Bonnie Staffel on sat 22 dec 01
-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Staffel [mailto:bstaffel@torchlake.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 10:51 AM
To: DaleCochoy@Prodigy.com
Subject: Clay Color
Dear Dale,
Enjoyed looking at your wonderful bonsai plants. This is one of those
things I wish I had another lifetime to do. However, I have a suggestion
about your bloated pots. Have you thought of using a clay that does not
bloat for the main body and then making a slip of your bloating clay and
paint it on top just for it's color? You can screen the slip to get rid of
any grit. I do this quite often for one glaze that I use for it's haloing
effect on an iron bearing clay. My base clay is very white. So this takes
care of my problem.
Regards, Bonnie Staffel, of Charlevoix, MI
Dale Cochoy on sat 22 dec 01
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie Staffel
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: FW: Clay Color & bloating
> Dear Dale,
> Enjoyed looking at your wonderful bonsai plants. This is one of those
> things I wish I had another lifetime to do. However, I have a suggestion
> about your bloated pots. Have you thought of using a clay that does not
> bloat for the main body and then making a slip of your bloating clay and
> paint it on top just for it's color? You can screen the slip to get rid
of
> any grit. I do this quite often for one glaze that I use for it's haloing
> effect on an iron bearing clay. My base clay is very white. So this
takes
> care of my problem.
>
> Regards, Bonnie Staffel, of Charlevoix, MI
Well, I LIKE THE COLOR of this clay on unglazed pots , so it would never
look good to me I fear if I would do that throught the entire surface.. I do
often use a black clay slip over lighter clays then carve designs through. I
do this , but, usually only on smaller pots. With bonsai pots it's easy to
"over-do it" and wind up with "Easter Eggs" as my teacher would say!
Thanks,
Dale
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