Alisa Clausen on mon 3 nov 03
> Ah, language! Isn't it wonderful? "Fat", "Lush", Full", "High", "Long",
> "Thin", "Short"!! All these descriptive terms.......and not one of them
> do the job of conveying with precision exactly what is being seen. To
> subjective. I wish there were a better way, but alas, I fear not.
>
> Not complaining, really, mind your, or criticizing, just wishing........!
>
>
Hi John!
I blame you for the idea of getting these descriptions as pictures that tell
a thousand words!!
Remember that it was you that kindly offered me a space on your website?.
But no, that was good enough.
I got bitten, and just had to go out and try it on my own...poor thing it
is, but there you can see the picture of a fat glaze.
As I understand it, there are terms in all sectors, that may be subjective
to a person on the outside, but have more or less specific meanings to the
people in the trade. So it is with clay. We have short and long clay, fat
and crazed glazes, etc.
I am a little short and a crazed person, but that has nothing to do with my
kaolin or
talc content or fissures on my surface.
regards from Alisa in dense (and dark) Denmark
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