mel jacobson on fri 19 sep 03
one of the greatest thrills for me
as clayart moderator has been doing
workshops around the country.
i get to meet some wonderful clayart
friends, get to interact with them, but
best of all, i get to see their pots.
last week in Seattle i was very encouraged
to see the work of 15 potters. i had them
all bring pots in on sunday morning. the work
was superb. most of it was cone 6 electric...
and, that is just fine...better than fine.
the results of years of work on glazes for cone
6 electric is paying big dividends. no one has to
be concerned that they do not have a cone 11 reduction
kiln. use what is out there, use what is being tested and
make your own modifications. it is great stuff.
don't dream of a kiln that may not be in your future, dream
of making pots with what you have.
the voices of many women are singing with cone 6 electric.
the song is beautiful.
keep it going.
i am going to turn up my volume.
the good old days are gone. we now have many
venues to work with clay. earthenware, majolica, raku,
cone 6 electric, and of course wood, salt and stoneware.
they stand together as equals.
clay.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: my.pclink.com/~melpots
or try: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
new/ http://www.rid-a-tick.com
Alisa Clausen on sat 20 sep 03
got that right Mel!!! Thanks for the generous positive reinforcement.
Always needed, always welcomed.
I, myself, even at times, allow myself to feel "less" because I am not
firing to cone 9. Cannot completely get
rid of the brand I got while in school. Cone 9 was real stoneware, the
rest was not. That was a long time ago.
Like all else, times change things.
As I found out when I moved to the land of dairy products, I had no access
to a cone 9 gas kiln.
I could get for free a broken down electric kiln. I could not push it to
cone 9.
I got tired quickly of premixed glazes.
I found Clayart and I channeled my energies into developing glazes, from the
local materials I have on hand, that melt at cone 6. In time I could mix
around with recipes to get altered results that suited what I needed or
wanted.
It is all happening and it is great to be part of a large community that is
working at cone 6. I will save some bisque for a wood firing when I get the
chance to try that. But for everyday, it is just me and the electricity
from the big, big plug in my studio. Glazing that takes on new directions
from standardized0 bases, with each firing.
It is fascinating. I am long from done.
regards from Alisa in Denmark
Tom Sawyer on tue 23 sep 03
Mel,
Really glad to hear you say what you did. I have the opportunity to fire
both Cone 6 electric and Cone 10 gas. I've got wonderful glazes at both
levels. Everytime I fire I test test test and by layering cone 6 glazes or
combining them with various slip glazes, I've got some wonderful results as
a result of this testing. Myers Briggs [mother/daughter authors of the
Myers/Briggs personality test] published a book called "gifts differing"
describing their 16 personality types and indicating that there is no one
better type - just different types. Cone 6 electric and Cone 9-10 gas -
GIFTS DIFFERING.
Tom Sawyer
tsawyer@cfl.rr.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of mel jacobson
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:23 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: cone 6 electric/alive and well
one of the greatest thrills for me
as clayart moderator has been doing
workshops around the country.
i get to meet some wonderful clayart
friends, get to interact with them, but
best of all, i get to see their pots.
last week in Seattle i was very encouraged
to see the work of 15 potters. i had them
all bring pots in on sunday morning. the work
was superb. most of it was cone 6 electric...
and, that is just fine...better than fine.
the results of years of work on glazes for cone
6 electric is paying big dividends. no one has to
be concerned that they do not have a cone 11 reduction
kiln. use what is out there, use what is being tested and
make your own modifications. it is great stuff.
don't dream of a kiln that may not be in your future, dream
of making pots with what you have.
the voices of many women are singing with cone 6 electric.
the song is beautiful.
keep it going.
i am going to turn up my volume.
the good old days are gone. we now have many
venues to work with clay. earthenware, majolica, raku,
cone 6 electric, and of course wood, salt and stoneware.
they stand together as equals.
clay.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: my.pclink.com/~melpots
or try: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
new/ http://www.rid-a-tick.com
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