Linda Blossom on mon 17 sep 07
Quite a few years ago I had purchased the Ase book,
Watercolor on Porcelain. A couple of years back I
asked Gary Holt come to New York to do a workshop on
solubles. I have always wanted to get involved in
them and take them to a higher level as Gary does
and Arne Ase does, which involves the interaction of
the metals to each other. I am interested in using
them on glaze and terra sig and perhaps on
porcelain. Gary and I have been speaking with Syed
of US Pigment to see if he will carry the materials.
Like myself, others have been intrigued with the
solubles but have run up against the problem of
chemical houses that make it nearly impossible to
buy these chemicals. Gary has a long standing
relationship with a chemical house so he hasn't had
the same problems that I and likely others have had.
If you are sincerely interested in the technique and
would like to be able to get the materials, a call
to US Pigment, in the afternoon or evening when Syed
is in his office, would help him to see that there
is a market. If you would prefer to respond to this
email and have your name added to a list of
potential customers, I could forward it to Syed.
Syed is a chemist who knows the materials well and
would be more likely to get involved than other
ceramic suppliers who don't know much about these
materials.
I just googled Arne Ase and found an article, I
guess it is recent, in Ceramics Art and Perception.
It was a great article and his work is even more
beautiful than ever.
Linda
Ithaca, NY
Ivor and Olive Lewis on tue 18 sep 07
Dear Linda Blossom,=20
Perhaps you would describe the problems that are coming up with the =
Chemical Supply Companies.
Since I have not read this book I would not know which salts are being =
used. As far as I am aware, all the metal elements we use in oxide or =
carbonate form are available as soluble Chloride or Nitrate compounds =
and they should be relatively cheap in 500 gram batches.
Must ask eth Library if they can get this book on interlibrary loan.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
Linda Blossom on wed 19 sep 07
Dear Ivor,
One answer I got was that since I was not a
researcher they probably couldn't sell to me.
Another is the dizzying array of chemicals and a
lack of knowledge of which to carry. It would be
much easier if a chemist who also happens to sell to
potters would carry them. The Watercolor on
Porcelain book is very complete and is the
definitive source for this knowledge. Arne Ase's
webpage and other sites with his work are worth
looking at. He is light years ahead on this but is
very sharing. I would love to have him here for a
workshop. I have a scanned copy of the book and if
someone was really interested in getting into this,
I would send it to them. Since it is not available
anywhere I don't have a problem doing this. I think
the information needs to be available. It is really
easy to use the materials as they are for the most
part, water soluble. It is not difficult to work
safely either. A spray booth or vent system or mask
when mixing. There is a lot of information on
disposal in the book too.
Linda
Perhaps you would describe the problems that are
coming up with the Chemical Supply Companies.
Since I have not read this book I would not know
which salts are being used. As far as I am aware,
all the metal elements we use in oxide or carbonate
form are available as soluble Chloride or Nitrate
compounds and they should be relatively cheap in 500
gram batches.
\
Heidi Sommer on wed 19 sep 07
Dear Linda,
Do you have Arne Ase's web page by any chance?
Thanks,
Heidi
************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
| |
|
