Stephen Grimmer on thu 15 feb 01
Hank,
I think Virginia Wirt was a student of Warren McKenzie at University of
Minnesota. All the other great things in American Ceramics _did_ originate
at KCAI, though. (LOL)
I didn't know the shino show was opening so late. It seems I sent him
work last September!
Best,
steve
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Stephen Grimmer
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
> From: Hank Murrow
> Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:13:12 -0800
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Shino: American & Japanese
>
> Aiko wrote in part;
>
> He must know something about teabowls.
> He selected about 46 historical teabowls for the book. Many bowls are in
> some
> museums, some are privately owned. There are shino example. They are quite
> different
> from what you call Shino in America. The surface is not smooth at all. I
> don't know
> what the difference between Shino & American Shino glazewise.
>
>
> Dear Aiko;
>
> About twentyfive years ago Ms. Wirt, while a student at the Kansas
> City Art Institute came up with a series of glazes which contained a lot of
> soda ash. They were named shino for their color resemblance to japanese
> shino, but as you remark, the surface was not at all like the Japanese
> version. The reason for this is the soda ash as well as an american
> preference for melted glazes. Perhaps marketing issues had an effect here.
> Some, who had actually handled the Momoyama originals were more interested
> in exploiting the thick/thin qualities and the wide color responses of the
> originals. The results of work along these several lines of shino inquiry
> is going to be on display at the Babcock Galleries on Fifth Avenue in New
> York September 15, in a big show called, "American Shino". This show is
> making the attempt to gather many examples of the work in Shino going on in
> America at the present time. Concurrently, a book may be published of the
> show and containing essays by several of the ceramists. Though I've never
> met Ms. Wirt, nor do I use soda ash in my shino; I plan to be at the
> opening to suggest a toast to her jump-starting of the american shino
> revival.
>
> Best Wishes, Hank in Eugene
>
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Hank Murrow on thu 15 feb 01
Aiko wrote in part;
He must know something about teabowls.
He selected about 46 historical teabowls for the book. Many bowls are in
some
museums, some are privately owned. There are shino example. They are quite
different
from what you call Shino in America. The surface is not smooth at all. I
don't know
what the difference between Shino & American Shino glazewise.
Dear Aiko;
About twentyfive years ago Ms. Wirt, while a student at the Kansas
City Art Institute came up with a series of glazes which contained a lot of
soda ash. They were named shino for their color resemblance to japanese
shino, but as you remark, the surface was not at all like the Japanese
version. The reason for this is the soda ash as well as an american
preference for melted glazes. Perhaps marketing issues had an effect here.
Some, who had actually handled the Momoyama originals were more interested
in exploiting the thick/thin qualities and the wide color responses of the
originals. The results of work along these several lines of shino inquiry
is going to be on display at the Babcock Galleries on Fifth Avenue in New
York September 15, in a big show called, "American Shino". This show is
making the attempt to gather many examples of the work in Shino going on in
America at the present time. Concurrently, a book may be published of the
show and containing essays by several of the ceramists. Though I've never
met Ms. Wirt, nor do I use soda ash in my shino; I plan to be at the
opening to suggest a toast to her jump-starting of the american shino
revival.
Best Wishes, Hank in Eugene
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