Sarah House on wed 29 aug 01
A student at my raku workshop last week brought in a roll of wallpaper with
really nice texture on it. She rolled it onto fresh slabs with a rolling
pin. She got it at a Home Depot or Lowes store. I think she said it was
called paintable wallpaper. It had a nice rubbery feel to it, and very
durable.
Sarah House
http://www.skhpottery.com
shouse@mcdowell.main.nc.us
po box 84
Little Switzerland, NC
828-756-1191
Cindy Shedd on thu 30 aug 01
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A student at my raku workshop last week brought in a roll of
wallpaper with
really nice texture on it. She rolled it onto fresh slabs with a
rolling
pin. She got it at a Home Depot or Lowes store. I think she said it was
called paintable wallpaper. It had a nice rubbery feel to it, and very
durable.
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This sounds interesting, but are there any copyright considerations?
Cindy
Cindy Shedd
Research Associate
Assessment Office
Principia College
Elsah IL 62028
(618) 374-5153
Janet Kaiser on fri 31 aug 01
This wallpaper is called anaglypta or vinyl over here
in the UK and is embossed with various patterns. The
"blown vinyl" is usually a random pattern, but others
are mostly floral or linear. When I was at college, we
made small plaster slabs from pages in old wallpaper
pattern books which the art department got from
decorators & shops and then rolled slabs of clay onto
them or rolled pots onto them, rather like giant
roulettes.
CPA pro. member and local maker, Linda John has
recently used embossed vinyl to great effect on her
pots and tiles, along with old lace and other found
materials.
The three four-sided smoked pots with panels of floral
designs made using the anaglypta (not sure about the
spelling) impressed into extremely soft clay we
exhibited were lovely, but did not sell. Same old
story: if it is a pot it has to be functional... i.e.
glazed. At least on the inside, so it will hold water
even if it is never actually used for flowers, etc.
I think she must have soaked the old lace in iron oxide
and left it in situ to biscuit fire... Again a
beautiful effect. She uses both methods of achieving
texture on unglazed areas... I have a suspicion it is
because it would look too contrived or "manufactured"
when glazed.
As far as I know it would not be a copyright issue
because it is only using the pattern as a tool. Imagine
if copyright applied to all the various bits and pieces
impressed into clay or used as inspiration... I also
cannot see a manufacturer objecting to a small potter
using their designs in this way, but if in doubt you
could always write and ask permission.
A recent graduate showed me his "pots" made from
hundreds of cast Polo Mints stuck together...
Apparently it was not a copyright issue with Nestlé,
the manufacturer (I asked) and that would have been far
more like a breach IMHO. A fellow student apparently
used Levi jeans for her work... Again no problem and
Levis actually bought her whole collection.
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
HOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales Tel: (01766) 523570
E-mail: postbox@the-coa.org.uk
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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