Jane Murray-Smith on wed 27 jul 05
Is this some kind of diamond powder or paper for polishing?....the stonelike
quality of his work really appeals to me.
Do you have a preferred clay body for this?.
Is the book you have called "Painting with Smoke"?
Thanks
Jane
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From: "Marcia Selsor"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: Naked Raku
>I was co-presenting with David at Kelowna, BC Canada in 2003. Also
> there were Randy Brodnax and Don Ellis and Kathy Jefferson from
> Vancouver, and Les Manning from Medicine Hat. He fired the pieces in
> their raku kiln and then sawdust reduced. Then popped off the glaze/
> slip and polished with diamonds...which I now use. David's pieces are
> well polished and feel like stone. I was lucky enough to buy one 20 "
> tall and striped naked raku. I have his book and saw his slide
> presentation. He fires his large pieces in a raku kiln.
> Sorry, I don't know about WSO.
> Marcia Selsor
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 9:10 PM, Jane Murray-Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have found a huge pile of slips and glazes for naked raku in
>> the
>> archives.
>> I know I have years of experimentation ahead of me, but I have two
>> questions right now.
>> First; there is a slip and glaze combination from David Roberts.
>> What has
>> me puzzled, is that it says "by David Roberts in sawdust firing",
>> then at
>> the end of the recipe says, fire to 1562F-1652F. Does a sawdust
>> firing
>> get that hot?...( I really am a newbie in many many ways!)If anyone
>> has
>> taken a course from him and knows about this, I'd love some input.
>> Second:, I use Laguna WSO for all my raku. I have never made or used
>> terra sig. Has anyone found a particular recipe for terra sig. to be
>> especially good on WSO?
>> Thanks Jane
>>
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