Kate Johnson on thu 2 dec 04
A day or two ago, I got the gorgeous book that Dorie Mickelson suggested
(THANK YOU, DORIE!!), The Potter's Guide to Ceramic Surfaces by Jo Connell.
OH. My. GOD. Must get into the studio...can't WAIT to glaze more
stuff...actually dreamed about it, last night...
And what's really funny, to me, is that right there in the book are several
examples of what I've been trying to do for months, with the 18c-style
redware--the wonderful slip decorated stuff with the honey amber glaze.
As I mentioned last week, I FINALLY got where I wanted to be, after lots of
tests and lots of failures, and discovered what looked best to me was red
oxide in a transparent glaze, over white slip. I've had lots of marvelous
advice from a lot of you (listed also last week!) and much appreciated.
Among them was that suggestion, and so I tried it, among my other things,
and it looked great!
And right there in Connell's book is the information that the effect was
gained by the "traditional honey glaze"--which was, she wrote, 3% red oxide
in a transparent earthenware glaze over white slip.
Confirmation!! What a hoot. But I don't think I would have been NEARLY as
pleased or excited if I'd just found the recipe first, without the
tests...
Best--
Kate
Dorie Mickelson on fri 3 dec 04
Hey Kate, you're very welcome!!! I love this book too (The Potter's
Guide to Ceramic Surfaces)...very inspiring...bought it after taking a
surface design techniques class so it was great reinforcement for a lot
of techniques I had learned as well as great information on other
techniques I did not yet know about...love the photos too...so many
things I still want to try from this book! Glad you are enjoying it as
much as I am. Taking the scenic route to figuring things out for
oneself can definitely be extremely rewarding and educational, but
sometimes it's good to just be able to get the info you need upfront too
and then go on a scenic route from there ...
Best,
Dorie Mickelson in Ann Arbor, Michigan, making final preparations for my
show tomorrow...
From: Kate Johnson
Subject: The joys of taking the scenic route--test tiles, etc.
SNIPsuggested (THANK YOU, DORIE!!), The Potter's Guide to Ceramic Surfaces
by Jo Connell. OH. My. GOD. Must get into the studio...can't WAIT to
glaze more stuff...actually dreamed about it, last night...And what's
really funny, to me, is that right there in the book are several
examples of what I've been trying to do for months, with the 18c-style
redware--the wonderful slip decorated stuff with the honey amber glaze.>
Best--Kate
Paul Lewing on sun 5 dec 04
on 12/2/04 7:33 AM, Kate Johnson at graphicart@EPSI.NET wrote:
> And right there in Connell's book is the information that the effect was
> gained by the "traditional honey glaze"--which was, she wrote, 3% red oxide
> in a transparent earthenware glaze over white slip.
I don't know if it said this in that book or not, but that "traditional
honey glaze" was a lead glaze, which is part of what makes that nice warm
color with the iron.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Kate Johnson on mon 6 dec 04
Hi Paul...
>
>> And right there in Connell's book is the information that the effect was
>> gained by the "traditional honey glaze"--which was, she wrote, 3% red
>> oxide
>> in a transparent earthenware glaze over white slip.
>
> I don't know if it said this in that book or not, but that "traditional
> honey glaze" was a lead glaze, which is part of what makes that nice warm
> color with the iron.
No, though I knew that had to be the case with the early pieces. A lot of my
quest has been involved with reproducing the _effect_ of early lead glazes
and wood-fired kilns but without the lead or the wood firing. Sort of
like pushing a really big rock uphill...
The ones in the book that were being referenced were modern pieces, though,
so I'm assuming not lead...that's why I was so excited!
Best,
Sisyphys...er, Kate
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