Alisa og Claus Clausen on fri 23 mar 01
Dear Cindy,
I can very much relate to what you are saying. I make many different =
types of pots for different purposes and their surfaces should reflect =
their purpose. I like your analogy to the human form. No nudist camps =
for my pots (yet). I believe I am at the stage where glaze formulating =
to suit pots is very interesting to me, as interesting as the throwing. =
I have not become less of critical of my forms, thinking, well I will =
just slap some really wowzie glaze on it and no one will notice it =
stinks. Every woman looks good in sunglasses and lipstick but I suppose =
you cannot count on them in the sauna. I feel fortunate for where I =
live, because floating blues and all that does not really go. It is =
about the theme making pots that relate to the area you live in. My =
area is very deeply tradition rooted and that means more or less no =
frills function, but try to keep up with function and Danish minimal, =
breathtakingly simple, design. It is a challange. I have learned a lot =
from my surroundings. I am trying to find glazes that culturally fit my =
pots and ones that I find beauty in. Part of my glaze beauty standard =
is feel. I am thinking that soon I will be looking for ways to get some =
kind of flashing on my pots, something that happens during the firing =
that is not restricted to the glaze boarders. Thanks for a good post, =
Best regards,
Alisa in Denmark
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