Helen Bates on fri 16 feb 07
Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Malaysia, USA, China, Orkney, UK
Surfing with Helen Bates - February 16, 2007 - Hong Kong, Afghanistan,
Malaysia, USA, China, Orkney, UK
Greetings,
The subject of the "Floating Blue" glaze comes up on Clayart every so=20
often.
Here are 4 urls with recipes and formulas for cone 6 and cone 04=20
floating blue Glazes:
http://perso.orange.fr/smart2000/Floating_blue.htm#English
http://digitalfire.com/gerstleyborate/recipes/floatingblue.shtml
http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org/mustreads/substitutions.asp
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_claycraft_archive.html
Kam Leung (Yi Xing Teapots and much more) (Hong Kong)
http://funalliance.com/
(Kam's domain name says it all ...an excellent and fun commercial site=20
written in a light spirit and showing many hand-picked Yi Xing teapots=20
plain and fancy. Lots of photos of each pot)
the potters of Istalif (Istalif, Afghanistan):
http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/istalif_potters.htm
("Rebuilding Afghanistan Pot by Pot: The Turquoise Mountain Foundation an=
d
the Potters of Istalif" as described by fellow Clayarter Ester Svensson=20
[with Noah Coburn])
(On Steven Goldate's "Ceramics today" )
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation (Istalif)
http://www.turquoisemountain.org/
http://www.turquoisemountain.org/index.php?actionid=3D!@.M2ib04Xnwk&pagei=
d=3D87&viewtype=3Dnormal
http://www.altaiconsulting.com/handicrafts/
http://www.altaiconsulting.com/handicrafts/images/large/6.1.-Istalef-Pott=
ery-Intro.jpg
http://www.altaiconsulting.com/handicrafts/images/large/6.2.-Istalef-Pott=
ery-Patter.jpg
http://www.altaiconsulting.com/handicrafts/images/large/6.3.-Istalef-Pott=
ery-Produc.jpg
http://www.altaiconsulting.com/handicrafts/images/large/6.4.-Istalef-Pott=
ery-Aurel.jpg
From a blog, a photo of stacks of ware by Istalif potters:
http://www.greatestcities.com/4277pic/097/CP91097.jpg/100_3452.JPG
http://www.greatestcities.com/users/voyager/ (Blog homepage)
Patrick Symmes visits the pottery village of Istalif and joins a local=20
picnic:
http://outside.away.com/outside/news/200312/200312_kabul_5.html
(Page 5 of his article "The Kabul Express" for Outside Magazine)
http://outside.away.com/index.html (Outside Magazine's homepage)
Cindy Koh (Clay Expression) (Selangor, Malaysia)
http://www.clayexpression.com/
(Cindi Koh is a potter who took her training at the U. of Evansville,=20
Indiana)
(She gives classes for adults and children)
(Ideas for allowing intelligence and creativity to flower in your child)
Acorn Planet Inc. (The Yixing teapot [Zisha]) (Stony Brook, NY, USA)
http://www.acornplanet.com/zisha_teapot.shtml
(Shows the craftsmanship is required to make one yixing teapot [each=20
part of which is separately hand made.])
(A Yixing [zisha] teapot has a strainer at the base of its spout, so no=20
strainer is required for the loose tea leaves.)
Haeger Potteries (New Dundee, IL, USA)
http://www.haegerpotteries.com/
(Family-run pottery manufacturing business has been in existance 134 year=
s )
Eric Strader (Goshen, IN, USA)
http://ericstraderpottery.com/
(functional stoneware and porcelain)
(Grandson of potter Stanley Kellogg of Petoskey, MI, USA)
See also: Marshall King on Eric Strader (Ceramics Monthly) (March 2006)=20
(PDF):
http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org/artists/King2006-03.pdf
("Footsteps to Follow Eric Strader=92s Branch on the Pottery Family Tree=
"=20
by Marshall King)
Old Florida Pottery
http://aarf.com/feflpt00.htm
Meade, Lynne (Lynne Meade Porcelain) (Oakland, CA, USA)
http://lynnemeadeporcelain.com/
"The Real Harray Potter" on YouTube
Andrew Appleby (Fursbreck Pottery) (Stromness, Harray Township, Orkney,=20
Scotland, UK)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Du1Hm7INEj3c
(Video of Andrew throwing a small vase form.)
(He has probably another hundred balls of clay ready to throw)
http://www.applepot.co.uk/ (Andrew's main website)
(As an aside, I purchased some of Andrew's marvelous smoked salmon two=20
or three years ago. He shipped it vacuum-sealed pack which can be kept=20
in the cupboard unrefrigerated for a long time if unopened. If opened,=20
what is not to be used right away can be immediately packed in an=20
air-tight wrapping (I double packed it in two new 'Zip-lock' type bags)=20
and placed into the deep freeze where it will last for months as good as=20
new.) (Serve with mild finely chopped white or red onion, tiny capers=20
(Crosse and Blackwell brand if you can get them, they are much smaller=20
and milder than the larger generic brands), thinly sliced light rye=20
bread and pure unsalted butter.) (Oh my!)
Enjoy!
Helen
PS: My husband and I and our two daughters spent an entire year in=20
Orkney, on a teaching exchange. It was a delightful year. (Almost 30=20
years ago now... )
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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
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