Helen Bates on tue 31 jul 01
Here's a find...
Krueger Pottery: tutorials; gallery; Boron Frit; Artist in Residence
Vic Drennan.
To those receiving a BCC, just thought you'd want to see the link for
the frit.
Krueger Pottery
http://www.kruegerpottery.com/homeframe.html
This is a St. Louis MO pottery studio, gallery and supplier to
potters.
The web page is likely new as some links remain unavailable to my
mouse click, though most are fine.
(Hint: if you ever can't click on a link here or at any other site,
try right-clicking the mouse and then left clicking the first
selection (Open in a New Window) if your browser supports that.
Links I like:
B'Frit
http://www.kruegerpottery.com/Catalog/Bfrit.html
Has analysis and suggestions for substution amounts.
Catalogue page with B'Frit pricing information
http://www.kruegerpottery.com/Catalog/drymats.html#anchor305960
Tutorials:
http://www.kruegerpottery.com/edcenter.html (Click on "Tutorials")
The Throwing tutorial has excellent pictures, clear text, and best of
all is available on one page you just scroll down. Pulling pots with
sponges is a "no no" to this instructor, but he gives at least one
good reason... loss of "exquisite" sensitivity to the clay. (I have
to say that my dermatitis of last winter, which necessitated my
learning to throw with surgical gloves (double layer) was probably a
major reason I haven't been working much with clay for several
months. It can be done, but it's no particular pleasure.)
>From the last link you can click on the gallery, which has a number of
pieces by various potters of quality.
Vic Drennen
http://www.kruegerpottery.com/vicpage.html
The Kruger "Artist in Residence", Vic Drennan, has been fascinated
recently by the designs of F.L. Wright.
Tiles, vessels and furnishings are done in a style that owes much to
Wright's art, to which Mr. Drennan adds his own material, as he says
in his Artist's Statement.
The furniture is impeccable. Images are clickable.
Weber Ware
http://www.kruegerpottery.com/weberware.htm
Weber Ware is barbecue fired smoked ware that can be gently washed to
clean after firing, when cool, and then polished with a light coating
of paste wax.
What did I enter as search terms to get to this site?
"Smooth potting skills." (In Netscape's "location" window.
People keep asking how I find the sites I do. This is just one of my
ploys.
Actually, the second page of the results got me to Morgan Pitelka's
page on Takatori Ware
http://www.princeton.edu/~mpitelka/takatori.html
Helen
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