Philip Poburka on thu 31 oct 02
One of my old Bowls as I had made some while back, may be
seen to be an example of Chatter Work...
It is on Janet's "S.U.C.A.W.S." site, in the area of it,
where private web-sites are listed, and also ( as in my
case) where images of various Potter's Work is to be found.
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leland G. Hall"
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Chattering. Recent Article
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:27:27 -0500, Rebecca P
wrote:
>You mean people actually do that ON PURPOSE?!
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>>From: iandol
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Yes, and I've seen realy beautiful results too!! Been
thinking of trying
it.
Leland in La Pine
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>>Dear Friends
>>In a recent issue of his e-zine "Ceramics Today
Newsletter", Chris Goldate
>>drew attention to the decorative process of "Chattering"
in which a
>>flexible sharp blade is allowed to jump across the surface
of thrown clay.
>>Depending on the firmness of the surface, clay is gouged
or chipped away
>>leaving a variety of textures which can be regular, cyclic
or random in
>>effect. These marks can be left to work on the glaze or be
filled with
slip
>>to give a coloured pattern in contrast to the base clay.
>>Making you own tools to do this is relatively easy with
good instructions.
>>"Handmade Potters Tools" by Philip Whitford and Gordon
Wong, which has
been
>>out of print for some time, has full instructions for
making and using
>>tools to get this chattering effect. I have referred to
this book in
>>several letters on the list and some people have been
disappointed that
>>they could not obtain a copy.
>>Gordon Wong tells me that their second edition is in
preparation and that
>>there is the sufficient new material for Volume Two for
those who, like
me,
>>were early buyers of the first edition.
>>Perhaps we could persuade these Gentlemen to write a few
instructive
>>articles on tool making for PMI sometime in the near
future. I'm sure
Bill
>>Jones would appreciate their input.
>>Best regards,
>>Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia
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