Earl Brunner on thu 9 jul 98
Tom Coleman has been excited about some of the results people have been
getting recently by using his Coleman porcelain in woodfired kilns and thought
that others might be interested. He asked me if I would post to the list the
following letter, dated June 22, 1998, which he received, this is done with
the authors permission.
Dear Tom:
I just completed a woodfire workshop with Jack Troy at Sierra Nevada College.
I brought up one bag of Coleman porcelain, and made several small bowls and
cups with it that went into the kiln. We had a shino mixed up, high in soda
ash and one bucket with redart added, from a recipe Jack shared with us. I
used the shinos on some of the pieces I had made with the Coleman porcelain.
The results were great. Better yet, Jack thought the Coleman porcelain was
the best clay body that came out of that kiln. I gave Jack a few balls of
that clay to use and he liked the feel of it. He suggested that we try
combining it with some terra cotta, to add some iron, at different
percentages, to see what results occur.
I have fired at the East Creek anagama ( I know of your involvement with
that anagama ) with a group of women ceramic artists in that area and several
used the Coleman porcelain this past March with favorable results.
One of my better pieces from the SNC woodfire was a Coleman porcelain cup
with both shinos on it and placed inside a lidded vessel which acted as a
sagger, something Jack recommends doing. There was some great carbon trapping
on it.
I heard that you'll be at Sierra Nevada College next summer-- I hope that
I'll be able to attend.
Sincerly yours,
Elle Miller
Tom has been excited about some of the results people have been getting
recently in woodfired kilns with the porcelain and thought that others might
be interested.
Ilene Mahler on fri 10 jul 98
Is the clay body for sale at one of the clay houses .laguna etc. I
will be doing a wood firing aug. 23 and am interested in a bag. Ilene
imahler@snet.net At 11:46 AM 7/9/98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Tom Coleman has been excited about some of the results people have been
>getting recently by using his Coleman porcelain in woodfired kilns and
thought
>that others might be interested. He asked me if I would post to the list the
>following letter, dated June 22, 1998, which he received, this is done with
>the authors permission.
>Dear Tom:
> I just completed a woodfire workshop with Jack Troy at Sierra
Nevada College.
>I brought up one bag of Coleman porcelain, and made several small bowls and
>cups with it that went into the kiln. We had a shino mixed up, high in soda
>ash and one bucket with redart added, from a recipe Jack shared with us. I
>used the shinos on some of the pieces I had made with the Coleman porcelain.
>The results were great. Better yet, Jack thought the Coleman porcelain was
>the best clay body that came out of that kiln. I gave Jack a few balls of
>that clay to use and he liked the feel of it. He suggested that we try
>combining it with some terra cotta, to add some iron, at different
>percentages, to see what results occur.
> I have fired at the East Creek anagama ( I know of your involvement
with
>that anagama ) with a group of women ceramic artists in that area and several
>used the Coleman porcelain this past March with favorable results.
> One of my better pieces from the SNC woodfire was a Coleman
porcelain cup
>with both shinos on it and placed inside a lidded vessel which acted as a
>sagger, something Jack recommends doing. There was some great carbon
trapping
>on it.
> I heard that you'll be at Sierra Nevada College next summer-- I
hope that
>I'll be able to attend.
>
>Sincerly yours,
>Elle Miller
>
>Tom has been excited about some of the results people have been getting
>recently in woodfired kilns with the porcelain and thought that others might
>be interested.
>
>
Earl Brunner on sat 11 jul 98
Aardvark Clay in California is currently mixing Tom's porcelain.
Ilene Mahler on sun 12 jul 98
Thanks, but being from Conn.Doen't know what city in Calif. or if possible
a phone 3 Thamks Ilene At 09:58 PM 7/11/98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Aardvark Clay in California is currently mixing Tom's porcelain.
>
>
Milton Markey on mon 13 jul 98
Hi Ilene!
Here is Aardvark's address:
1400 E. Pomona St.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714/541-4157
http://www.ceramics.com.aardvark/
I'm a customer of this company. I recommend you order their latest catalog.
Milton MiltonsLin@AOL.COM
pedresel@3-cities.com on mon 13 jul 98
This would sound a lot less like a crass commercial advertisment and a
lot more like a helpful sharing of information if he included his
clay formula. 8-) Not likely, eh?
-- Evan
At 11:46 AM 7-9-98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Tom Coleman has been excited about some of the results people have been
>getting recently by using his Coleman porcelain in woodfired kilns ...
SNIP!
Ilene Mahler on tue 14 jul 98
Thanks.Iam doing business with laguna and it's tough waiting for them to
have a whole pallet to ship east otherwise the shipping cost is
prohibitive.Thanks I have a web page done by a friend hope you look
http://members.xoom.com/ilenespots I don't know yet exactly how to paste.
so you can just click on. When you see my stuff you will know why I like a
good porcelain and I rku it It's the best with my copper matt and gold
Ilene
At 06:59 PM 7/13/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Ilene!
>
>Here is Aardvark's address:
>
>1400 E. Pomona St.
>Santa Ana, CA 92705
>714/541-4157
>http://www.ceramics.com.aardvark/
>
>I'm a customer of this company. I recommend you order their latest catalog.
>
>Milton MiltonsLin@AOL.COM
>
>
Earl Brunner on tue 14 jul 98
I
Well now, since Aardvark is commercially marketing the Porcelain, available
throught their catalogue and store and since, to my knowledge Tom doesn't get
much if anything in return, I would suppose that you could try to make a case
for "crass commercialism". The stuff is largely grolleg clay, I don't think
that you would be saving much money if you knew the formula.
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