mel jacobson on mon 23 oct 06
we have a song we sing...via kerry brooks...at the farm.
`all the pots are brown, brown, brown and the clay
is gray...`sing it to the 60's song california la la l aaa.
those that think that all pots from wood fired
kilns are full of snot, dark brown and ash filled
have a certain aesthetic....it is theirs.
it belongs to them..and many look/all alike.
i love david hendley's wood fired pots...have an entire
set of dishes...all color...and wonderful.
it is like that green/copper/raku that comes
from every art center raku kiln in america.
all the same..we see it over and over and over
again. many think that is what raku should look like.
you can have any color you want.
that is up to the potter.
reduction
oxidation
raku
pit
electric
wood fired, gas, whatever.
there is no law that says a gas kiln
needs to be reduced.
what is the biggest change in pots? cone 6 electric
and, color. no shame. if someone else is telling
you what your aesthetic is, and should be...kick em in
the ...whatever. that is why i tell folks to get out
of the art center, buy a kiln. you start in art centers,
you don't spend your entire life there. `sally may said, we
only use these three glazes...brown.`
we just had a wonderful note from
diana pancioli. she does it all.
not afraid of anyone.
many are.
gotta stay with the `institutional` program.
as i have said many times:
`all the ming celedon pots were fired
in wood fuel kilns...big ones.
why are they not covered in snot?
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Lee Love on tue 24 oct 06
On 10/24/06, mel jacobson wrote:
> as i have said many times:
> `all the ming celedon pots were fired
> in wood fuel kilns...big ones.
> why are they not covered in snot?
>
Most woodfired pots are not covered with heavy ash. Here in Japan,
they moved from anagama technology to noborigama as soon as it was
available, 400 years ago. It wasn't until recently, that the anagama
was revived.
Work in the noborigama are protected from ash by saggers and
shields. Eveb Shinos that were fired in small anagama, were fired
in saggers.
Wood fired pots have a huge range of appearances.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
"When we all do better. We ALL do better." -Paul Wellstone
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