Jean Lehman on tue 2 apr 96
Yes, I took a workshop from Juan Quesada. I could look up my notes... it
has been at least ten years. The most memorable thing was the sticky nature
of the clay being VERY difficult to work with. I felt like someone who had
never met the medium before. I still have my pot -- a humbling experience.
Jean
You may e-mail me direct at:
j_lehman@ACAD.FandM.EDU (that's an _underscore_ not a hyphen)
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>Dear ClayArt:
>From: Kurt Wild (University of Wiscosin, River Falls (retired)
>
>Does anyone on the net know how to find Red Ochre?.
>Does anyone on the net know the true details of the use of graphite and red
>ochre (proportions) and mix of water and kerosene (proportions) of the Mata
>Ortiz potters and their blackware pottery?
>
>Are there any magazine articles, or other publications available?
>I would like to know more about this subject...
>
>Has anyone taken a workshop from Juan Quezada? and seen the process.
>
>We are not interested in SW Blackware, or San Ildefanso...Only Mata Ortiz.
>
>I am dying to know more on this subject...can anyone help?
>
>Please answer on the net, or write to Mel Jacobson
>potter19@popmail.skypoint.com
>
>Kurt Wild
GURUSHAKTI@aol.com on wed 3 apr 96
I took a workshop with Juan Quesada at Valley College in Van Nuys California
in the early eighties. I don't even know if I still have my notes. But you
could probably call the ceramic department there and speak with the faculty.
The only thing I remember was seeing him throw kersosene on a flaming fire -
right out of the can. I couldn't believe how dangerous this is and he said he
does it all the time!
If memory serves me, he covered the pots with a can to get black ware and
raised the can to allow some air for the orange ware. He used a homemade
brush to do his drawing. It consisted of few few hairs. He polished his pots
with a smooth stone and placed a tiny bit of glycerine on the pot and then
burnished it with his tumbled shiny stone. I may have some notes tucked away
somewhere. If I find them I will post them.
I still have a beautiful small bowl that I purchased from him at the time. It
is a real beauty, about six inches in diameter and about four or five inches
tall.
Let us know if you find out any more about his techniques.
June Perry
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