brian on sat 5 feb 05
On 4/2/05 you wrote ....
>ng ws. I think Brian's work is fascinating and it is
>180 degrees from the usual testing I do to find glazes for functional work.
>It is exciting to see how simple blends do become a glaze. I will
>not say durable, stable,
>
>I am out of test tiles and I cannot buy them at the all night gas
>station, so until next time,
Alisa,
I am ovwerwhelmed with your effort.
You are like a one person glaze texture class!
..and I should know......I have witnessed an amazing array of
textures in the 30 or more workshops I have organised in the past
decade. All on the basis of the simple equal volume method,
understanding is brought visually to the learning of how materials
behave.
.....at any temperature......
Wait 'til you introduce 5-10-20% of coloured stain into those mixtures!
You are right when you say
>Brian's experimenting is a quick way to learn what ceramic materials
>do by themselves and how they
>influence other materials they are mixed with.
Freed from the restrictions that accompany functional pottery glazing
, all pressure is off. You can't get it wrong and better still the
absence of analytical thought and expectations makes glaze texturing
available to anyone with or without prior knowledge materials.
The mind of course can eventually insist on manipulating the
ingredients and the whole meaning of expressive surfaces and imagery
can unfold.
I hope you do not mind that I have removed the "h" from my name in
the subject line
Brian
For interested readers there are several copies of related articles
in my web site and the first of a series on this topic in Jan-Feb
"Clay Times.
--
Brian Gartside
Pukekohe, New Zealand
http://www.gartside.info
Pukekohe, New Zealand
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