Lee Love on mon 18 mar 02
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Milazzo"
> Lee, if no one else has responded to you already, I'd
> love to exchange with you.
Hi Julie. Two people replied right away so the available yunomi are
spoken for. But let me know after you fire. The kiln space available to us
apprentices is limited and I am beginning to us most of my allotted space for
glaze tests, but might be able to come up with another yunomi in a month or two.
In the middle of glazing for the noborigama, I made my first run to
the Clay cooperative and another pottery store for glaze materials and bought
about $500.00 worth of materials to start testing with (friends in the states
mailed me my triple beam last month.)
In the noborigama, I put 8 test tiles in: four in the
reduction chamber (second chamber) and the same tests in the oxidation chamber
(3rd chamber.) I tested Hamada's recipe for Nami Jiro with Terrayama clay, a
white clay. It goes blue in the oxidation chamber if you put ochre slip under
it. I did one test of half Terrayama clay and half wood ash and another of
Hamada's recipe that was one part Terrayama, one part wood ash and one part
rice straw ash. I also tested a John Baymore shino recipe that didn t
require spodumene or neph syn., using Japanese feldspars and clays. The
other test was of my Strontium blue/red/green glaze, with Japanese feldspars and
clays. Fukuyan, the retired
Forman saw the blue/red/green test and insisted that it was Sage Nuka (green
Nuka.) It is more matt than Sage normally is. I am most excited about how
the Shino test turned out in the "so called" oxidation chamber. Will try some
Terrayama in the Shino next test. Will put photos of the tiles up sometime.
> I'd be honored to exchange with you. Are you a coffee
> drinker, tea drinker, or a boozer? I want to send
> something appropriate, and have already probably made
> it! Let me know...
I imbibe all of these above. If you just add sake, all the bases are
covered. :^) I like American and Scotch whiskies, prefer Japanese beer
over most American beer and there is no competition for sake really, in America.
Coffee is good in both countries (expensive in restaurants here: every
restaurant is like going to Starbucks moneywise.) Green tea is best here.
Both places have
good dark tea. I drink milk too. I miss a good malted chocolate milkshake!
--
Lee In Mashiko Ikiru@kami.com
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!" -- Goethe --
Julie Milazzo on mon 18 mar 02
I had always wondered if I was missing out on
something with sake here! I never could get it down
the hatch; worse than nail polish remover! Even hot! I
could send you some Ovaltine, though I know that's a
hell of a lot different than a malted milkshake. When
I studied abroad in Italy, I always wondered how I
managed to gain twenty pounds even though I left all
my favorite fatty foods behind in the states. How
permanently are you in Japan? We could always exchange
mugs when you get back to the states if it's easier
for you. I'm not in a hurry. I just plan to eventually
own a piece from everyone I know. Anyway, if you need
any recipes (although I don't know why you would use
American recipes when you're in the motherland) or
Ovaltine, feel free to ask. I'll keep you posted about
the gas kiln when it arrives. I wanted it yesterday!!!
Jules--- Lee Love wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Milazzo"
>
> > Lee, if no one else has responded to you already,
> I'd
> > love to exchange with you.
>
> Hi Julie. Two people replied right away so
> the available yunomi are
> spoken for. But let me know after you fire.
> The kiln space available to us
> apprentices is limited and I am beginning to us most
> of my allotted space for
> glaze tests, but might be able to come up with
> another yunomi in a month or two.
>
> In the middle of glazing for the
> noborigama, I made my first run to
> the Clay cooperative and another pottery store for
> glaze materials and bought
> about $500.00 worth of materials to start testing
> with (friends in the states
> mailed me my triple beam last month.)
>
> In the noborigama, I put 8 test
> tiles in: four in the
> reduction chamber (second chamber) and the same
> tests in the oxidation chamber
> (3rd chamber.) I tested Hamada's recipe for Nami
> Jiro with Terrayama clay, a
> white clay. It goes blue in the oxidation chamber
> if you put ochre slip under
> it. I did one test of half Terrayama clay and
> half wood ash and another of
> Hamada's recipe that was one part Terrayama, one
> part wood ash and one part
> rice straw ash. I also tested a John Baymore
> shino recipe that didn t
> require spodumene or neph syn., using Japanese
> feldspars and clays. The
> other test was of my Strontium blue/red/green glaze,
> with Japanese feldspars and
> clays. Fukuyan, the retired
> Forman saw the blue/red/green test and insisted that
> it was Sage Nuka (green
> Nuka.) It is more matt than Sage normally is. I
> am most excited about how
> the Shino test turned out in the "so called"
> oxidation chamber. Will try some
> Terrayama in the Shino next test. Will put photos
> of the tiles up sometime.
>
> > I'd be honored to exchange with you. Are you a
> coffee
> > drinker, tea drinker, or a boozer? I want to send
> > something appropriate, and have already probably
> made
> > it! Let me know...
>
> I imbibe all of these above. If you just
> add sake, all the bases are
> covered. :^) I like American and Scotch
> whiskies, prefer Japanese beer
> over most American beer and there is no competition
> for sake really, in America.
> Coffee is good in both countries (expensive in
> restaurants here: every
> restaurant is like going to Starbucks moneywise.)
> Green tea is best here.
> Both places have
> good dark tea. I drink milk too. I miss a good
> malted chocolate milkshake!
>
> --
> Lee In Mashiko Ikiru@kami.com
>
> "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
> Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!" --
> Goethe --
>
>
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