Ivor and Olive Lewis on tue 3 aug 04
Dear Mel,
Regardless of the nature of the glaze, it is the nature of the Maker
of the pots on which glazes are placed which enhances the quality of
the materials we employ.
Celadon and Tenmoku are both bland surfaces when used as overall
coatings where there are no changes in Form or Surface. Work the clay
beneath them with high or low relief, definitive changes in form or
introduce a contrasting glaze as a counterpoint. Then Viscosity,
Fluidity and Surface tension have features against which they can
exert the Forces of Nature and you will get unique characterisation
which enhances the aesthetic, as well as the commercial, value of the
product.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, 3 August 2004 5:07
Subject: blue/serious
> i more than agree with david h. blue sells, and
> temmoku and celedons are potters glazes..not customer
> glazes.
>
> most potters make those chinese/ japanese glazes
> to keep sanity. we still admire the old masters and
> how they did it. we still want to be a part of the old
> and the new. if you are making a living with pots, stick
> to what sells. i will keep at the old stuff. i can afford it.
> and, i want tony to send a blue pot to baltimore. good,
> that way we won't have to say..`damn, he and shiela made
> another great shino...damn.`
>
> i have without question, made a tiny fortune on
> my blue/green/tan glaze...rhodes 32. and, i have
> published that idea/recipe for anyone to copy.
> it works. what makes me the happiest is..cobalt
> mixed with a small amount of chrome. it turns that
> mother in law crap to teal blue. then i can live with it.
> and, it sells.
>
> we as potters have to give up the paranoia of snobbery.
> so called big time critics, art historians, museum people do
> not take us seriously anyway...so..to hell with them. if you
> worry about what they think of your work...well, you have trouble
> anyway. they just don't care...period. we are crafters to most
> of them...and we do not count. we can puff and snort all we want
> and it will not change a thing. their minds are collectedly made
up.
> the best we can do is keep working, making quality stuff, sell it
> and make a living. it is the best way.
> i only worry about my customers...never what the director
> of the walker art center thinks of my pots....in fact, i don't
> care much for her art center...or what she picks to show us.
> so, we are even. they show a bunch of crap/couched as art,
> and i make pots, couched as pots. folks seem to like
> what i make for them...and pay for it.
> that says a great deal.
> mel
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