clennell on mon 10 apr 06
Well this busy week is almost over and we've had time to put some pics up on
our website http://www.sourcherrypottery.com.
In the gallery section there are some of the boxes in Sheila's new series of
work, one of her sauce boats with tongue piercings, some bourbons cups that
I think have a surface that E may like. It is our reference to the beautiful
Niargara Escarpment that we live below . The Bruce Trail ( a hiking trail)
stretches 400 miles long this limestone ridge covered with trees and moss.
The cups were buried in the coals of the kiln and you will see the feldspar
chunks that are wedged into the clay - a little nasty on the hands when
throwing. If you laid one of these cups in the forest no one would ever see
it. They belong to the environment.
There is also a pic of my kiln shelves on Gallery page #2 that when you see
them you might think again about being a woodfire potter. the Cone pack of
what Cone 11 looks like at whatever Cone we fired to and the blue frothing
snot that drips from the silicon carbide shelves at this temperature and
with that much alkaline vapour from the wood firing.
Hope y'all enjoy!
Cheers,
Tony
We also became grandparents this lucky weekend. Well, I'm married to a
grandmother, but I will be forever young. It's a girl and she's a darlin'.
Her name is Ava!
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King Street
Beamsville, Ontario
CANADA L0R 1B1
Elizabeth Priddy on tue 11 apr 06
I actually like the spikey ewer and the boxes a lot.
I could use some kiln shelves, and at my temps, your
goo wouldn't even liquify, so send em on down.
Actually the "international" shipping would make those
shelves VERY expensive indeed. SO you keep em and
I'll
get crankin on my own.
I would really like to see those cups up close. The
photo available is lovely, but I think the devil is
in the details and I would really like to see a super
close detail. Not that you have anything else to
do...
You can always tell the potters from the other
artists.
The first thing they do is put the work about 2-3
inches out from there nose and stare at it for a
while.
The potter/geezers hold them at normal range, but that
is just cause there eyes have gone far-sighted with
age.
Well, I have finally designed the raku kiln of my
dreams. It has a permanent platform, but breakaway
sides that will store flat against a wall in the shed,
the doors open wide and the whole top is removable,
for I have pieces planned that will not be portable
and
that are much larger than the average trash can. Good
thing I learned resourcefulness from some really smart
people, one a potter and one a woman making do for 5
kids alone. I can make anything out of nothing for no
money. It just takes some time, some ingenuity, and a
sense for scrounging. Give me a hundred dollars and
I will make all your wildest dreams come true.
Feeling my oats today, as the future is bright, the
circus is in town, and my baby thinks I am great.
Did I mention that the FIRST dvd is launched and is
floating quite nicely? I have three more planned: the
"baby woody train", the "collapsible raku for firing
on
the fly", and "chinese brush painting for
potters-surface decoration with intention"
I think I willget ready for the circus. Cole Bros.
is in town and it only includes elephants as far as
exotic animals. All others are domesticated and so
I feel good about it. Even the animals in the
national
zoo made me kinda uncomfortable, especially the great
apes. I had vowed that I would never take the boy to
see the circus except for the Cirque de Soleil type
where the "acts" can indicate complicity with words
and
that train without cattle prods. But I spent the
morning taliking to the dog act guy at the thrift
store
and he made me feel a ot better about it. The only
animals that are in this show are hroses, ponies,
dogs,
people, camels, and elephants, all of whom have
relationships with man that make their captivity
tolerable and perhaps even enjoyable for the critters.
And a minumum of clowns...so I should be quite
excited.
Congratulations to Tony for Ava. I bet you will make
an excellent grandpa. The primary requisites for
being
a great grandpa is having a cool and unusual residence
to go spend time (a pottery, a farm, or a place in the
city would all do nicely) and being a witty racontour,
which makes it out that you are covered both ways.
What a lucky grandbaby.
I have to go now and find my edge, which I seem to
have
misplaced.
Kinder and gentler, for now at least,
E
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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