Sarah Lackey on thu 9 dec 99
The Mexican pottery you saw originated in a little place called Oaxaca.
They burnish the pots to a high shine (I'm pretty sure the clay they use is
grey) and fire it at low temperatures. This creates the metallic/pearly
surface. The pots aren't useable for liquids because of the low firing
temperatures, but they are definitely beautiful.
Someone has duplicated this process using a slip of graphite combined with
burnishing. THere was an article about it in the November Ceramics Monthly.
http://mars.utm.edu/~sarelack/Oaxaca.html I did a little web page for
Oaxacan pottery. There's a link there to Manos de Oaxaca. . .a page created
by an American potter (Eric Mindling) who lives in Oaxaca now, or did last I
heard. He was on this list. . still is maybe. He'd be better to ask about
this amazing pottery, though. His website is full of information, though.
Enjoy!
Sarah
of Martin who's debating about mining some local clay to see what it'll look
like
>From: moira
>Reply-To: kashmir2@earthlink.net
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: glaze name and/or formula/process
>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:19:04 EST
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I'm looking for information on a type of ceramic firing process/glaze
>that produces
>a surface that looks like hematite (a stone), but is a bit more matte.
>
>So, a greyishblack, pearly surface.....
>
>I saw samples of some pieces like this recently in an exhibit of Mexican
>ceramics and am curious to know what the glaze consists of and what the
>process would involve.
>
>I'm a newcomer to ceramics.
>
>Thanks.
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