MOLINA, RAFAEL on fri 12 jan 01
Chris:
The following is from the Brother Thomas book "Gifts from the Fire":
"This glaze is one of the many and one of the oldest of iron glazes in
pottery. It is usually a rich black, sometimes breaking to rust on the
edges and high points. It is Chinese in origin, dating as far back as the
earliest years of the T'ang dynasty (618-906). The word itself, i.e.
tenmoku, is Japanese but most probably derived from the Chinese word
tien-mu-shan, "eye of the heavenly mountain," a location in Chekiang
province of an ancient Chinese Buddhist monastery.
Ciao,
Rafael Enrique
Rafael Molina, MFA
Assistant Professor of Art
Department of Music, Art, and Dance
Tarrant County College-Southeast Campus
2100 Southeast Parkway
Arlington, TX 76018-3144
(817) 515-3711
(817) 515-3189 fax
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