clennell on tue 20 mar 01
Sour Cherry Pottery
> Took me years to learn how to use that Tenmoku - and life just got to be
> more intersting with this new one.
>
> Interesting thought - 40 years plus in clay - and I can still count the
> glazes I use regularly on one hand. I am wondering how many others find
> themselves in the same boat?
>
> The advantage of course is - you really get to know what has to be done to
> make clay and glaze look like they were ment for each other.
>
> RR
Well Crawdad welcome to shino world. Now more than ever, I'm looking
forward to the Fusion Conference in May where Sheila and I are putting on a
show at the Carnegie Gallery called "Works in Shino" work by a dozen
Ontario potters that work in shino. RR is invited, so this will be his
coming out party.
Some very fine potters are going to be in this show. Names from clayart that
you will recognize- Loose Liz and Eric Wong aka shino wong.
Two that you won't know are probably Canadas best kept secrets. i asked them
for slides, they have none. Have they ever been in a book or mag -no. Do
they even care- no. Would they do a workshop- no. Just want to make pots,
lots, and lots and lots of pots.
Diane Nasr and Kayo Young husband wife team consistently make some of the
most drop dead gorgeous porcelain pots being made on the planet.
Kayo stands about 5 feet tall and does make eggshell thin porcelain pots as
big as I have ever seen in porcelain. He is also one of Ontarios most
prolific and imaginative potters. Kayos shino will not be a crawly one. the
pots will be about form and the glaze will hardly be noticed. That is my
bet.
Gee, I better start doing something soon. I don't want to be blushing like a
black dog.
cheers,
tony
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