References

General

Wood Kiln Firing Techniques & Tips; Ceramic Arts Daily 2011
Ben Brierley - various articles on wood firing techniques

Kilns

21st Century Kilns; Mel Jacobson & Friends

Clay Surface Chemistry

Alchemy in the Art of Traditional Japanese Ceramics: Microstructure and Formation Mechanism of Gold-Colored Bizen Stoneware; Yoshihiro Kusano et al; Cryst.GrowthDes.2018, 18, 4017−4021
Microstructure and Formation Process of the Characteristic Reddish Color Pattern Hidasuki on Bizen
Stoneware: Reactions Involving Rice Straw; Yoshihiro Kusano et al; Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 3641-3646
Science in the art of the master Bizen potter; Kusano Y et al; Acc Chem Res. 2010 Jun 15;43(6):906-15

Wood Ash

High-Temperature Melting Behavior of Urban Wood Fuel Ash; P. Thy, B. M. Jenkins, C. E. Lesher; Energy Fuels 1999, 13, 4, 839-850
Wood Ash Composition as a Function of Furnace Temperature; Mahendra K. Misra, Kenneth W. Ragland and Andrew J. Baker; Biomass and Bioenergy Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 103-116, 1993