Joyce Lee on fri 31 aug 01
Could anybody recommend a commercial clay
that is stoneware, ^10, which allows iron spots to bleed through...... =
preferably west coast ... Seattle, Oregon okay. I've fired the soluble =
salts
(Kurt's) three times now on test bowls, using black/brown, Fat Red, =
Coleman's Bee mixes. I'm using Kurt's glazes and I think I will like =
the soluble salts better with the iron spots.... although the tests I've =
fired look good. Apparently, I'm just an iron-show-through kind of =
ancient person.
Once I get this all worked out, I'm going to love them, I know. Seems =
I'm narrowing the numbers of my glazes ... finally. Eliminating glazes =
just because I was using so many ... just for that reason.... didn't =
make much sense. Doing so by process of elimination feels right =
(process being the key word.) Mel's shino..... Hank's shino ..... =
Hank's Black, Troy's Angel Eyes..... Troy's Soft White ... Pete's =
Red.... Mel's Orange.... Coleman's Cracked Shino.... and now Kurt's base =
glaze with colorants added ... Aardvark's Aegean Blue, Coleman's Copper =
Red and Purple , Laguna's salt .... seem to be doing most of the =
work..... along with oxide washes that Dannon told me how to use. Like =
the recently-discussed lithium with a little water, kind of bunched up =
as deco on a plate .... at ^9/10 it's just little burned-looking buttons =
that appear as if they'd pop off (haven't yet) ..... at ^11, they spread =
in an interesting pattern ..... a rutile-looking cream on the edges =
moving in to a darker, small metallicky button in the middle of each =
pattern.... sort of flowerlike.... but rather surreal, too.
Thanks for any recommendation you might offer.
Joyce
In the Mojave where the youngest wild rabbit just discovered the =
watermelon ... all alone for some reason... hope coyotes haven't been =
by. He inched up, nose quivering, looking around carefully, front paws =
stretched out as far as he could get them, put his nose in the cold =
melon ...
jumped backwards at least a foot .... saw me watching.... ignored =
me...... and quivered his whole body into the midst of the tasty, wet =
stuff...
sweet...... He doesn't know yet that desert rabbits have adapted to =
eating dried sticks ....
Steve Dalton on fri 31 aug 01
Joyce,
Have you tried Rod's Bod from Laguna. Iron spots very well.
Steve Dalton
Clear Creek Pottery
Snohomish, WA
sdpotter@gte.net
Kurt Wild on fri 31 aug 01
At 11:40 AM 8/31/01 -0700, you wrote:
>(Kurt's) three times now on test bowls, using black/brown, Fat Red, =
>Coleman's Bee mixes. I'm using Kurt's glazes and I think I will like =
>the soluble salts better with the iron spots.... although the tests I've =
>fired look good. Apparently, I'm just an iron-show-through kind of =
>ancient person.
Joyce:
I prefer my pieces to have the iron spots show through. I like the way
they tend to take the edge off my pretty precise design work - warms up
pieces a bit. I don't think it has anything to do with us being "ancient"
kinds of persons.
Kurt
Donald Goldsobel on fri 31 aug 01
While Rod's Bod from Laguna is great, it tends to warp in wide open forms I
perfer Soldate 60 or 30. It gives great iron spit outs and is a warm orange
tan where bare. It takes all thise shinos with grace and beauty. It is a
forgiving easy to throw body.
Donaald in the Sn Fernando Valley somewhere to the south of you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joyce Lee"
To:
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: Clay/warm, stonewarm ^10
Could anybody recommend a commercial clay
that is stoneware, ^10, which allows iron spots to bleed through......
preferably west coast ... Seattle, Oregon okay. I've fired the soluble
salts
(Kurt's) three times now on test bowls, using black/brown, Fat Red,
Coleman's Bee mixes. I'm using Kurt's glazes and I think I will like the
soluble salts better with the iron spots.... although the tests I've fired
look good. Apparently, I'm just an iron-show-through kind of ancient
person.
Once I get this all worked out, I'm going to love them, I know. Seems I'm
narrowing the numbers of my glazes ... finally. Eliminating glazes just
because I was using so many ... just for that reason.... didn't make much
sense. Doing so by process of elimination feels right (process being the
key word.) Mel's shino..... Hank's shino ..... Hank's Black, Troy's Angel
Eyes..... Troy's Soft White ... Pete's Red.... Mel's Orange.... Coleman's
Cracked Shino.... and now Kurt's base glaze with colorants added ...
Aardvark's Aegean Blue, Coleman's Copper Red and Purple , Laguna's salt ...
seem to be doing most of the work..... along with oxide washes that Dannon
told me how to use. Like the recently-discussed lithium with a little
water, kind of bunched up as deco on a plate .... at ^9/10 it's just little
burned-looking buttons that appear as if they'd pop off (haven't yet) ....
at ^11, they spread in an interesting pattern ..... a rutile-looking cream
on the edges moving in to a darker, small metallicky button in the middle of
each pattern.... sort of flowerlike.... but rather surreal, too.
Thanks for any recommendation you might offer.
Joyce
In the Mojave where the youngest wild rabbit just discovered the watermelon
.. all alone for some reason... hope coyotes haven't been by. He inched
up, nose quivering, looking around carefully, front paws stretched out as
far as he could get them, put his nose in the cold melon ...
jumped backwards at least a foot .... saw me watching.... ignored me......
and quivered his whole body into the midst of the tasty, wet stuff...
sweet...... He doesn't know yet that desert rabbits have adapted to eating
dried sticks ....
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