John Baymore on thu 13 nov 97
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Jennifer,
........snip.........
I only have an oxidation kiln and am needing to do some Japanese tea bowls
and would like to glaze them in a Temmoku glaze, or one that looks like it.
Is there such a thing for an oxidation kiln????
......slip.......
I have fired iron saturate tenmoku glazes in electric kilns on many
occasions. Some formulas work better than others. Even the good ones come
out different than in a reduction fire, but still nice. There is a slight
=22ame=22 (lit. translation is =22rain=22...... but actually refers to a =
sugary
candy by the same name) quality to them.....not pure, non-transparent
black. Try it and see if you like the results.
Or you could attempt to =22fake=22 it with a glaze made black with other
colorants or commercial stains. One tip for an =22oil spotty=22 effect with
this approach. After you have mixed up the base glaze batch and seived it,
stir in a small amount of a red earthenware clay just before
glazing......... but DON'T reseive the glaze. Stir until there are still
small little clumps of the red clay. You want a bunch of little (and I
really mean LITTLE) lumps of the red clay to float around in the glaze
batch. These will melt differently and have a different composition from
the background glaze, and provide sone visual interest in the basically
=22flat=22 background. You'll have to experiment with which red clay works
best for your glaze, and how to add it.
.........snip..........
Also, i am needing a history report on the tea ceramony. Does anyone
recommend a good book???
.......clip.......
The best for some great historical background is =22Cha-no-yu=22 by A.L. =
Sadler
originally published in 1933 by Charles E. Tuttle Company. It is available
from the Satusuga Bookstore in Cambridge, MA if you can't find it
elsewhere. The ISBN is 0-8048-1224-1, and the current cost is, I think,
about =2415.00.
Best,
..................john
John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA
603-654-2752
JBaymore=40Compuserve.com
Ric Swenson on sat 15 nov 97
Also recommend "THE BOOK of TEA"
by Kakuzo Okakura ( orig. 1906) re-printed 1991
Isbn 4770015429
published by Kodansha
paperback is $8.00 at http://www.amazon.com
HTH
Ric
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>Jennifer,
>
>.......snip.........
>
> I only have an oxidation kiln and am needing to do some Japanese tea bowls
>and would like to glaze them in a Temmoku glaze, or one that looks like it.
> Is there such a thing for an oxidation kiln????
>
>.....slip.......
>
>I have fired iron saturate tenmoku glazes in electric kilns on many
>occasions. Some formulas work better than others. Even the good ones come
>out different than in a reduction fire, but still nice. There is a slight
>"ame" (lit. translation is "rain"...... but actually refers to a sugary
>candy by the same name) quality to them.....not pure, non-transparent
>black. Try it and see if you like the results.
>
>Or you could attempt to "fake" it with a glaze made black with other
>colorants or commercial stains. One tip for an "oil spotty" effect with
>this approach. After you have mixed up the base glaze batch and seived it,
>stir in a small amount of a red earthenware clay just before
>glazing......... but DON'T reseive the glaze. Stir until there are still
>small little clumps of the red clay. You want a bunch of little (and I
>really mean LITTLE) lumps of the red clay to float around in the glaze
>batch. These will melt differently and have a different composition from
>the background glaze, and provide sone visual interest in the basically
>"flat" background. You'll have to experiment with which red clay works
>best for your glaze, and how to add it.
>
>
>........snip..........
>
>Also, i am needing a history report on the tea ceramony. Does anyone
>recommend a good book???
>
>......clip.......
>
>The best for some great historical background is "Cha-no-yu" by A.L. Sadler
>originally published in 1933 by Charles E. Tuttle Company. It is available
>from the Satusuga Bookstore in Cambridge, MA if you can't find it
>elsewhere. The ISBN is 0-8048-1224-1, and the current cost is, I think,
>about $15.00.
>
>Best,
>
>.................john
>
>John Baymore
>River Bend Pottery
>22 Riverbend Way
>Wilton, NH 03086 USA
>
>603-654-2752
>JBaymore@Compuserve.com
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