OWLPOTTER@AOL.COM on sat 4 jan 03
In a message dated 1/4/3 02:58:34 AM, you wrote:
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I've worked a long time to get my aurora glaze to work for me on my forms...
I have had people come to openings, shows, fairs etc and
ask Can i have the recipe for this? how do you apply ? etc etc. Now that is
bad form, tacky tacky. >>
I don't think this is tacky at all. I believe in asking for it, if you want
something. Of course, the person can always say no.
Everyone's work is usually unique, and clays vary, raw ingredients vary,
kilns vary, each firing varies, etc. I don't get uptight if someone asks me
for a specific recipe. I believe in shared information. What goes around
comes around.
Guess I've got a different slant on this, I'm actually flattered if someone
asks me for information about my pots, glazes, decoration, firing, etc. I
give out information freely and I have yet to see anyone's pots turn out
exactly like mine.
-Carolynn Palmer, Somerset Center, Michigan
Dannon Rhudy on sat 4 jan 03
Carolyn Palmer said:
> Everyone's work is usually unique, and clays vary, raw ingredients vary,
> kilns vary, each firing varies, etc. I don't get uptight if someone asks
me
> for a specific recipe. I believe in shared information.......I
> give out information freely and I have yet to see anyone's pots turn out
> exactly like mine.........
It's true that works vary no matter how hard the copier
tries to make it like the original (save for deliberate forgeries
- they can be remarkable!!) I have noted that some long-time
potters/glaze makers will often give the ingredients of a glaze,
without amounts. That seems both wise and generous to
me. It is then up to the interested person to work out the
glaze, from a good start. Personally, I don't mind giving
precise formulae, but people learn more from generalities
than from specifics, in my experience.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
Lois Ruben Aronow on sun 5 jan 03
=46or a while I making the glazes for the cooperative studio of which I
was a member.
To this day, I am amazed that 10 different people can dip their posts
in the same bucket of glaze - one after the other - and the glaze on
each pot will come out differently. I would try and explain that
differences came from the thickness of the glaze (how long they held
it in the bucket), how wet the piece was (how long they spent sponging
the dust off), the clay body, bisque temp, thickness (or thinness) of
the piece itself, how full the kiln was when, it was fired, whether or
not the kiln was soaked, how long the firing took
(slow/med/fast?)......
And, of course, if the kiln gods are smiling on you that particular
day.
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Lois Ruben Aronow
gilois@bellatlantic.net
=46ine Craft Porcelain
http://www.loisaronow.com=20
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