mel jacobson on fri 3 feb 12
if folks would think of glazes as groups of families that
come from many countries, life would be easier in the
pottery.
for example: shino is a pretty maverick, crazy cousin that does
not like anyone, and does her own thing no matter what
you say or do.
gloss glassy glazes like 1234 are mild mannered spinsters that
will not cause anyone trouble.
feldspar based glazes with color added are like that great
uncle that gives you money every christmas. and you learn
to depend on him for that money.
copper reds and the like can be naughty children and are
spoiled rotten. they demand care and discipline.
if you fire all of those families together in every firing you
will have family fights every month. people will get smacked in the
face and you will have to call the cops.
if you fire a fuel kiln, or have access like an art center and
everything gets fired in a group...you will be very unhappy.
if i am working with temmoku, the kiln fires very differently
than when i am doing shino. in fact in most cases if you
do early reduction, full reduction for the shino, the temmoku
will come out rotten.
i prefer to have my relatives over for dinner in small groups
of six. we have a great time, never argue and each group
can express their religious and political thoughts and i just
say...`nice you think that way, good for you`. (then i bang
my head against the wall six times after they leave.)
and i know i can never change what they are...never.
mel
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
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Paul Lewing on fri 3 feb 12
On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:38 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
if folks would think of glazes as groups of families that
come from many countries, life would be easier in the
pottery.
if you fire all of those families together in every firing you
will have family fights every month. people will get smacked in the
face and you will have to call the cops.
Actually, that's how I have always worked with glazes- all of them
together.
I have a thing I say in my glaze workshops about glazes and limit
formulas that fits right into this. I say that when it comes to
glazes fitting in limit formulas or not, there's the "Anna Karenina
Principle" at work. The first line of that book goes, "All happy
families are alike. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way".
All glazes that fit inside limit formulas are alike. All glazes that
don't fit don't fit in their own way.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
www.paullewingart.com
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