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The fire inside the adobe oven is controlled every few hours, and the oven's temperature is estimated by the potters' practical knowledge of the amount of wood that is burning

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posted on 2024-12-17, 15:58 authored by Luciano Dayrell
Burning is a long process that involves hanging the pieces, lighting the fire, waiting for the burn and removing them from oven

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D01

Rights owner

Pequi do Cerrado Institute

Title alt

O fogo dentro do forno de adobe é controlado de horas em horas, a temperatura do forno é estimada pelo conhecimento prático das oleiras através da quantidade de madeira que está queimando

Cultural group

Oleiras do Candeal

Participants

Nilda Muniz Farias, Magna Francisca da Silva, Edileia Lopes de Oliveira, Ana Carolina Brugnera, Lucas Bernalli Fernandes Rocha

Place

Cônego Marinho, North of Minas Gerais

Materials

Mineral-clay

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Community

Location

Workshop

Temporality

10 min

Intent

Burning ceramic pieces

Date of creation

2023-03-30

Unique ID

2022SG02-D01-0811

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    burningceramicoven

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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