Edouard Bastarache on thu 8 sep 11
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MEUNIER LEE on fri 9 sep 11
Great idea, Karen=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AAfter retiring, my entrance into the Clay W=
orld c=3D
oincided=3D0Awith #1's desire to explore every canyon in our part of the Si=
er=3D
ras =3D0Awhich=3DA0we =3D0Ahad missed on earlier treks north.=3DA0 That's h=
ow=3DA0I l=3D
iterally stumbled=3D0Aonto=3DA0the bits of felspar covering the road during=
one=3D
of our=3D0Aexpeditions.=3DA0 A few weeks later crossing over from Death Va=
lley=3D
into=3D0Athe mountains surrounding Saline Valley I found (happy day!)=3D0A=
bits=3D
of turquoise tumbling out of an abandoned mine onto our heads=3D0Aas we at=
e =3D
lunch leaning against the bank of a very compelling=3D0Amixture of dirt, pe=
bb=3D
les, dust and rocks.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0ASince I was working on the largest pots =
I'd ma=3D
de so far (coils =3D0Alearned from Vince in his workshop at McDowell's in W=
as=3D
hington=3D0Astate), and since=3D0AI had begun my never-ending search for ne=
w te=3D
xtures, we =3D0Adetermined to return in a few weeks=3DA0with new, big pots =
prot=3D
ected=3D0Aby whatever it would take to keep them damp enough to roll=3D0Ain=
the=3D
silica, some quartz including rosy quartz remnants, and=3D0Aturquoise.=3DA=
0 I =3D
think we had about ten that would work... or so I=3D0Ahoped.=3DA0 The initi=
al t=3D
reatment worked pretty well; I'd brought=3D0Aa couple of small paddles thou=
gh=3D
I feared that a few of the=3D0Apebbles were too large and "Will do what?" =
my=3D
#1 asked, "aren't=3D0Ayou a potter now, a real potter?? Get Going.=3DA0 Do=
n't =3D
quit=3D0Awhen you're right at finding whether this will work or not!"=3DA0=
=3D0AAn=3D
yway, we did this a few times before snow was threatening=3D0Aand we had to=
g=3D
ive up the backcountry trips..... bisquing went ok=3D0A....... very, very s=
lo=3D
wly... but, as I recall, it was many weeks=3D0Abefore I thought the pots we=
re=3D
dried enough to risk them in a=3D0Abisque firing. AND 6 of the 10 survived=
a=3D
s I recall.=3DA0 All but 2=3D0Aof those had cracks but they didn't blow up =
as I=3D
'd feared they=3D0Awould. (later I did the same to a large plate, my first =
pl=3D
ate,=3D0Aand it did blow destroying all in my new baby Geil.=3DA0 Well,=3D0=
Anot d=3D
estroying it=3DA0 exactly... it was fiber-lined.=3DA0 Just needed=3D0Ato re=
place =3D
a square of three of fiber... not rebuild it.. whew)=3D0A=3DA0=3D0ATo end t=
his le=3D
ngthy tale, I sold the six thinking I'd be able=3D0Ato repeat this any time=
I=3D
chose (weather permitting), but=3D0Alater bought back one... not the best,=
k=3D
ind of wobbly, so=3D0Alater I impulsively hammered it.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AThere'=
s more b=3D
ut that's enough for now.... for sure.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AJoyce=3D0AIn the Mojav=
e desert=3D
of California U.S.A.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0A=3DA0=3D0A=3DA0________________________=
____________=3D
__________________________=3D0ABonjour Edw - =3D0A=3D0AAbout those glazes -=
or mo=3D
re correctly those RAW MATS -- WOW!!=3DA0 I love it -=3D0Athe whole idea.=
=3DA0 Gr=3D
eat pix.=3D0A=3D0ASeveral thoughts/qns -- =3D0A=3D0AAre you being careful n=
ot to br=3D
eathe that dust?! =3D0AHave you tried these on a white body?=3D0AHave you t=
ried=3D
over a white opaque matt glaze?=3DA0 It would be fun to predict=3D0Awhat t=
his =3D
combo might do. =3D0A=3D0AWhen @ Penland, I always wanted to run down the r=
oad =3D
and roll some pots in=3D0Athe dust of the local feldspar (?) mine - never d=
id=3D
it, should have. =3D0A=3D0ACarry on. =3D0A=3D0AKG
Karen Gringhuis on fri 9 sep 11
Bonjour Edw -=3D20
About those glazes - or more correctly those RAW MATS -- WOW!! I love it=
=3D
-
the whole idea. Great pix.
Several thoughts/qns --=3D20
Are you being careful not to breathe that dust?!=3D20
Have you tried these on a white body?
Have you tried over a white opaque matt glaze? It would be fun to predic=
=3D
t
what this combo might do.=3D20
When @ Penland, I always wanted to run down the road and roll some pots i=
=3D
n
the dust of the local feldspar (?) mine - never did it, should have.=3D20
Carry on.=3D20
KG
Edouard Bastarache on fri 9 sep 11
Karen,
thank you for your kind words.
"Are you being careful not to breathe that dust?!" =3DDont worry it is not =
my
intention to poison my self; my specialty is Occupational and Environmental
Medicine.
Check out this :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/potier/237216472/in/photostream
"Have you tried these on a white body?"=3D No, but I may later, I have 72
small bottles made up of homemade porcelain ready to be used in future glaz=
e
tests.
"Have you tried over a white opaque matt glaze? It would be fun to predict
what this combo might do" =3DNo, sorry.
When @ Penland, I always wanted to run down the road and roll some pots in
the dust of the local feldspar (?) mine - never did it, should have.
"Carry on".=3D Ok, will do, I have many more to do, the tests are already
mixed.
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