Stephanie Wright on sun 18 feb 07
Hi Mel,
I understand getting tired of your glazes. And I have tried some of
June's - they have turned out wonderfully, and really adhere to the pots
well! :-)
My suggestion for you - why use glaze? Maybe try doing some work with clay
that you have colored with mason stains or oxides, and find a good clear
glaze to use over it? Or do some agateware/marbled pots?
Another suggestion, have you tried seeing what you get when you mix all 4
glazes together? Probably wouldn't hurt to try.
BTW, I think your work is really beautiful!
Take care, and happy hunting!
Stephanie
mel jacobson on sun 18 feb 07
i am at one of those points in life:
i cannot stand my glaze buckets.
all works fine...but i need an idea.
so.
one of you brilliant folks out there is going
to jerk my chain.
i have worked my buns to the bones with,
black shino
iron saga
rhodes 32 revised
celedon
fat white raku
and, i don't know what to do next.
mel
and, you know you have made the grade, you
have a voice...when people you admire, your other
professionals accept your work.
you do not have a choice...it either happens or not.
i care what
kurt thinks.
dannon thinks.
nils thinks.
dianna panc thinks.
ron roy thinks.
hank thinks.
david baumee thinks.
david hendley thinks.
about my work.
then i know.
you cannot make it up in your own brain...and then
admire your decision.
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
June Perry on sun 18 feb 07
Mel,
I'd suggest doing a bunch of glaze tests and pick out 4 you like that you
think can work alone or together and start playing with them.
My website has about 5 pages of cone 10 test tiles along with recipes --
everything from chuns, copper reds, mother in law and other blues, iron yellows,
rusts, blacks, shinos, etc. etc.
_http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery_
(http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery)
John Britts book is a treasure with wonderful recipes, pics and firing
schedules.
You certainly have the time to test and stretch, so go for it.
It's nice to push ourselves out of our "comfort boxes" once in a while. It's
stimulating, can be both frustrating and life giving, I think.
Warm Regards,
June
_http://shambhalapottery.blogspot.com/_
(http://shambhalapottery.blogspot.com/)
http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery
Ann Brink on sun 18 feb 07
Hi Mel,
Though you say you're sick of your glazes, do you think they would acquire a
new life for you if introduced some new forms?
Of course you've explored countless forms during your long career, and it's
natural to settle on shapes that "feel right"....they become our style, I
guess. And to satisfy your "fifty-mile radius" customers, you want to retain
most shapes, I image.
But perhaps some new direction in shaping clay will be exciting, and give
you new enjoyment in the glazes that you've spent so much time exploring.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA.....planning for a Sculpture show in October that has
to be all wall sculptures. Sometimes limitations can promote creativity, I
think.
(mostly about pottery)
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
.>
> i have worked my buns to the bones with,
> black shino
> iron saga
> rhodes 32 revised
> celedon
> fat white raku
>
> and, i don't know what to do next.
> mel
>
>
mamahug on sun 18 feb 07
Mel,
Where did we go in April 2006?
Remember all those wonderful pots we saw? To bad you gave all those
books to Po :-)
We will have to visit the CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS FROM THE JINGDEZHEN
CERAMIC INSTITUE when we get to Louisville.
Try the CONSTRICTIVIST APPROACH as described in the American Craft
article about Val Cushing(Feb/March 07 issue)
We will have to visit the CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS FROM THE JINGDEZHEN
CERAMIC INSTITUE when we get to Louisville.
Why not try some brilliant COLOR, maybe a different firing
temperture.
You create wonderful images on paper, put them on Clay.
Try something nonfunctional.
Did I say that???????????????
You are just working too hard again
hugs from beautiful Lummi Bay
Linda
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, mel jacobson wrote:
>
> i am at one of those points in life:
> i cannot stand my glaze buckets.
> all works fine...but i need an idea.
>
> so.
> one of you brilliant folks out there is going
> to jerk my chain.
>
> i have worked my buns to the bones with,
> black shino
> iron saga
> rhodes 32 revised
> celedon
> fat white raku
>
> and, i don't know what to do next.
> mel
>
> and, you know you have made the grade, you
> have a voice...when people you admire, your other
> professionals accept your work.
> you do not have a choice...it either happens or not.
> i care what
> kurt thinks.
> dannon thinks.
> nils thinks.
> dianna panc thinks.
> ron roy thinks.
> hank thinks.
> david baumee thinks.
> david hendley thinks.
> about my work.
> then i know.
> you cannot make it up in your own brain...and then
> admire your decision.
>
> from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
> website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
>
> Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
>
>
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The Goodsons on sun 18 feb 07
Can you get out and walk? All alone for a least 20 minutes at a time.
(daily for a week or two) A great idea will probably come to you, and
based on your past results-I would say that it will be a wonderfully
beautiful idea-much better than anyone else could suggest. When I get
stuck that is what I have to do. I don't think this is the kind of idea
that you really wanted, but I decided to share it in the hopes that it
might help.
Sincerely,
Linda Goodson
Dan Pfeiffer on mon 19 feb 07
mel,
Maybe try picking another historical period and work on doing something in
that vain? Maybe both shapes and glazes. The early Greek red were may be a
real change.
Dan & laurel
Edouard Bastarache Inc. on mon 19 feb 07
Mel,
try Lepidolite glazes (Hehehehehe)
Later,
Edouard Bastarache
Le Français Volant
The Flying Frenchman
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
http://www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
http://perso.orange.fr/smart2000/livres.htm
http://www.pshcanada.com/Toxicology.htm
www.thepottersshop.blogspot.com
http://www.ceramique.com/cerambooks/rayons/technologie.php
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30058682@N00/
David Hendley on mon 19 feb 07
Hi Mel, here are a couple of ideas:
1.Ash glazes - another one of those areas where you can experiment
for years and still barely scratch the surface. Do tri-axial blends
with ashes, clay (different ones), and pick another ingredient
such as talc, wollastonite, spodumene, etc.
2.Since you like Rhodes 32, pick another glaze from the back of
"Clay & Glazes for the Potter" and do lots of tri-axial blends with
different colorants. You are bound to come up with some interesting
things. I think you would really enjoy the surface and feel of some
of the high-magnesia glazes that are not as matt as #32.
3.Floating Blue
(just kidding).
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david@farmpots.com
www.farmpots.com
----- Original Message -----
>i am at one of those points in life:
> i cannot stand my glaze buckets.
> all works fine...but i need an idea.
>
> so.
> one of you brilliant folks out there is going
> to jerk my chain.
>
> i have worked my buns to the bones with,
> black shino
> iron saga
> rhodes 32 revised
> celedon
> fat white raku
>
> and, i don't know what to do next.
> mel
Ivor and Olive Lewis on tue 20 feb 07
Dear Mel Jacobson,=20
Not sure if you saw my invitation some weeks ago asking for folk to =
volunteer to fire the Michael Cardew recipe for the 1170 deg Celsius =
CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 Eutectic.
I was particularly interested in having observations from Cone 6 or Cone =
5 firings. So I directed my attention to potters who regularly fire in =
that temperature range. But then Ron Roy said he would put it through a =
cone 10 firing when seemed like a good opportunity. After all, if this =
mixture does not start to fuse at the anticipated temperature of 1170 C =
it might if given more heat. I have tested it in a Cone 8 firing with =
interesting results. Perhaps you would like to join in.=20
The recipe, (Pioneer Pottery, page 51) Calcite - 33.66%, Kaolin - =
30.29%, Quartz - 35.95%.
To be sure other Readers understand, this is not a Glaze. It is a =
formulation that represents the abstract oxide content at a point on the =
Equilibrium Phase Diagram where melting is an assured event at 1170 Deg =
Celsius using the correct selection of natural ingredients. It is my =
understanding that if treated as described by Cullen Parmellee the =
Cardew recipe might be considered as a useful frit style material. As =
such it could be a springboard for future creativity.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
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