Marianne Lombardo on wed 7 aug 02
Sorry, but I do have another question regarding salad bowls. Colors. I
really have no idea what colors would compliment a salad. I'm trying to
figure out what colors to glaze this gift for my brother that would suit a
salad bowl. Other than white or beige, too blah.
And I need to use a glaze that I've already tried out on other pots because
I need it to work with no surprises. I have a lovely brown and copper
combination for the outside that look great with a food safe beige for the
inside. But, will that go with salad colors? I also have some nice greens
and nice blues.
So, blue, green, or brown? I'm not so good at putting colors together. To
me, they all sound okay. If someone was giving you a salad bowl set, what
colors would you like best, with regards to food presentation?
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
Liz Willoughby on thu 8 aug 02
Hello Marianne,
I think the salad would look great in a brown bowl. Just think of
the lettuce and the tomatoes against the brown. In fact, I love
using brown plates/bowls, read Tenmoku, for food, especially Ron
Roys. This has gone around on clayart many times, but the
black/brown background is stunning with just about any food.
As regards to the salad spoon and fork set, you might consider just
hand building them, all in one piece. Roll a long thick coil,
thicker on one end, so that you can pinch the fork or spoon into the
shape that you want. I would go into a kitchen store(if you have
time,) and have a look at some salad servers. They come in some very
interesting designs now. You can glaze them and use those pointy
stilts for firing.
Meticky Liz
p.s. there is a good store in Peterborough, down the street from the
Chef's Table.
p.p.s. best to keep the glazing simple, just in case disaster
strikes. Glazing large bowls are not easy, unless you can spray the
inside.
>Sorry, but I do have another question regarding salad bowls. Colors. I
>really have no idea what colors would compliment a salad. I'm trying to
>figure out what colors to glaze this gift for my brother that would suit a
>salad bowl. Other than white or beige, too blah.
>
>And I need to use a glaze that I've already tried out on other pots because
>I need it to work with no surprises. I have a lovely brown and copper
>combination for the outside that look great with a food safe beige for the
>inside. But, will that go with salad colors? I also have some nice greens
>So, blue, green, or brown? I'm not so good at putting colors together. To
>me, they all sound okay. If someone was giving you a salad bowl set, what
>colors would you like best, with regards to food presentation?
>
Marianne Lombardo
Liz Willoughby
RR 1
2903 Shelter Valley Rd.
Grafton, On.
Canada
K0K 2G0
e-mail lizwill@phc.igs.net
Marta Matray Gloviczki on thu 8 aug 02
Liz Willoughby wrote:
>I think the salad would look great in a brown bowl. Just think of
>the lettuce and the tomatoes against the brown. In fact, I love
>using brown plates/bowls, read Tenmoku, for food, especially Ron
>Roys. This has gone around on clayart many times, but the
>black/brown background is stunning with just about any food.
>
liz is right! the food tastes better from tenmoku bowls and plates.
not only salad, but anything else too!
if you like to drink milk, try it from a tenmoku mug... yumm.
but whisky isnt too bad either...
now, i just have to ask ababi to figure out a cone 6 electric tenmoku.
wouldnt that be great?
marta
Pam on thu 8 aug 02
Black. Reddish brown. I like boring white.
> >Sorry, but I do have another question regarding salad bowls. Colors. I
> >really have no idea what colors would compliment a salad. I'm trying to
> >figure out what colors to glaze this gift for my brother that would suit
a
> >salad bowl. Other than white or beige, too blah.
> >
> >And I need to use a glaze that I've already tried out on other pots
because
> >I need it to work with no surprises. I have a lovely brown and copper
> >combination for the outside that look great with a food safe beige for
the
> >inside. But, will that go with salad colors? I also have some nice
greens
> >So, blue, green, or brown? I'm not so good at putting colors together.
To
> >me, they all sound okay. If someone was giving you a salad bowl set,
what
> >colors would you like best, with regards to food presentation?
> >
> Marianne Lombardo
>
> Liz Willoughby
> RR 1
> 2903 Shelter Valley Rd.
> Grafton, On.
> Canada
> K0K 2G0
> e-mail lizwill@phc.igs.net
>
>
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Jeremy McLeod on thu 8 aug 02
> So, blue, green, or brown? I'm not so good at putting colors together. To
> me, they all sound okay. If someone was giving you a salad bowl set, what
> colors would you like best, with regards to food presentation?
The salad bowls we have (given us as wedding gift) are a complicated but subtle
mixture of dark brown, black, and white. They let the greens, reds, and
occasional yellows and creamy whites of salads shine.
Jim Lorio, one of Colorado's pottery gurus, is truly gaga over grays. I a
workshop
some time back he rhapsodized about how just the right warmer toned gray would
be his choice to provide a fitting setting for salads.
I can imagine blues and greens ('cuz some of my commercially produced dinnerware
is dark green and dark blue). I tend to prefer the earthier tones. Maybe its
just a
guy thing.
Jeremy McLeod
L. P. Skeen on thu 8 aug 02
> >Sorry, but I do have another question regarding salad bowls. Colors. I
really have no idea what colors would compliment a salad.
Well, mel, Ron and Jon are gonna have to look away now, but a bright cobalt
blue (aka: motherinlaw blue, smash it before it multiplies blue) looks faboo
behind the green of a salad. :) Floating blue is excellent for that too.
L
Snail Scott on thu 8 aug 02
At 08:36 PM 8/7/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry, but I do have another question regarding salad bowls. Colors. I
>really have no idea what colors would compliment a salad...
Take a leaf of lettuce to your glaze-test
tiles and ask it! ;) This is one question
that you can answer experimentally, and with
ease. "You have the technology!" Just trust
your judgement.
-Snail
Richard Aerni on thu 8 aug 02
Hmmm,
I don't know about anyone else, but when I got my membership in the
Professional Potters Association (PPA) back in 1979, I also received a
lengthy monograph which prescibed the appropriate colors and sizes for a
wide variety of ceramic objects. I've pretty much followed that advice over
the years, since I've heard via the grapevine that the powers that be in the
PPA don't take kindly to those that stray from the acceptable norm.
I would share these valuable bits of information, but since those asking
obviously haven't qualified for membership in that august body, I'd probably
be breaking a rule by publishing that info. I don't think I'm ready to feel
that type of heat! Anyway, I'll be following the discussion with interest,
and if anyone seems to be straying too far from the acceptable norm, I'll be
posting some corrective advice carefully hidden in posts that seem to bear
no discernable relation to the topic of appropriate salad bowl colors.
Off to the Chautauqua Institute to try to absorb some culture (and sell some
pots).
Richard Aerni
Bloomfield, NY ps. I'd diregard any advice from Mr. Mel on this subject,
and on the subject of which objects are appropriate for potters to make...in
my latest PPA membership roster, there is a double asterisk next to his
name! Not sure exactly what that means, but it can't be good!
Marie Tedesco Folderman on thu 8 aug 02
I enjoy watching the cooking shows/ On a few
occassions I have heard the cooks comment on black
serving pieces. Yes black! Green with
black...gorgeous! Pasta with red sauce or with
veggies..primavera..again beautiful. As long as it is
a safe one...I think it would be beautiful.
Have fun cooking and throw some pots!
Marie Folderman
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L. P. Skeen on thu 8 aug 02
From: "Richard Aerni"
Subject: Colors appropriate for Salad Bowls?
> I don't know about anyone else, but when I got my membership in the
Professional Potters Association (PPA) back in 1979, I also received a
lengthy monograph which prescibed the appropriate colors and sizes for a
> wide variety of ceramic objects. I've pretty much followed that advice
over the years, since I've heard via the grapevine that the powers that be
in the PPA don't take kindly to those that stray from the acceptable norm.
Richard, I do believe you forgot to add somewhere along there. Surely
you're not serious in stating that you allow some Bored of misDirectors
(sic) tell you what you can/can't or should/shouldn't make.
L
ray found on thu 8 aug 02
I hope this was meant to be satirical.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On
Behalf Of Richard Aerni
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:58 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Colors appropriate for Salad Bowls?
Hmmm,
I don't know about anyone else, but when I got my membership in the
Professional Potters Association (PPA) back in 1979, I also received a
lengthy monograph which prescibed the appropriate colors and sizes for a
wide variety of ceramic objects. I've pretty much followed that advice
over
the years, since I've heard via the grapevine that the powers that be in
the
PPA don't take kindly to those that stray from the acceptable norm.
I would share these valuable bits of information, but since those asking
obviously haven't qualified for membership in that august body, I'd
probably
be breaking a rule by publishing that info. I don't think I'm ready to
feel
that type of heat! Anyway, I'll be following the discussion with
interest,
and if anyone seems to be straying too far from the acceptable norm,
I'll be
posting some corrective advice carefully hidden in posts that seem to
bear
no discernable relation to the topic of appropriate salad bowl colors.
Off to the Chautauqua Institute to try to absorb some culture (and sell
some
pots).
Richard Aerni
Bloomfield, NY ps. I'd diregard any advice from Mr. Mel on this
subject,
and on the subject of which objects are appropriate for potters to
make...in
my latest PPA membership roster, there is a double asterisk next to his
name! Not sure exactly what that means, but it can't be good!
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John Hesselberth on thu 8 aug 02
Hey now Lisa--why do you think there is so much blue in the book. We
only got smart-aleky with one name
John
On Thursday, August 8, 2002, at 08:48 AM, L. P. Skeen wrote:
> Well, mel, Ron and Jon are gonna have to look away now
Elca Branman on fri 9 aug 02
When I joined the PPA,(Professioinal Potters ASS.)I had to sign a sworn
affidavit which required me, if male, to grow a beard, and if female, to
get rid of my bras..There was some stuff about diffidence and surliness
in the showroom, and use of tofu, but I ignored all that... Elca
Elca Branman,in Sarasota Florida
elcab1@juno.com
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Cindi Anderson on sat 10 aug 02
Since salad bowls are often made of wood, I would say brown should work.
Cindi
Richard Aerni on mon 12 aug 02
----- Original Message -----
From: "ray found"
> I hope this was meant to be satirical.
Ray,
Well, you can hope and hope and hope, but...
Seriously, I just came back from a show in western New York, and while there
a couple of members of the PPA's standards committee dropped by my display
for an on-site evaluation of my work...it's quality level, compliance with
PPA standards, etc. Thankfully, I passed, and, this is the exciting part,
I've been cleared to start making tureens and large planters. This is a
level that I've been aspiring to for years, and I can't tell you how happy
it makes me that I've finally achieved it.
Look for these items to start appearing in fine galleries and PPA approved
shops near you soon!
Best,
Richard Aerni
Bloomfield, NY...off to Lake Placid, NY, for a two week intensive residency
at the Hurricane Mountain Clay Center. Dannon Rhudy will be there...I'm
going to be coaching her in PPA teapot standards. Hopefully, she'll make
good progress and can give you a report when we get back.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On
> Behalf Of Richard Aerni
>
> Hmmm,
> I don't know about anyone else, but when I got my membership in the
> Professional Potters Association (PPA) back in 1979, I also received a
> lengthy monograph which prescibed the appropriate colors and sizes for a
> wide variety of ceramic objects. I've pretty much followed that advice
> over
> the years, since I've heard via the grapevine that the powers that be in
> the
> PPA don't take kindly to those that stray from the acceptable norm.
>
> I would share these valuable bits of information, but since those asking
> obviously haven't qualified for membership in that august body, I'd
> probably
> be breaking a rule by publishing that info. I don't think I'm ready to
> feel
> that type of heat! Anyway, I'll be following the discussion with
> interest,
> and if anyone seems to be straying too far from the acceptable norm,
> I'll be
> posting some corrective advice carefully hidden in posts that seem to
> bear
> no discernable relation to the topic of appropriate salad bowl colors.
>
> Off to the Chautauqua Institute to try to absorb some culture (and sell
> some
> pots).
>
> Richard Aerni
> Bloomfield, NY ps. I'd diregard any advice from Mr. Mel on this
> subject,
> and on the subject of which objects are appropriate for potters to
> make...in
> my latest PPA membership roster, there is a double asterisk next to his
> name! Not sure exactly what that means, but it can't be good!
Dannon Rhudy on fri 23 aug 02
Richard Aerni wrote:
>PPA standards, etc. ......
>I've been cleared to start making tureens and large planters. This is a
>level that I've been aspiring to for years, and I can't tell you how happy
>it makes me that I've finally achieved it.
>Look for these items to start appearing in fine galleries and PPA approved
>shops near you soon!........
.............off to ......Hurricane Mountain Clay Center. Dannon Rhudy
will be there...I'm going to be coaching her in PPA teapot standards.
Hopefully, she'll make good progress and can give you a report when we get
back......>
Well, I am back from Hurricane Mountain. It is a truly beautiful place,
(more on that later) and it was a pleasure to be there. However, it has
been a great struggle to deal with PPA teapot standards. Mine are a
bit too heavy - they should be a sixteenth of an inch thinner, apparently.
In addition, some of my teapot designs are unacceptable, and my
glazing is suspect, too. Richard tried his best, of course, to help. It
is a pity that I am a slow learner, but I have promised to continue my
efforts to achieve the proper standard(s). Perhaps in a couple of years
I'll have made it. Meanwhile, of course, I am forbidden to sell any
teapots in PPA sponsored fairs. Still, some of my other work passed
review, and I'll just have to limp along with that until I can make better
progress. There were a couple of other long-time potters there, too,
and they gave me such instruction as I was capable of accepting.
They were quite encouraging, so I have at least modest hopes. Having
PPA approval of my work means - well, it means SOMEthing, I'm
sure. Since I was unable to contribute much in the way of information
for all those other potters, I just tried to keep the coffee pot filled and
little snacks and stuff available. They appreciated that, and took to
calling me "sweetie". They did not realize, of course, that "sweetie"
in Texas is pronounced "little lady". It seemed impolite to correct them.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
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