Lili Krakowski on tue 26 sep 06
skins
1.Ok. An Inquirer just asked for a brown c.10 glaze. Last week, same
Inquirer asked how to raise a c.6 glaze with 7% copper carb. and .8% cobalt
carb. from an electric fired glaze to a c.10 reduction. I know very little
about c.10 reduction but have/had serious doubts that 7% copper carb. would
create anything good at c. 10 R. It did seem to me Inquirer had done no
homework, and had little idea what exactly was involved. If I remember
correctly Steve Slatin gave a terse reply.
As brown glazes are THE easiest on earth to get, and the quickest skimming
of the texts tells/shows why, I again get the impression the Inquirer has
made no effort to find his own answers.
Wicked Witch that I sound, I would like to share this with Newbies. This
group--which has several real, real, real actual glaze experts on it, is
hugely generous with recipes and advice. But it behooves those who ask for
recipes to make some sort of showing that they actually have looked up some
basic answers and aquired some basic knowledge. The other day someone (NO
names) explained how he had worked on some new-to-him glazes, and what he
was interested in, and I gave him some offlist info, and will post some
recipes.
But when someone just throws out a request for a recipe, just like that, it
is very very likely that s/he will be met by stony silence.
2. I once saw a demo that impressed me! The pot--a jar, really-- was thrown
very thick--but not really formed. At about two/three pulls from final form
the impressions were made. Then the left hand, using a rib, pushed the
walls out--going from vertical jar to a roundish, let-us-call-it-teapot
shape. Only the foot and rim were touched by the right hand. The
demonstrator also planed some pots and then expanded them.
3. As many clay pots originally were cheap knock-offs of similar containers
made with costlier materials, is it not possible pointy footed jars were
cheap knock-offs of wine skins?
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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