JOYCE LEE on mon 19 sep 05
Louisville in 2007!! Fantastic. That's where I was born a very,
very long time ago. Still it would have special meaning for me since
I've had or have many family members there whom I haven't seen
on a regular schedule for some time. Thanks, Mel, for the rumor
report.
Threw on my new Clay Boss wheel this morning outside on the back
patio. Cool mornings and evenings with hot mid-days are typical
desert weather but we haven't seen much typical about this year's
heat/winds/cold/rain. Nevertheless, the CI wheel is fun.... thanks to
all of you who advised me about this purchase. =20
I'm back to bowls, where I always return after forays into plates,
lots of teapots, vases and some handbuilt work. Bowls are satisfying to =
me..
big or small sturdy ones with strong rims and hardy feet...... delicate
ones with cutouts, lacy, purely decorative if I get carried away with
the cutouts. (Thanks, Francoise, for your detailed instructions on the
latter on your magnificent website. It's been years but your words =
continue
to be by my side when the urge strikes to be more delicate in my=20
presentation.) I'm also prepared to give Elizabeth's bowls a whirl... =
lost
the instructions but am hoping I'll find them on her website. I'll soon =
have
a bisque kiln load ready ....... exciting!!
And our handsome professor from Francis Marion's double-sided bowls!=20
I've thrown
them successfully before, but never have liked the look of mine. I see
others I like very much, but mine sorta suck. Yes..... I'm pretty sure =
I'll
have sufficient to keep me occupied with "just" bowls for awhile. =20
Things are clicking right along. Exhausted at the end of the day..... =
but
physical exhaustion is FAR superior to emotional stress. Feels good.
Thank you for your many kind, supportive words which...... to my =
surprise.....
continue even as recently as yesterday. Whatta crew!
Joyce
In the Mojave where the planes are flying fast and furious =
overhead.......
wonder what's going on? Or maybe it's normal September "keeping our =
hand
in" flights. Probably. Hope so.
Elizabeth Priddy on mon 19 sep 05
hope this is it. I love bowls.
E
--- JOYCE LEE wrote:
> Louisville in 2007!! Fantastic. That's where I was born a very,
> very long time ago. Still it would have special meaning for me since
> I've had or have many family members there whom I haven't seen
> on a regular schedule for some time. Thanks, Mel, for the rumor
> report.
>
> Threw on my new Clay Boss wheel this morning outside on the back
> patio. Cool mornings and evenings with hot mid-days are typical
> desert weather but we haven't seen much typical about this year's
> heat/winds/cold/rain. Nevertheless, the CI wheel is fun.... thanks
> to
> all of you who advised me about this purchase.
>
> I'm back to bowls, where I always return after forays into plates,
> lots of teapots, vases and some handbuilt work. Bowls are satisfying
> to me..
> big or small sturdy ones with strong rims and hardy feet......
> delicate
> ones with cutouts, lacy, purely decorative if I get carried away
> with
> the cutouts. (Thanks, Francoise, for your detailed instructions on
> the
> latter on your magnificent website. It's been years but your words
> continue
> to be by my side when the urge strikes to be more delicate in my
> presentation.) I'm also prepared to give Elizabeth's bowls a
> whirl... lost
> the instructions but am hoping I'll find them on her website. I'll
> soon have
> a bisque kiln load ready ....... exciting!!
>
> And our handsome professor from Francis Marion's double-sided bowls!
> I've thrown
> them successfully before, but never have liked the look of mine. I
> see
> others I like very much, but mine sorta suck. Yes..... I'm pretty
> sure I'll
> have sufficient to keep me occupied with "just" bowls for awhile.
>
> Things are clicking right along. Exhausted at the end of the
> day..... but
> physical exhaustion is FAR superior to emotional stress. Feels good.
>
> Thank you for your many kind, supportive words which...... to my
> surprise.....
> continue even as recently as yesterday. Whatta crew!
>
> Joyce
> In the Mojave where the planes are flying fast and furious
> overhead.......
> wonder what's going on? Or maybe it's normal September "keeping our
> hand
> in" flights. Probably. Hope so.
>
>
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JOYCE LEE on thu 18 may 06
Since I'm hanging around the computer room this morning
hoping to stay caught up with Clayart, I took the time to make
my Galt house reservation. The reservations clerk told me=20
about the Executive Suites which I dismissed immediately. But
then after making a regular two beds reservation, I rethought my
position and changed to the Exec Suite...... two bedrooms and
a living room. It's $129 a night but the other was $112 and we'll
be able to split 3 or 4 ways. Sounds good to me. AND if my
buds from the desert can't make it, there should be others who
will need a spot at the last minute. There always are. Been there
myself..... several times..... until I learned finally to reserve asap.
The Galt House sounds great. Good job, Dolita! Can't wait.
I'm handbuilding bud vases for Mel hoping for a special one
somewhere down the road..... handbuilding is new to me except
for slabs, and not a lot of that. Don't recall exactly WHY we're
making bud vases for Mel but I'm definitely into it anyway. Never
know where Clayart will take you during NCECA, you know? Gotta
be prepared.
Joyce
In the Mojave thinking she'll trim her bud vases with the Giffen
Grip, AND use some of my 12 or so purchased pre-carved rollers
that I did NOT make myself, and and and ...... sh** .... I
used to be able to say "fire in oxidation at cone 1 using=20
commerically-prepared glazes" as a Put-Down (oh! Ugly Woman)
but not anymore. Claybuds are producing incredibly amazing work
at every cone with all sorts of glazes/paint/mixed media. Might
try that myself but in a serious mode...... only been in clay 8 years,
with 2 off for sad behavior, and I'm already outdated!! Drat. If I'm
going to shoot from the lip I oughta at least try it out on some
understandingly compatible bud-friend before going public.........
ah, well, we all ARE friends, are we not?
Elizabeth Priddy on thu 18 may 06
Joyce said
used to be able to say "fire in oxidation at cone 1
using
commerically-prepared glazes" as a Put-Down (oh! Ugly
Woman)
but not anymore.
_____________________________
Good. You and the rest of the crowd are finally
coming screaming into the modern age where you don't
have to use a sledgehammer to swat a gnat.
The reason the ancients used cone ten is because if
you fire anything hot enough it will melt, just the
nature of stuff in the universe. You have materials
so pure it would make them weep with desire and joy to
use, and still you envy the stuff they would probably
have gladly turned aside in favor of things that
melted lower for the same effect. Better living
through technology and chemistry!
I could give you some tips on decorating those forms
and firing them to 05 or 6, take your pick. And I
will guarantee that I can make it come out just as
desirable as anything else you have ever made.
I know my materials, and you will soon, too. If I am
talking to the same Joyce I know and love.
Keep an open mind and a lively heart and the world is
your oyster! (for pearl finding purposes)
E
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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Rikki Gill on fri 19 may 06
The reason people fire to cone ten and higher is because it is beautiful [if
you do it right]. And as nice as lower temps can look, it is not the same.
I have done both.
Rikki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Priddy"
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: NCECA 2007
> Joyce said
>
> used to be able to say "fire in oxidation at cone 1
> using
> commerically-prepared glazes" as a Put-Down (oh! Ugly
> Woman)
> but not anymore.
> _____________________________
>
> Good. You and the rest of the crowd are finally
> coming screaming into the modern age where you don't
> have to use a sledgehammer to swat a gnat.
>
> The reason the ancients used cone ten is because if
> you fire anything hot enough it will melt, just the
> nature of stuff in the universe. You have materials
> so pure it would make them weep with desire and joy to
> use, and still you envy the stuff they would probably
> have gladly turned aside in favor of things that
> melted lower for the same effect. Better living
> through technology and chemistry!
>
> I could give you some tips on decorating those forms
> and firing them to 05 or 6, take your pick. And I
> will guarantee that I can make it come out just as
> desirable as anything else you have ever made.
>
> I know my materials, and you will soon, too. If I am
> talking to the same Joyce I know and love.
>
> Keep an open mind and a lively heart and the world is
> your oyster! (for pearl finding purposes)
>
>
> E
>
>
>
>
> Elizabeth Priddy
>
> Beaufort, NC - USA
> http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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Ivor and Olive Lewis on fri 19 may 06
Dear Elizabeth Priddy=20
You say<< ...The reason the ancients used cone ten is because if you =
fire anything hot enough it will melt...>>
Agreement with your science, but how ancient are "Cones" ? I thought =
they had been around for about a hundred and twenty years. Before that =
there were various sorts of "Bars" and "Rings", products of the =
Industrial revolution. Prior to that it was draw trials.
Do you have more details of the aspect of our craft history ? ?
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
lee love on sat 20 may 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Rikki Gill wrote:
>
> The reason people fire to cone ten and higher is because it is
beautiful [if
> you do it right]. And as nice as lower temps can look, it is not
the same.
> I have done both.
>
Rikki,
I disagree. They are just "different." I think that lower temp
work that tries to look like high fire work is rarely sucessful, but
in work the takes advantage of the qualities of the medium, there is
always a better chance of sucess. The materials can teach you how to
use them.
I have mentioned here before, that my all time favorite pottery
is Jomon earthenware, even though it isn't a lot like what I make.
I think Linda Arbuckle's majolica is better than 90% of contemporary
high fire work I see.
Low fire doesn't have to be a liability. Pay attention to the
clay and it will tell you how to use it.
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
My google Notebooks: http://tinyurl.com/e5p3n
"Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire;
Bring me my Spear; O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire! "
--William Blake
Rachel Campbell on tue 20 mar 07
Hi all,
I'm still recovering from the drive home from Louisville and trying
to process everything that I saw and learned, but I figured I should
post about the week while it is still kinda fresh. It was an awesome
week... great pots and lots of amazing, weird and wonderful
people. I got to have dinner with Lisa Skeen and Elizabeth Priddy
(you might not be able to tell from her posts, but EP is tons of fun,
as well as being, um, opinionated... I haven't laughed so much and so
hard in ages...) and hang with Taylor from Texas. And Mayssan Shora
Farra is a fantastic roomie. I got to see Don Goodrich's lithopanes
(so THAT's how my mom's pretty chinese teacups with the lady in the
bottom were made) and figure out lots of stuff that I should do
different with my photos... Tons of great ideas, spent WAY too much
at the exhibit hall, and I can't WAIT to get my hands in the clay!
For those of you who were not able to make it this time, and those of
you in NCECA withdrawal, have fun checking out my photos...
http://DownToThePottersHouse.com/NCECA2007.html
Sorry for all the names I couldn't quite get right...
:-) --Rachel in Odenton, MD
http://DownToThePottersHouse.com
Lois Wilkins on tue 20 mar 07
Another wonderful NCECA that ended way too soon.
I drove home (eastern PA) to the leftovers of an 18-inch snowstorm. The
plow guy had taken care of the driveway and today I worked on the back
deck and paths to the doors and the fuel tank.
I also came home to boxes filled with pots by Nan Rothwell (from
Glassworks), Alisa Clausen from the Clayart Cyberclay at Janjobe, Jim
Bowen from the mug Exchange, and Don Goodrich, Lori Leary, Bob Anderson,
Rikki Gill, Russel and Mel from the clayart room exhibit.
So even though I spent a fortune in the exhibit hall and at Borders,
I'm feeling very rich today.
Highlights for me: the Cyberclay opening, the clayart room (seeing old
friends, meeting new ones, the photo workshop, the exchange and the
exhibit), the makeshift clayart room(s), clayart programming, the
bourbon bottles and by the ounce, glassworks, the museum hotel and
Kentucky arts
and crafts.
Thanks to you all. I'm feeling enriched and inspired. Can't wait for
the next family reunion.
Lois
Lois Wilkins
claywork@verizon.net
Eric Hansen on wed 21 mar 07
Lois - good for you - I knew somebody had to be buying
--- Lois Wilkins wrote:
> Another wonderful NCECA that ended way too soon.
>
> I drove home (eastern PA) to the leftovers of an
> 18-inch snowstorm. The
> plow guy had taken care of the driveway and today I
> worked on the back
> deck and paths to the doors and the fuel tank.
>
> I also came home to boxes filled with pots by Nan
> Rothwell (from
> Glassworks), Alisa Clausen from the Clayart
> Cyberclay at Janjobe, Jim
> Bowen from the mug Exchange, and Don Goodrich, Lori
> Leary, Bob Anderson,
> Rikki Gill, Russel and Mel from the clayart room
> exhibit.
>
> So even though I spent a fortune in the exhibit hall
> and at Borders,
> I'm feeling very rich today.
>
> Highlights for me: the Cyberclay opening, the
> clayart room (seeing old
> friends, meeting new ones, the photo workshop, the
> exchange and the
> exhibit), the makeshift clayart room(s), clayart
> programming, the
> bourbon bottles and by the ounce, glassworks, the
> museum hotel and
> Kentucky arts
> and crafts.
>
> Thanks to you all. I'm feeling enriched and
> inspired. Can't wait for
> the next family reunion.
>
> Lois
>
> Lois Wilkins
> claywork@verizon.net
>
>
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