Russel Fouts on sat 13 nov 99
Carrie.
>> It's really hard to know much about how any pot's glaze even if you have it i
alumina. This is why it's so fluid, why the color flows with the glaze,
and also a lot of why it's crazed. So it may be possible to preserve
that effect and lose the crazing, but it would probably be tricky. <<
I think I've seen the glaze you're talking about on the pots of Uichi
Shimizu in Japan as well as on some pots from a potter here in Belgium.
I asked the person who was "manning" the booth (the potter was out)
about it but he would only say that it was a high feldspathic glaze (but
I think he new more).
The glaze looks really thick whether pooled or not and there seem to be
crystals at different depths. The crystals are generally octoganal or
hegagonal but in any case fairly regular and large (more than 1 cm).
They were greenish or blue over all. On Shimizu's pots it was the same
whether on a vertical surface or horizontal and got a beautiful red-gold
"veining" in the uppermost layer of crystals, I think, by either rubbing
an oxide into the cracks or using some kind of wash and refiring. The
Belgian put it only on plates but I think he also got the "veining".
Upon writing this I realise that it might be an entirely different glaze
I've described. Maybe I have a sadistic bent? ;-)
I have pictures of the Shimizu pots and should get them scanned (I've
already promised Frank I'd do this for some other pots. I need to get my
own scanner!)
Russel
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