Lee Love on sat 9 may 09
Jean turned up an old majolica diners mug from 1999. =3DA0 I was
experimenting with Majolica just before we went to Japan. =3DA0 I was
inspired by some French low fired wood fired Jaspe ware. =3DA0We had Earl
Grey and ginger snap cookies for tea time (we thought =3DA0Earl Gray would
go better with Ginger Snaps than Matcha would.) =3DA0 I used the majolica
mug and Jean used the same form, but from the soda kiln. =3DA0 =3DA0 Things
change but there is a chord that is the same.
=3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0I think a Jaspe =3DA0look might be approachabl=
e in the sod=3D
a
kiln, about cone 1. =3DA0 After the anagama firing, I'll start working on
that. =3DA0Have to test electric first. =3DA0Find a dryer majolica that wou=
ld
take soda well.
=3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 Tony, there are many gas firing and vapor fir=
ing urban
potters. =3DA0 =3DA0At Northern Clay Center, the gas kilns aren't used much=
by
the studio folks, but the soda kilns are always busy, especially the
smaller one. =3DA0 Folks are doing great work at cone 10 electric too.
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=3DA0Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
"The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your
entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the
day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it
must be something you cannot possibly do." - Moore, Henry
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Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
"The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your
entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the
day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it
must be something you cannot possibly do." - Moore, Henry
tony clennell on sat 9 may 09
Thank you one and all for your thoughts. I have never really owned an
electric kiln so my experience with them is next to nil. I've always
just bisqued in my gas kiln. John and others seemed to peg the cooling
thing which I'm buying except I wonder if there is some mojo about
solid fuel like cooking an apple pie in a wood stove. Same temp, no
flame on the pie but somehow It's more yummy. I miss my old cook stove
up at my old pottery Gleason Brook Pottery. I always knew when supper
was ready as the smoke detector went off. Liked to burn apple wood for
hot stove and nice smell in the kitchen. The drive home from Utah had
me thinking of the old days when I had no furnace, no money , made
pots and raised a couple of great kids that are now adults. they still
laugh at what I made for dinner.
If I become an urban potter I'm going to need your advice on toaster ovens.
thanx again,
tony
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http://sourcherrypottery.com
http://smokieclennell.blogspot.com
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