Rod & Erin on tue 30 oct 01
Actually the shells are still there after the firing and interestingly
enough it seems 3-4 days after they come out of the kiln they start to flake
and turn into powder. But straight out of the kiln they are still rather
tough. Why being in the air for a few days finishes of the process I will
let others figure out. Thats what happens to me ....
Rod
Vancouver, B.C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Herbert"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Hamada firing
> Hank in Eugene Wrote: "....The shell was knocked off after the firing to
> leave a mark behind. In other words, the 'mark' was an artifact of his
> process, not a claim as to provenance. "
>
> The story fits with what I have read but, sea shells should disintegrate
to
> Calcium Oxide during the firing. I don't think there would be much
> "knocking off" during removal from the kiln.
>
> Picky, Picky, Picky
>
> Joseph Herbert
>
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Joseph Herbert on tue 30 oct 01
Hank in Eugene Wrote: "....The shell was knocked off after the firing to
leave a mark behind. In other words, the 'mark' was an artifact of his
process, not a claim as to provenance. "
The story fits with what I have read but, sea shells should disintegrate to
Calcium Oxide during the firing. I don't think there would be much
"knocking off" during removal from the kiln.
Picky, Picky, Picky
Joseph Herbert
Hank Murrow on tue 30 oct 01
>Hank in Eugene Wrote: "....The shell was knocked off after the firing to
>leave a mark behind. In other words, the 'mark' was an artifact of his
>process, not a claim as to provenance. "
>
Then Joseph Herbert replied;
>The story fits with what I have read but, sea shells should disintegrate to
>Calcium Oxide during the firing. I don't think there would be much
>"knocking off" during removal from the kiln.
>
>Picky, Picky, Picky
Further thoughts from Hank;
At the workshop at USC in '63, Hamada placed his salt pots on these
shells filled with sand/flour mixture. The shells are pretty refractory,
and just crumble away after the fire. So does the sand, as the flour burns
out. Seemed pretty swell to me at the time. Jane Heald was given one of his
salted pitchers with a pulled handle which had been kissed by a yunomi
during the fire. Two years before she passed on, she sold it at auction for
over $5000 to take one last trip to Europe. I was fortunate to travel with
her from Barcelona to Pisa and back to Nice......a memorable 4 weeks,
courtesy of that nice salt pitcher.
Regards, Hank (in plate making mode) and cooking for Mel's visit.
C. Burkhart on wed 31 oct 01
I recently attended the Tatsuzo Shimaoka exhibition at the Japanese Cultural
Center, and Mr. Shimaoka's salt pieces are also fired on shells (clam, I
believe) in a chamber of a running kiln. I found it interesting that he
uses various silk rope braids wrapped around a rectangular object to apply
texture to the clay.
Also, The Henry Moore exhibit was awesome!
Carolsan
----- Original Message -----
> Actually the shells are still there after the firing and interestingly
> enough it seems 3-4 days after they come out of the kiln they start to
flake
> and turn into powder. But straight out of the kiln they are still rather
> tough. Why being in the air for a few days finishes of the process I will
> let others figure out. Thats what happens to me ....
>
> Rod
> Vancouver, B.C
>
Lee Love on thu 1 nov 01
----- Original Message -----
From: "C. Burkhart"
> I found it interesting that he
> uses various silk rope braids wrapped around a rectangular object to apply
> texture to the clay.
Most of the ropes are not wrapped around an object, but are just short
lengths of kimono sash rope that is rolled on the clay. Any stiff rope with
well defined strands will work. I've even seen a peice of yellow plastic rope
in Sensei's stash of tools.
--
Lee Love
Mashiko JAPAN Ikiru@kami.com
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Lee Love on thu 1 nov 01
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Herbert"
> The story fits with what I have read but, sea shells should disintegrate to
> Calcium Oxide during the firing. I don't think there would be much
> "knocking off" during removal from the kiln.
At Shimaoka's workshop, the shells are uses on the pots in the firemouth, in
the Yohen (changing chamber where charcoal is introduced. Today circular sawed
4 boxes of charcoal for the firing next month) and in the salt chamber.
Sometimes the wadded shells just fall off, but when they don't, the bottom of
the pot is set in a tub of water, where the fired shells dissolve into a paste
and come off easily.
Lee Love in Mashiko, Japan
Ikiru@kami.com
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