Joyce Lee on sun 25 feb 01
Shino continues to be endlessly fascinating to me, and I still have
hundreds of paths to explore! Couple of days ago I unloaded a shallow
18" bowl, which was thrown loosely enough to have a deep semi-ruffly
rim, but not a cutesy one. (Cute can be good but not on this bowl.) It
was white stoneware glazed with Mel's shino and Pinnell's red, fired to
^9, medium reduction. Normally I'd take this glaze to ^11 as
recommended, but not this day. It's an elegant mottled greys to white
with carbon-trapped black rim and breaks. The center bottom is P's red
applied thickly and is a jewel-toned ruby red fading to cranberry on the
edges. Sooo, what did I discover? That shino is definitely worth
experimenting with, including the sacrosanct firing schedule. This one
goes behind the couch. Of all my pots in the past four years, I only
have five behind the couch ... most still go to the dump or the
UglyPotSpot. Happy with this one. Will now experiment with Mel's orange
or Geoff's navy blue in the bottom ... maybe there's also a place for
the ^10 Floating Blue on such subtle shino hues.
Joyce
In the Mojave where it has rained for two days AGAIN!! Soft, drizzly...
outside my studio window are the cloud-covered Sierras, which will
reveal themselves to be snow-covered when the clouds disperse. We could
get accustomed to this! The wild beasts all look soooo clean!
Karin Hurt on mon 26 feb 01
Aardvark in Las Vegas has some of Tom Coleman's "orange shino," it's
spectacular especially if you sprinkle som ash, it's pre-mixed, all you do is
add water.
Karin
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