Mel Jacobson on fri 4 jul 97
some more thoughts after doing some reading of my notes.
shino is a relatively old glaze, it was made from almost pure
feldspar.(meaning a special feldspar found in seto) and fired to cone 10
(wood) and was admired by tea bowl makers.
shino often had an iron oxide pattern under the glaze and was scratched
through. the clay body was often gray with the gray pattern coming through
the iron.
i have two of these tea bowls and they are very nice...both from seto.
(i made one of them while visiting seto.)
american shino (oxymoron) tends to be very glossy, speckled, and rather
a nice glaze when used as a liner or in combination with other glazes.(my
opinion and never humble)
warren mackenzie has used it a great deal as a cover glaze for some basic
dinner ware and utility items. (undecorated)
it is very handsome when used properly.
when using it, i feel, it should be applied in a thin layer.
often the soda ash crystalizes and has to be re-heated if stored for a long
perion (like over night), and we have heard a great deal of talk about
foaming spod.
so there.....even had to dig out "saunders" and see what he had to say.
Evan Dresel on mon 7 jul 97
A couple of comments based on my relatively limited experience with
"american" shino. Shino applied too thinly is one of the more disgusting
glazes I have ever encountered. Too thick, it is just kind of dull cream
white. Application and firing affect shino a lot (which is one of the big
reasons I love it). Resist and shino go well IMO because of the effect of
thickness and because of the way the soda ash colors exposed clay next to
the glaze. Because of the soda ash I had only limited success with washing
off shino glaze when I screwed up. Reapplying it usually resulted in pukey
pots.
I don't know how the Japanese get "blue shino" and am still wondering why
the Brits don't seem to use shino much at all.
Evan
who fires oxidation these days.
At 10:56 PM 7-4-97 EDT, Mel wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>some more thoughts after doing some reading of my notes.
>
> american shino (oxymoron) tends to be very glossy, speckled, and rather
>a nice glaze when used as a liner or in combination with other glazes.(my
>opinion and never humble)
>warren mackenzie has used it a great deal as a cover glaze for some basic
>dinner ware and utility items. (undecorated)
>it is very handsome when used properly.
>when using it, i feel, it should be applied in a thin layer.
>often the soda ash crystalizes and has to be re-heated if stored for a long
>perion (like over night), and we have heard a great deal of talk about
>foaming spod.
Barbara Lewis on tue 8 jul 97
At 08:26 AM 7/7/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Evan - apparently the Brits don't value "carbon trapping" like we do,
according to Phil Rogers. He implied it was likened to a glaze defect.
Barbara
>
>I don't know how the Japanese get "blue shino" and am still wondering why
>the Brits don't seem to use shino much at all.
>
>Evan
>
>who fires oxidation these days.
>
>
>At 10:56 PM 7-4-97 EDT, Mel wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>some more thoughts after doing some reading of my notes.
>>
>> american shino (oxymoron) tends to be very glossy, speckled, and rather
>>a nice glaze when used as a liner or in combination with other glazes.(my
>>opinion and never humble)
>>warren mackenzie has used it a great deal as a cover glaze for some basic
>>dinner ware and utility items. (undecorated)
>>it is very handsome when used properly.
>>when using it, i feel, it should be applied in a thin layer.
>>often the soda ash crystalizes and has to be re-heated if stored for a long
>>perion (like over night), and we have heard a great deal of talk about
>>foaming spod.
>
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