dear sheryl:
i do not know of the red glaze mystery, but i do know of the yellow glaze
mystery
The Potters of Firsk
a short story by Jack Vance, circa 1953
it is about the potters of firsk who live on the planet firsk, and take
people from the villages and use their bone ash to make a yellow glaze
noel oard mapstead
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheryl VanVleck"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: whale bone glaze
> At last, someone to answer the question I have wondered for years now.
>
> I am a mystery fan and in a mystery I read some years ago, they had a body
> being disposed of in a kiln. It was said to turn the pots a lovely red
> glaze. Of course they didn't go into what glaze was on their to begin
with
> (at least that I remember), but Noel, at Esalen Institute, do you have an
> answer for this? Or does anyone. (Not that I have any bodies laying
around
> to try mind you.)
>
> Sheryl
> Wyoming
>
>
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