Ron Roy on sun 22 sep 02
When I am making pots I am already thinking how they will look with a
certain glaze on them - when I started doing it that way I started getting
better pots right away.
RR
>searching for the perfect recipe from someone else, or a book
>can often be a waste of time. make pots, lots of them, then think about
>the surface that they need. simplify your thought process, think
>of what you like in pots. what you admire. then get on with it.
Ron Roy
RR#4
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Brighton, Ontario
Canada
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mel jacobson on sun 22 sep 02
i think too often potters miss the boat, get left
standing on the dock when it comes to glaze recipes.
it should be, in my opinion, a surface theory.
what surface do you want on your forms?
work towards a surface, then do the math
on the color.
ask yourself questions like ron would, or john.
do i want decoration?
do i want durability?
or, is it just color?
what is the purpose that i intend for my pots?
i try very hard to keep my glaze buckets simple.
but, the surface of my pots are what i fuss over.
it is feel number one. how does the glaze feel when i touch
it? then surface color and variegation.
i love simple pattern and color change, it is the painter in me
that insists on texture and pattern. but, keep it simple. the
form dictates what i do.
i walk into studios and see 30-50 glaze buckets. it boggles
my mind. i need no more than four...i have about 8, but only
rarely use them. 50 buckets of glaze, and they may make
40 pots a year. does not make sense....of course some people
just like making glaze more than pots....
not being critical, just not my thing. i find it almost impossible
to learn what glazes will do, sure don't want to do that with
50 of them. i just know about 6 or so. but, i am only 67,
have a great deal of time.
searching for the perfect recipe from someone else, or a book
can often be a waste of time. make pots, lots of them, then think about
the surface that they need. simplify your thought process, think
of what you like in pots. what you admire. then get on with it.
find a glaze surface that you love...alter it a bit, color it with many
tests..simple, slowly changing, find the one you like the most. then
find the thickness that works best.
but, without doubt, learn that your clay body has more influence
than you think. remember that a half cone difference, or a thick
coat of glaze will change things a great deal.
sometimes i think the best place for some glaze recipe books i have
seen is in the garbage.....start over. simplify.
make pots. lots of them. think surface, not glaze.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
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karen gringhuis on tue 24 sep 02
Mel -
NICELY SAID!!!
And your recipe is going into my "Search for an
Interesting White" folder. I like the sound of yours.
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Karen Gringhuis
KG Pottery
Box 607 Alfred NY 14802
Personal e-mail to:
KGPottery@hotmail.com
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