# Wood Fire Workshop ![pottery inside a kiln](/sites/g/files/omnuum4081/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-07/DSC00819.jpg?itok=XiaxAFfy) #### calendar\_today Date and Time **September 24, 2025** 02:00PM - 04:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **OFA Harvard Ceramics Program** [224 Western Ave Allston, MA 02134 United States ]() The actual wood firing will take place at Canton Clay Works in Canton, Connecticut. **Important note: this workshop meets multiple times over several weeks -** [**check full schedule**](/event/wood-fire-workshop#schedule) **to ensure that you can attend all required dates.** *Registration for this workshop is limited to* [*advanced*](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/definition-experience-levels) *students registered for a Fall 2025 course at the Ceramics Program, Office of the Arts at Harvard. Previous experience with wood or soda firing is helpful.* Wood-fired pieces are exquisitely beautiful, as the flame and atmosphere create visual depth and subtle variations. Depending on the work, type of kiln, and firing style, you can get a myriad of results that tell the history of each piece in relation to the flame and atmosphere. Work will be fired in a [Train Kiln in Canton, Connecticut](https://www.cantonclayworks.com/kilns) during the weekend of November 11 – 16, 2025. All clay, slips, and glazes must be for cone 10 and above. Students are encouraged to participate in the firing, and carpooling is encouraged. The fee for cubic inches for work fired in the Canton kilns is included in the registration fee. ## Workshop topics - Brief overview of wood firing and how form, slips, glazes, wadding, and placement in the kiln may produce different results in design, texture and surface. Review of our studio clays, slips, glazes, and wadding for wood firing. - Pointers to historical references. - Experience firing a Train Kiln. - Group review of the fired work and cleaning up the ware. ### Participation Requirement You must participate in at least one loading or firing session to have work included in the firing. Please check your schedule carefully before registering to ensure you can fulfill these requirements. ### Space Limitations While we make every effort to accommodate a variety of work by each participant in the workshop, the size of the kiln limits what can be fired. We cannot guarantee that every piece you produce for the workshop will be included in the firing. ## Workshop Schedule ### Class Sessions at the Ceramics Program in Allston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, September 24th, 2:00 to pm - 4:00 pm: Orientation, after which students will work independently to create pieces for the firing. Wednesday, October 8, 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Glaze Room Q&A Session. Wednesday, November 5th, 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Check in with instructors and pack your work. Wednesday, December 3rd, 2:00pm - 4:00pm: Review of the fired work and cleaning up the ware. ### Firing in Canton, Connecticut November 11-16, 2024 – Participate in one or more wood firing shifts in Canton, CT. Carpooling is encouraged. Sunday, November 23rd, Kiln Unloading at Canton Clay Works – Time TBD ## Cost & Registration information **Registration for this workshop is limited to those registered for a Fall 2025 course at the Ceramics Program, Office to the Arts at Harvard. Cost: $325; $100 for Harvard College Undergraduates.** **Registration for this workshop will open on Wednesday, September 10 at 10:00 am.** **A link to register for this workshop will be sent by email to those enrolled in a Fall 2025 course**. See also:- [ 2025 Fall ](/taxonomy/term/178186) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/node/1615531/event-feed.ics) Copy link link