clennell on tue 24 apr 01
Sour Cherry Pottery
> tony,
> i really do not have a negative on
> your shino names.
>
> i am concerned that people know that
> what is being done with carbon trap shino
> has nothing to do with the ancestor/root
> shino from japan.
>
> call it what you will.
> i call mine `gloria nelson shino`
> and `wally lovely hair shino`.
> i also on occasion call it, `wazzzo, bango neato shino. or, `black
> beauty`.
>
> but, most often i call it `shino made in mel's studio> minnetonka, minnesota, usa. jli8923bzllq8621. (c.)
Mel: I like your names. It really is all in a name. I tried the robinson
shino from your article. God, if it weren't in your article on shino I
would never recognize it as a shino. On my high iron clay it looked like a
magnesia bamboo coloured glaze (soft, smooth, buttery). Maybe it is because
I had preconceived ideas of what shino should look like. I don't think that
anymore.
My point is that I am not looking back at the origins of shino in Japan. I
am excited about the new frontiers that seem to be opening up for this one
glaze type. Even in the one province of Ontario the diversity is incredible.
In May of this month we are hosting a show "Works in Shino". fifteen potters
in Ontario that work in shino. The work will be very diverse. Two of our
potters are Chinese. their pots will not look chinese. They are Canadians
and the region will have affected their aesthetic. Even Eric Wong who is as
Chinese as they come will probably have a cold blue cobalt/manganese slip
under his white (Oriental) shino. cold and beautiful like the waters of Lake
Ontario.
Traditions in clay were broken in America- voulkos and crew. I think it
exciting that the North Americans have picked another way to break
traditional notions.
In Canada we would call Wazzo -beaver.
Cheers,
tony
Hope has more to offer than memory.
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