Sheron Roberts on thu 2 sep 99
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Not far from where I live is a natural lake called Waccamaw. My parents =
have a
little house there. Late one evening back during the days of 98 - 100 =
degree
heat, I was sitting on the end of the pier. I was imagining the scene =
before me
in an oil painting. The beautiful lake stretched out before me to the tree
line. The tree line seemed to be the stitching that joined lake and sky. =
As I
was marveling at all this, it dawned on me that everything that I was =
viewing
was blue. The lake was gray-blue, the tree line was dark, almost midnight =
blue
and the sky was a baby blue. The whole scene was blurred by a blue haze. I
reasoned with myself that if I committed this scene to canvas, the only =
pigments
I would use would be the blues.
The next glaze I mixed was a waxy matte blue. This glaze is a soft speckled
blue thinly applied. Thick and it is a shocking sort of magenta color. But=
I
love it. Every piece that came out of the last kiln load, that was glazed =
with
these colors was sold within the week.
I use browns, greens, tans, blacks, whites, blues and any combination of =
these
that work well together (this is decided of course after much testing). And
every kiln opening is like Christmas.
Also, you can buy syringe type applicators for glaze. You snip the ends off
according to the size of flow you want. The ones I have cost 1.50 each. I =
also
use one of those bulb syringes you find in the baby goods department, =
although
it allows less control over the slip or glaze.
Sheron in NC where the air is crisp and cool and the shadows are growing =
longer
in the evenings(but in my heart I know summer has not let go completely, and=
the
heat will sneak in for one last blast, soon)
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gail sheffield on fri 3 sep 99
Where can you buy the syringe applicators for glaze? Thanks.
Gail Sheffield
Covington, LA
(Where I envy those of you who can tell cool weather is coming; we don't see
any change until late September, usually).
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