tony clennell on tue 24 jul 07
--- Lee Love wrote:
> Tony,
>
> If I were working in porcelain in
> reduction, I think I
> would do chun glazes.
Lee: If I am put at gun point or there is no stoneware
in the porcelain capital of the world Jingdezhen I
would like to use a clear glaze or maybe the soft
white on the porcelain I make. I am interested in
textured surfaces, perhaps learning the technique of
ruff throwing bowls and them rethrowing them on carved
molds. I wouldn't want a thiick chun to cover the
surface. I want my blood, sweat and tears to show up .
I'm a meat and patotoes man not a Candy Man.
Best,
Tony
P>S glad to hear of your Leach wheel purchase- lucky bugger!
Tony Clennell
Studio potter
http://sourcherrypottery.com
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Lee Love on tue 24 jul 07
On 7/24/07, tony clennell wrote:
> Lee: If I am put at gun point or there is no stoneware
> in the porcelain capital of the world Jingdezhen I
> would like to use a clear glaze or maybe the soft
> white on the porcelain I make.
>I am interested in textured surfaces,
This above is related to my standard glaze and techinque
(glaze thickness is critical), but the work I am doing next, will go
in Craig Edward's Svend Bayer designed anagama.
Craig showed me some Neph Sye granules that match the
Shigaraki granule samples I brought with me. He says they are used
for texture on tar shingles. Haha! Imagine that!
Going to test it in Michael Wendt"s Helmer porcelain
with these stones (craig gave me a sample of that too.) My hope is
that it will be similar to co-shigaraki hosome clay, just maybe more
variety in the feldspar chunks. But the important aspect is that
these granules are nice and round.
>perhaps learning the technique of
> ruff throwing bowls and them rethrowing them on carved
> molds. I wouldn't want a thiick chun to cover the
> surface. I want my blood, sweat and tears to show up .
> I'm a meat and patotoes man not a Candy Man.
That would be fun too. If you can learn to make the molds
(not to learn, but eventually.) I wonder if they are cast from a
master? But I think the carved porcelain is from a different part of
China. See Jack Troy's article, "Gleanings: A Potter in China," in
the November 1996 issue of Ceramics Monthly
Chun has many varieties and you can glaze it thick or thin.
Thin, it is simply a nondescript clear glaze. BUt it takes oxides
welll. If you look at some of the nezumi/mouse shinos, they are
basically the same type as chun glaze, except nezumi has a dark slip
that is crarved and decorated around.
> PS glad to hear of your Leach wheel purchase- lucky bugger!
Thanks! It has a nice patina. Want to clean it up, but not
too much. There is some battleship gray scuffed off the flywheel, but
I might oil the bare wood rather than painting it. Will lock it to
the Maple tree while I use it outside.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
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