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: designing glazes. the distincion between discovery and exploitation

updated sat 31 may 03

 

iandol on thu 29 may 03


Dear Rick Hamelin,

You suggest <Many books in my library of 27 years have photographic examples =
accompanying the recipes. This sounds like a starting point.>>

Though such resources may be useful and inspirational they do not =
address the Main Issue.

If we are to Design Glazes to a Specification, whether that is given to =
us or if we invent it in our own imagination as Stephanie suggests, we =
need to assemble an efficient process which will allow us all to return =
to First Principles (and I accept that imposing limitations on the =
volume of certain Elemental Ingredients may be one of those Principles) =
then use these and the skills they require to create our imagined =
product.

Having defined the Design Process we need to educate people in its =
application.

Best regards,

Ivor Lewis.