Wendy Peck on sun 2 mar 03
Hi all,
For those of you who wish the consuming public was aware of "safe" glaze
issues, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The March edition of
Cooking Light, a very popular, just slightly upscale cooking/fitness/health
magazine has a small article on page 35 that opens the subject. It's only a
tiny, teaser piece, but education starts with knowing there could be an
issue. They even sketch out the lemon test as a safety test.
I've been getting this magazine for over 10 years, and they are pretty good
at picking up new trends before they are really hot. My guess is that the
readership is exactly right to be the best functional potter's customers, as
well, so perhaps it is a sign that a small portion of the buying public will
soon be more aware that pottery is not just pottery.
Wendy
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Ron Roy on mon 3 mar 03
Thanks for posting this Wendy,
I'll bet it sent shivers down a lot of potters spines - it certainly did mine.
It is just a matter of time before this kind of information dribbles out -
in the end it will improve our market share. Especially if we can add to
the information about our functional ware - that the glazes are safe
durable and tested.
RR - feeling a little giddy - it's been a while.
>For those of you who wish the consuming public was aware of "safe" glaze
>issues, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The March edition of
>Cooking Light, a very popular, just slightly upscale cooking/fitness/health
>magazine has a small article on page 35 that opens the subject. It's only a
>tiny, teaser piece, but education starts with knowing there could be an
>issue. They even sketch out the lemon test as a safety test.
>
>I've been getting this magazine for over 10 years, and they are pretty good
>at picking up new trends before they are really hot. My guess is that the
>readership is exactly right to be the best functional potter's customers, as
>well, so perhaps it is a sign that a small portion of the buying public will
>soon be more aware that pottery is not just pottery.
>
>Wendy
>
>Great Web Typography: Techniques for great CSS and graphic text, with tips
>from top industry professionals. Just released. http://wpeck.com/type/
>
>KISS: Keep It Simple ... Create effective, CSS-controlled menus and menu
>areas with Wendy Peck at http://productiongraphics.com
>
>Author: Menus with Beauty and Brains and Weekend Crash Course Dreamweaver MX
>and 4 (Amazon.com)
>
>Wendy Peck http://wpeck.com
Ron Roy
RR#4
15084 Little Lake Road
Brighton, Ontario
Canada
K0K 1H0
Phone: 613-475-9544
Fax: 613-475-3513
Lily Krakowski on wed 5 mar 03
Delighted this is happening! More and more I go to stores where they have
delightful and pretty and CHEAP pottery made in places whose safety
regulations I suspect of being very lightweight. Some of that stuff looks
as though a few trips to the dishwasher (dishwasher soap--at least the
brands I have seen--contains chlorine)or a few scrubs by an enthusiast who
sees no reason not to remove dried on tomato sauce with steel wood, and the
glaze will go, and the bright colors underneath (cadmium?) will be exposed.
Here we "kiln" ourselves working towards safety, and the imports continue to
flow in glazed ad lib....
> Thanks for posting this Wendy,
>
> I'll bet it sent shivers down a lot of potters spines - it certainly did mine.
>
> It is just a matter of time before this kind of information dribbles out -
> in the end it will improve our market share. Especially if we can add to
> the information about our functional ware - that the glazes are safe
> durable and tested.
>
> RR - feeling a little giddy - it's been a while.
>
>
>>For those of you who wish the consuming public was aware of "safe" glaze
>>issues, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The March edition of
>>Cooking Light, a very popular, just slightly upscale cooking/fitness/health
>>magazine has a small article on page 35 that opens the subject. It's only a
>>tiny, teaser piece, but education starts with knowing there could be an
>>issue. They even sketch out the lemon test as a safety test.
>>
>>I've been getting this magazine for over 10 years, and they are pretty good
>>at picking up new trends before they are really hot. My guess is that the
>>readership is exactly right to be the best functional potter's customers, as
>>well, so perhaps it is a sign that a small portion of the buying public will
>>soon be more aware that pottery is not just pottery.
>>
>>Wendy
>>
>>Great Web Typography: Techniques for great CSS and graphic text, with tips
>>from top industry professionals. Just released. http://wpeck.com/type/
>>
>>KISS: Keep It Simple ... Create effective, CSS-controlled menus and menu
>>areas with Wendy Peck at http://productiongraphics.com
>>
>>Author: Menus with Beauty and Brains and Weekend Crash Course Dreamweaver MX
>>and 4 (Amazon.com)
>>
>>Wendy Peck http://wpeck.com
>
> Ron Roy
> RR#4
> 15084 Little Lake Road
> Brighton, Ontario
> Canada
> K0K 1H0
> Phone: 613-475-9544
> Fax: 613-475-3513
>
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Cat Yassin on wed 5 mar 03
In a message dated 3/5/2003 12:06:32 PM Central Standard Time,
mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET writes:
> Delighted this is happening! More and more I go to stores where they have
> delightful and pretty and CHEAP pottery made in places whose safety
> regulations I suspect of being very lightweight.
There is an Import store here that has a very large housewares section full
of Asian dishes for Sushimi, etc. One particular design pattern has melted
glass in the bottom of the dish. The thing is, the glass has deep cracks.
Pretty to look at, but I can't imagine what soy sauce drizzled onto rice and
other foods would do to the cracks. My concerned wouldn't really be that the
glazes were toxic, but that the cracks would cause problems.
-Cat Yassin
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