mel jacobson on sun 8 aug 99
it was a joke in a way.
japanese shino's have very little to do with what we see
coming from north american kilns...(thanks ms. wirt..sister.)
what we have now is shiny, orange to white..some big pin holes...etc.
the old seto shino of arakawa and the boys...was thick, pure white...
bumpy, and huge craters of pin holes.
if the potter used a wash of iron under the glaze he may get some orange.
mel/mn
just she knows, she is a different critter, that is all.
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clennell on tue 10 aug 99
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>it was a joke in a way.
>japanese shino's have very little to do with what we see
>coming from north american kilns...(thanks ms. wirt..sister.)
>what we have now is shiny, orange to white..some big pin holes...etc.
>
>the old seto shino of arakawa and the boys...was thick, pure white...
>bumpy, and huge craters of pin holes.
>if the potter used a wash of iron under the glaze he may get some orange.
>
>mel/mn
>just she knows, she is a different critter, that is all.
This Canuck doesn't use temokus , celedons, shinos. setos or chopsticks.
In our pottery we have black, green, brain, coackroach yellow and forks.
I still thank Virginia Wirt for the brain glaze. I like it much better
than those old white shinos that look like dead bloated fish flesh. I know,
I'm a westerner and damn proud of it! I am sure if I held one of those old
arakawa pots I'd love it but it's walking a tight rope to sell the pots
that I do. To make them more understated and hard for people to like makes
me all most certain I'd rather buy Virginia a bourbon than the boys a sake.
Are those little black spots on the carbon trap what Jack Troy calls "Angel
eyes"..? I call them blackheads. Is it hard sometimes to tell that I have a
business degree with a major in Marketing.
Got some very sexy white carbon trap with blackheads from our last firing.
Thin is orange, thick is white.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King St.
Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
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