iandol on mon 12 jan 04
Dear Mr. Hal Mc Whinnie,
Such a degree of pleasure could be added to the pursuit of knowledge if =
you would post the full references for such recipes as you post for =
perusal by Clayart subscribers and those who come across your postings =
by chance when conducting general searches within the internet =
community.
You might let us have some biographical information on Artigas as well =
while you are in the mood to share information.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia
Hal Mc Whinnie on tue 13 jan 04
jose artigas was a spanish potter and ceramic artist who worked closely with
joan miro on miros tiles and scultpures.
he published a glaze book in spanish which a fellow potter who study9ied with
him in spain gave to me.
he had a very complex glaze system to produce the fantastic range of colors
that were used in the murals.
one problem is that many of his glazes contained lead.
he calacined may of his glaes.
Hal Mc Whinnie on wed 14 jan 04
he fired them once and then ground them to produce color elemen ts to be
added to othjer glazes
unfortunately his book is in spanish and publised in 1960
Carol Tripp on wed 14 jan 04
Hal wrote, in part, refering to Jose Artigas:
>he calacined may of his glaes.
Hal,
Do you mean to say "he calcined many of his glazes" and what does that mean?
And yes, I know what 'to calcine' means. I'd just love an explanation of
your info.
Best regards,
Carol
Dubai, UAE
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iandol on sat 17 jan 04
Dear Hal Mc Whinnie,
Thank you for that information. Well, that was almost half a century =
ago. A lot of R & D has been done in the intervening time and a lot of =
new ideas and products have come to the market place.
I have two suggestion for anyone wishing to follow the Artigas =
decorative glazing methods.
First would be to enlarge their palette with a range of commercial =
stains and avoid using suspect materials. Look for Iron-Praseodymium if =
you need a brilliant orange.
Second would be to use a modern method of designing their glazes. As has =
been mentioned elsewhere, there is a lot of excellent information in =
"Mastering Cone 6 Glazes". The principles employed are based on =
dedicated research and have been validated by rigorous testing. As far =
as I know, it is the only text of its kind so far published.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia
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