\"_blank\"> blessing ceremony <\/a>\u00a0held for the building of a Cambodian wood fire kiln in Lowell, Massachusetts. We are excited to announce that the kiln is completed and will be fired up for the very first time on Saturday September 22, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>As one of only\u00a0three master ceramicists to survive the Khmer Rouge genocide, Yary Livan is one of only two still actively creating pottery. The other is Kang Proeung, visiting artist from Cambodia. He and Yary grew up in the same village along thet Mekong Delta and have known each other since childhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2840\" title=\"Yary Livan and Kang Proeung standing in front of kiln \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Yary-and-Proeung.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Together they have built a Cambodian-style wood fire kiln in Lowell, on the grounds of the National Park Service maintenance facility. Their hope is that this kiln, and the ware that is fired inside of it, will help insure that Cambodian ceramics can continue and flourish. It is a tradition that dates back to the Angkor Kingdom, which was at its height during the 11th century.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2848\" title=\"Kang Proueng working on elephant pot.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Proueng-working.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"443\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Livan, Proeung, and others will be on hand to explain the kiln&#8217;s design, the firing process, and features of the Khmer ceramic pieces that will be burning inside.\u00a0For more information, click  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/historyculture\/lowell-folklife-series.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a036 hours left before the kiln is lit . . .\u00a0\u00a0 Stopped by this afternoon to see Proeung busy glazing ware and Yary inside the kiln making measurements.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2856\" title=\"Kang Proeung glazing ware in preparation for Saturday's firing\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/kiln_Proeung_glazing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2859\" title=\"Yary inside of kiln making measurements\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Yary_in_kiln.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2857\" title=\"Glazed pots before firing\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/kiln_pots_Yaryinside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, we told you about a blessing ceremony \u00a0held for the building of a Cambodian wood fire kiln in Lowell, Massachusetts. We are excited to announce that the kiln is completed and will be fired up for the very first time on Saturday September 22, 2012. As one of only\u00a0three master ceramicists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/cambodian-kiln-fires-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cambodian Kiln Fires Up!&#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":[5,277],"tags":[10,502,565,563,564],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-public-program","tag-cambodian-ceramics","tag-kiln","tag-proeung-khang","tag-wood-fire-kiln","tag-yary-livan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cambodian Kiln Fires Up! - Keepers of Tradition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/cambodian-kiln-fires-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cambodian Kiln Fires Up! - Keepers of Tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few months ago, we told you about a blessing ceremony \u00a0held for the building of a Cambodian wood fire kiln in Lowell, Massachusetts. 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