The Goodsons on wed 18 jul 07
Good day, Clayart artists!!
I have been gone for several weeks, and missed the "glaze hazing ;-) ".
I am glad to read that there are a few "glaze lovers :-) " out there.
Rikki, I looked at your web site and your glazes are beautiful. Thanks
for sharing. I too, love to glaze.
Linda Goodson
Lincolnton, NC
Rikki Gill wrote:
> I love to glaze.
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Taylor Hendrix on wed 18 jul 07
I have loved Rikki's work for several years now -- lots of pattern and
color and movement. That is something I really want to do with my cone
5/6 work. I really need to lighten up my forms so they can support
such color and pattern first though. Oh yeah, and I need to develop
some GLAZES too!
Taylor, in Rockport TX
On 7/18/07, Rikki Gill wrote:
> I love to glaze. I don't just glaze with one glaze I typically use four
> glazes, three colored slips or oxides, and all kinds of brushes, including a
> toilet bowl bush, slip trailers, etc.
>
> If I just threw and single glazed, I would have lost interest years ago.
> Unless I am making dinnerware everything I make is different. I use the
> same glazes over and over, but vary the decorations, or in some cases,
> paintings.
...
Lee Love on wed 18 jul 07
On 7/18/07, Rikki Gill wrote:
> The key is to have everything in one place, ready to go. A small electric
> hand mixer keeps all thr glazes ready to use.
I use a Braun hand blender for test amounts and a big toshiba drill
with mixing attachment (gotta get one here) for serious amounts.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
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"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Rikki Gill on wed 18 jul 07
I love to glaze. I don't just glaze with one glaze I typically use four
glazes, three colored slips or oxides, and all kinds of brushes, including a
toilet bowl bush, slip trailers, etc.
If I just threw and single glazed, I would have lost interest years ago.
Unless I am making dinnerware everything I make is different. I use the
same glazes over and over, but vary the decorations, or in some cases,
paintings.
The key is to have everything in one place, ready to go. A small electric
hand mixer keeps all thr glazes ready to use. I cover buckets when not in
use, but store them on the table so I can go from one to another. Try it,
it will change your mind about glazing.
I offer classes in my studio for those interested. You can look at my
website for details.
Best,
Rikki Gill
rikigil@sbcglobal.net
www.rikkigillceramics.com
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Neal on thu 19 jul 07
I fired my first bisque load since the Natural
Instincts potters conference last month. There
are so many ideas floating around in my head.
I am approaching my glazing much slower than
usual. So many times I just want to get it
over with and use the same combinations in the
same way.
Those six little jars of underglaze from the
conference are the start of some experiments.
I'm trying some painted under my crawl glaze
to see how that does. I've done some pots with
just a few brush marks of underglaze that will
have to compete with areas that are glazed.
And I'm planning on trying a few spots of the
underglazes over some of my glazes.
Plus I have a new slip trailer to try out. I
purposefully threw a few plates to have nice
flat surfaces for my decoration experiments.
Last fall I won a Highwater gift certificate
and I finally used it to order some brushes
that are better than what I was using. They
do make a difference.
Neal O'Briant
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Linda - Pacifica on thu 19 jul 07
I'm just getting back into clay after a couple of year's hiatus and
I'm one of the glaze lovers too. But then I love to experiment and
have some nice results from layering some new cone 5 glazes at the
college studio.
I'd much rather 'sacrifice' a couple of bisque pieces doing
experiments with glazes and finding a gem than keep doing the same
thing over and over and not being happy with the results. By
experimenting, I can make the studio glazes my own and eventually
know enough about how they behave to have consistent results with the
firing schedule at the college.
One of these days, I'll be doing my own firing and then the
experiments will fly.
Cheers, Linda
On Jul 18, 2007, at 5:23 PM, The Goodsons wrote:
> Good day, Clayart artists!!
>
> I have been gone for several weeks, and missed the "glaze
> hazing ;-) ".
> I am glad to read that there are a few "glaze lovers :-) " out there.
> Rikki, I looked at your web site and your glazes are beautiful. Thanks
> for sharing. I too, love to glaze.
>
> Linda Goodson
> Lincolnton, NC
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>
> Rikki Gill wrote:
>> I love to glaze.
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Rikki Gill on thu 19 jul 07
Actually Lee, I make 50# of glaze at a time in plastic garbage cans on plant
dollies and use a slip mixer to mix the whole batch. For the actual glazing,
I decant enough to 3/4 fill a basin about the size of a kitty litter pan,
but deeper. I have seven basins around a large table, and use the small
mixer to keep everything freshly stirred.
It took a while for this all to evolve, but now it is fast and easy, and
gives me the freedom to do what I want with spontaneity.
Rikki Gill
rikigil@sbcglobal.net
www.rikkigillceramics.com
www.berkeleypotters.com
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: Re: confession of a glaze lover
> On 7/18/07, Rikki Gill wrote:
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>> The key is to have everything in one place, ready to go.
> From: "Lee Love"
> I use a Braun hand blender for test amounts and a big toshiba drill
> with mixing attachment (gotta get one here) for serious amounts.
>
>
> --
> Lee in Mashiko, Japan
> Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
> http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
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