Roger Korn on mon 1 dec 03
Speaking of raku, the Jerome gallery named "Raku" now has some of
Richard Aerni's ash glazed and (I presume) single-fired plates that
display the most symmetric ash "dribbles" I've ever seen. Combined with
very restrained trailed glaze decoration, they took my breath away.
Richard, how do you get this so EVEN? Hope you'll share.
Roger, back in Rimrock, AZ, where we got to 70 today.
You wrote:
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:38:02 -0800
From: logan johnson
Subject: Re: Raku Reduction Materials
Hi Karen,
This question has nothing to do with raku, however my inlaws also
live in AZ. Cottonwood to be exact. That's just down the mountain
from Jerome AZ. which leads to my question, have you ever visited
Jerome? It's the most awesome little ghost town thats been brought
back to life. on the main street (the only street you can drive a
car on) there are three or four potterys! Ceramics seems to be the
most dominant type of business except for places to eat. It has been
a few years since I've been there but I've been going there for the
past 20 yrs. & this place has NEVER ceased to inspire me artisticly
& spiritualy. Not to mention the fact that roving through an old
copper mining boom town with the original buildings is just
tooooooooooo much fun & a great way to spend a little time.
Especialy if you have kids with you! Please let me know if you ever
get there & what you thought of it. I could talk about Jerome for
DAYS! Did I mention how much I adore your state?!!! Oh! by the way, I
use pizza boxes for my reduction barrels it gets rid of those
blankety blank bag ripping boxes & gives a DEEP, RICH black to my
pottery. have a great day! C-YA!
Karen Stokes wrote:
In our high school pottery class in Claremont, CA., we had a BUNCH of
eucalypatus(?) trees on campus, and we used those leaves and
whatever other
leaves we could find to dump in the old trash barrel that we used for
reducing in. Also, out here in the White Mountains of AZ, the
Indians use
sheep and cow dung, ans also old leaves, sagebrush, and such, in
order to
get those magnificent black pots that they make. Of course they pit fire
their pots. We have a little Hopi lady that married an Apache, and
she does
BEAUTIFUL black pots out here on the Apache Rez. SHe uses horse dung, I
think. I haven't made it down to her place to watch, but it is
definetly on
my "to do" list for next year.
Karen Stokes
3 Feathers Ranch
Snowflake, Arizona
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McKay Creek Ceramics
In OR: PO Box 436
North Plains, OR 97133
503-647-5464
In AZ: PO Box 463
Rimrock, AZ 96335
928-567-5699
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