mel jacobson on sat 29 aug 09
this concept is very old.
i am sure you can find both chinese and japanese pouring
systems that have bird like qualities from ages past.
and the animal forms of central and south american pots have many
from pre/columbian times.
i have placed a pix on my clayart website of a very old, late 1800's
one may guess, of a coffee pot from the `empty quarter` of dubai.
(brass/copper mix) this may be an ibis bird concept.
this pot was given to me as a gift...from my class. it took each of them\
(14) a couple of days each to get this wonderful antique polished. ( it had
a very thick green patina covering the entire pot.)
Dubai/1981
i just snapped this pix from a shelf in my living room.
not much is new, design is with us forever. if it has an
animal idea/it has been done, over and over.
there may be a few potters that think they invented it, and
use it all the time...but, it is very old indeed.
mel
just click on the website below.
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
Jess McKenzie on sat 29 aug 09
There's a very nice bird beaked pitcher by Theresa Hebenstreit
on p 43 of Tony Birks' Complete Potter's Companion (revised
Ed)
~joan and jess
Date sent: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:26:34 -0500
Mel Jacobson wrote:
this concept is very old. i am sure you can find both chinese
and japanese pouring systems that have bird like qualities
from ages past. and the animal forms of central and south
american pots have many from pre/columbian times.
i have placed a pix on my clayart website of a very old, late
1800's one may guess, of a coffee pot from the `empty quarter`
of dubai. (brass/copper mix) this may be an ibis bird
concept.
this pot was given to me as a gift...from my class. it took
each of them\ (14) a couple of days each to get this wonderful
antique polished. ( it had a very thick green patina covering
the entire pot.) Dubai/1981
i just snapped this pix from a shelf in my living room.
not much is new, design is with us forever. if it has an
animal idea/it has been done, over and over.
there may be a few potters that think they invented it, and
use it all the time...but, it is very old indeed.
mel
just click on the website below.
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
ivor & olive lewis on sun 30 aug 09
Alan Peascod was, possibly still is, the master of making Ibis spouted
amphora. He demonstrated this in Adelaide in the early 1980's. I recall he
learned the skill during a visit to Iran. The advantage of this form was th=
e
precision of delivery of small volumes of fluid
Janet Mansfield is currently compiling a book about Alan and his work.
Regards,
Ivor Lewis,
Redhill,
South Australia
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