E Hoeflinger on sat 13 apr 96
To me part of the reason blue is so popular for the non-potting
many is that there is a long tradition of seeing very "fine" pieces
using blue as the decoration. Delft, Wedgewood, and chinese por. for
example. It also has been very popular with the "country" styling in
the pastels.
Ok. so it is popular. Potters are generally aware that most of
this is produced from cobalt, a metal that is stable up to cone 10+ and
in almost any atmosphere. What they get excited about is seeing colors
that they know took more efort to produce, copper reds, celedons, etc.
So you need to figure what your audience is... the masses or
other potters.
I personally like several shades and depths of blues in and on
clay, but I also appreciate the "harder" to achieve colors.
E. Hoefinger
Columbus, Ohio snow early week, one day bright, weekend of rain
Karl David Knudson on sat 13 apr 96
On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, E Hoeflinger wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> To me part of the reason blue is so popular for the non-potting
> many is that there is a long tradition of seeing very "fine" pieces
> using blue as the decoration. Delft, Wedgewood, and chinese por. for
> example. It also has been very popular with the "country" styling in
> the pastels.
An interesting thought as well. I had always assumed blue was a popular
color because of its prevalence in home decorating. Nearly every house
I've been in has had some sort of blue motif going on in at least 1
room. Perhaps people just want to buy pottery that matches the curtains?
Karl in Eugene
dannon@ns1.koyote.com on sat 13 apr 96
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, E Hoeflinger wrote:
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> To me part of the reason blue is so popular for the non-potting
>> many is that there is a long tradition of seeing very "fine" pieces
>> using blue as the decoration. Delft, Wedgewood, and chinese por. for
>> example. It also has been very popular with the "country" styling in
>> the pastels.
>
>An interesting thought as well. I had always assumed blue was a popular
>color because of its prevalence in home decorating. Nearly every house
>I've been in has had some sort of blue motif going on in at least 1
>room. Perhaps people just want to buy pottery that matches the curtains?
>
>Karl in Eugene
>
>What do you mean "perhaps"? People DO want to buy pottery that matches the
curtains...or the couch, or walls, or the rug on the bathroom floor....
Dannon
Cobalt1994@aol.com on sat 13 apr 96
My theory of why blue is so popular is that it soothes people because it has
been used so much in the past. And the reason it has been used so much in the
past is because good old cobalt is such an orderly and agreeable colorant:
fires to lots of temps, easy to work with, stays put, etc, etc. How many
other colorants are so all around nice ? So, many cultures have had cobalt
blue play a central role in their traditional pottery colors. You see how
there might be a built in genetic preference for blue? Yikes what a thought,
but I really think it's true. I make a living selling blue and it NEVER EVER
goes out of fashion. For me personally this has brought much pain, since that
seems to be all my customers want me to make, and on approaching b-day 45 I'm
desperate to make pots only potters could love.........
Take Care
Jennifer in Vermont, dreaming of green, black, brown............
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p4337@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca on sun 14 apr 96
Hi All...still not prim fire weather and its getting harder waiting for
spring and warmth.
Did you know that if you eat off a BLUE plate, bowl dish etc...that you
eat LESS. Its a fact. I tell my students this and the more chubby ones
always head for the blue glazes. Maybe that is another reason the public
likes blue. In Alberta 15 yrs. ago you could not give away anything that
was blue in color but in BC you could not supply enough blue pieces. Now
in AB blue is very popular. Must be getting to be a chubby province.
:>}}}} no insult intended for BCer's. ;>}}}
I am looking for JONATHAN KAPLAN'S e-mail....the one I have is not
working????? Please post me Jonathan if you are still on the list. Thanks.
Have a great weekend. As Always in Clay Peggy
PEGGY HEER/Heer Pottery email: p4337@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
9702 76 AVENUE phone: 433-0290
EDMONTON, AB CANADA T6E 1K3 http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/artists/pheer/
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Karl David Knudson on sun 14 apr 96
Blue is also a number of people's favorite color. Tie that along with
matching the bathroom carpeting, and the historical "value" of blue and...
Karl, where it's sunny today.
Richard Gralnik on mon 15 apr 96
Does anyone remember the results of those Navy color studies done some
years ago where the effects of colors on people's moods, emotions and
ability to focus on and do different things were studied? I wonder
how blue fared versus say, a really fine shino?
I do remember that one result of those studies were that sweet foods
are never packaged in green containers. I believe the same studies
were used to determine the colors to paint classrooms and hospitals.
Richard
waiting for our new baby
CaroleER@aol.com on tue 16 apr 96
Before I got into pottery, my husband and I took a driving vacation across
the US. We stopped in Berea, KY and bought some pottery. After I learned a
little about pottery, I realized that the bowl I got was not wonderful. It's
thin at the rim and heavy at the bottom. The foot's not trimmed very well
either. BUT...it has a great blue glaze with specs of iron and stuff in it!!
My home decor was also blue and rose at the time.
Carole Rishel
Bastrop,TX
CaroleER@aol.com
Lewis Freed on wed 17 apr 96
Perhaps one of thr e reasons for the use of blue in china and pottery is
that blue offers a nice contrast to eh the food on the plate.
Shirley Freed in West Lafayette Indiana where we are enjoying a rare
blue ski y today
Shirley Freed lfreed@sage.cc.purdue.edu
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