David Hendley on mon 15 nov 99
In the last week or two, I've noticed several references
to the aesthetic dangers of red glazes.
"Be careful", "Doesn't blend well or fit with another glaze",
"A little goes a long way"....
Well, yes, pots with copper red glazes can be gawd awful...
and so can pots with
cobalt blue glazes,
rutile blue glazes,
matt brown glazes,
shinos.
They can also be sublime.
The reason to use a glaze is not because you have the
technical expertise to make it work, but because you have
a vision of what you are trying to achieve.
An ARTIST thinks about every aspect of the work at every
step in the process.
The more you know about all kinds of glazes, the greater
your vocabulary for expression.
Best regards,
--
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
madwa on tue 16 nov 99
Hear! Hear! No matter what your technical knowledge about glazes, if it's
not what you envisioned, it really doesn't matter how marvellous the feat of
gaining say, a copper red, or a majolica white or whatever. The true
challenge for me is to get what I really want, form and glaze! (It doesn't
happen enough though!)
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