Bonnie Gilmour on sat 29 jun 02
Hi,
Does anyone know how David Keator makes those little clear dots on his
lovely porcelain/celadon pieces? They look almost like clear tapioca
dots! I last saw a picture of this in an old ceramics monthly dated
September '78 (when you could buy an issue for $1).
Bonnie
Tim and Midori on mon 1 jul 02
> Does anyone know how David Keator makes those little clear dots on his
> lovely porcelain/celadon pieces? They look almost like clear tapioca
> dots! I last saw a picture of this in an old ceramics monthly dated
> September '78 (when you could buy an issue for $1).
I haven't seen his work, but it sounds like ricing. I've never tried it,
but apparently if you pierce holes small enough, they will fill with glaze
and fire like tiny windows in the body of the piece.
midori
Dupre Mr Marcy M on tue 2 jul 02
Does anyone know how David Keator makes those little clear dots on
his
lovely porcelain/celadon pieces? They look almost like clear tapioca
dots! I last saw a picture of this in an old ceramics monthly dated
September '78 (when you could buy an issue for $1).
Bonnie
Bonnie,
Without seeing the pieces you describe, I think what you're looking at is
"rice porcelain." The artist makes designs with grains of rice or other
combustible material, pressing them into the clay before it dries. If the
clay is worked thin enough by throwing, shaving, or paddling, the rice
grains go completley through the wall. They burn out during the bisque,
then are filled back in during glaze fire, leaving translucent "windows" in
the body, and allowing the design to show through.
This end result is also possible with castings, but is just as
time-intensive, with cleaning out the holes.
I did several pieces like this LONG time ago in my college years, and
decided I was far too impatient to do it full-time. :o)
Try it; you may like it.
Tig
In Springfield, VA, where heat and humidity combine to take all the energy
out of just about anyone over the age of 10...
Marjorie on tue 2 jul 02
Morning Bonnie : It is too too hot to get into attic to find Sept 78 =
CM. If my memory is working I suspect it might be a teapot or covered =
jar with carving (fish) and some fluting and the dots you describe. If =
this is the same or similar piece that you referred to, I suspect the =
dots are slip and the effect is obtained because of the celedon glaze =
is thinnning over the dots and collecting in the carving/flutings. =
The slip dots appear to be clear. MarjB
Bonnie Gilmour on tue 2 jul 02
Thanks for the input, however it is not rice porcelain that I was looking at...
the dots were quite raised and large. Too big for a grain of rice; GMO rice
maybe. But in '78? John Boyd's post seems the most logical, however I am now
interested in trying my hand at rice porcelain!
Bonnie
Dupre Mr Marcy M wrote:
> Does anyone know how David Keator makes those little clear dots on
> his
> lovely porcelain/celadon pieces? They look almost like clear tapioca
> dots! I last saw a picture of this in an old ceramics monthly dated
> September '78 (when you could buy an issue for $1).
>
> Bonnie
>
>
> Bonnie,
>
> Without seeing the pieces you describe, I think what you're looking at is
> "rice porcelain." The artist makes designs with grains of rice or other
> combustible material, pressing them into the clay before it dries. If the
> clay is worked thin enough by throwing, shaving, or paddling, the rice
> grains go completley through the wall. They burn out during the bisque,
> then are filled back in during glaze fire, leaving translucent "windows" in
> the body, and allowing the design to show through.
>
> This end result is also possible with castings, but is just as
> time-intensive, with cleaning out the holes.
>
> I did several pieces like this LONG time ago in my college years, and
> decided I was far too impatient to do it full-time. :o)
>
> Try it; you may like it.
>
> Tig
> In Springfield, VA, where heat and humidity combine to take all the energy
> out of just about anyone over the age of 10...
>
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Brooks Ratledge on wed 3 jul 02
The dots are probably feldspar. Dots of som feldspars have a translucency
similar to milk glass. patricia harden
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Gilmour
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: David Keator's porcelain
Thanks for the input, however it is not rice porcelain that I was looking
at...
the dots were quite raised and large. Too big for a grain of rice; GMO rice
maybe. But in '78? John Boyd's post seems the most logical, however I am
now
interested in trying my hand at rice porcelain!
Bonnie
Dupre Mr Marcy M wrote:
> Does anyone know how David Keator makes those little clear dots on
> his
> lovely porcelain/celadon pieces? They look almost like clear tapioca
> dots! I last saw a picture of this in an old ceramics monthly dated
> September '78 (when you could buy an issue for $1).
>
> Bonnie
>
>
> Bonnie,
>
> Without seeing the pieces you describe, I think what you're looking at is
> "rice porcelain." The artist makes designs with grains of rice or other
> combustible material, pressing them into the clay before it dries. If the
> clay is worked thin enough by throwing, shaving, or paddling, the rice
> grains go completley through the wall. They burn out during the bisque,
> then are filled back in during glaze fire, leaving translucent "windows"
in
> the body, and allowing the design to show through.
>
> This end result is also possible with castings, but is just as
> time-intensive, with cleaning out the holes.
>
> I did several pieces like this LONG time ago in my college years, and
> decided I was far too impatient to do it full-time. :o)
>
> Try it; you may like it.
>
> Tig
> In Springfield, VA, where heat and humidity combine to take all the energy
> out of just about anyone over the age of 10...
>
>
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