Good Morning, Recently, on a book hunting expedition, I ran across a book with some 170 plates of Flowers done by Maruice Pillard Vereuil (1869-1942) The book is titled "Decorative Flowers" The author is William Wheeler One way that I feel somewhat confident about describing the work is that the details of the flowers have been reduced and refined to capture the "essence" of particular flowers at a level of detail just feasible in ceramic glazes. Symmetry is heavily applied. The colors and textures seem to me to match glazes in an uncanny way. Here is a line from the cover jacket: "Nearly a century after they were created, Verneuil's Metamorphases of "simple" flowers into intricate, elegant designs retain their enormous appeal". I think this is true. ...we are doing the Kurt Wild process(*see note below) on hand-made stoneware tiles and slabs. The process is continuing to evolve, recently there have been some significant enhancements. If you are interested in having pieces of this style reproduced on stoneware you are welcome to contact me off list. Best, George Koller Sturgeon Bay, WI - Door County Northport, MI *The Kurt Wild decorating process uses the metal sulfates added to a base glaze as the colorants. Boundries between colors are generally created by Kurt with a dental scratching tool. Kurt uses a brush, we use a electronic nozzle. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 08:34:25 -0500 From: jspoces Subject: Re: Doorknobs and Tiling Sam, I recommend a reference book I have been using for over ten years. My tiling projects don't happen that often. SETTING CERAMIC TILE by Michael Byrne,Isbn 0-918804-55-8. It is a wonderful book, full of information on how to do so many types of tiling projects. I learned how to tile floors and walls from this sole source. I am in the midst of tiling our home's entryway this week. According to Michael Byrne, tile can be set over linoleum as long as it is still firmly attached to the floor and not peeling or cracked. He adds a lot more information about roughing up the surface with sandpaper, etc. on page 83. I find tiling a very satisfying type of work. Good Luck! Saundra in Zirconia, NC ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:55:49 +1100 From: Des & Jan Howard Subject: Re: Wood kiln plans request (this may interest you) June Steve Harrison & Janine King, the authors of "Layed Back Wood Firing", live in Oz (20+ years at the below address). Hot & Sticky Pty Ltd Kiln & Clay Technology Old School Railway Parade Balmoral Village via Picton NSW 2571 Australia Ph/Fax 02 4889 8479 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:13:23 -0700 From: Snail Scott Subject: Re: The how-to's of molding and casting At 01:48 AM 10/23/02 -0400, you wrote: >..."The Prop Builder's Molding and Casting Handbook" by Thurston James is by far the most thorough reference tool for making various kinds of molds... I had a chance to take a workshop with him, a number of years ago. It was sponsored by the university theater department, so I was told that 'first dibs' would go to theater students, and others could sign up if space remained. I was thrilled to get a spot in the class, and amazed that it wasn't filled up by students. They really missed out! I bought this book at that time, and still refer to it fo its wide range of techniques. Good for more than props! -Snail ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:33:08 -0400 From: Aiko Ichimura Subject: Japan Solo Hi all, I want to share with you a book my friend used in Japan while she was traveling alone. Now I am getting information from this book. She got to stay at very reasonable places. Japan Solo, by Eiji Kanno (published by Kodansha International). Aiko Ichimura aikop@erols.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 05:55:46 -0700 From: Phyllis Tilton Subject: Language, Grammar, English etc,etc,--- Being waaaaaay behind in reading Clayart, I came upon the message about being grammatically correct in our writing. I know that there are people that will nitpick at many different things, table manners, mode of dress, length of hair, and other stuff, ad nauseum. BUT, look at the changes that have come about by having diversity! About being oneself ! --I could rant on but want to share the title of a book about our language. It is an extremely good read, never boring, humorous and very informative. Sent me to the dictionary numerous times to get the 'gist' of a word that the author uses. The book is by Bill Bryson. Title: THE MOTHER TONGUE English and how it got that way. ISBN 0-380-71543-0(pbk) He tells why you can talk but your dog can't. One of my sons gave me the book plus 7 others that Bryson has written. I am reading my way through them--mostly in the middle of the night when sleep evades me. If you can find this book, enjoy! Phyllis Tilton daisypet1@yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:31:30 -0700 From: Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild Subject: Re: Websight Software Steve - There are many programs available to create web pages on a Macintosh. In fact, all the major web authoring programs are available for both Mac and Windows. It's hard to make a specific recommendation without knowing more about your goals and your technical background, so instead I will refer you to a book that I think would really help you. It's called "The Internet and Art," and it's written by Barbara Houghton. The book gives some very good advice for extablishing an art site on the internet. It also includes mini-tutorials on many of the major software programs, with examples of how to use them. Best of all (for your purposes), the author is a Mac user, so all the examples and screen shots are done on a Mac. By the way - if your service provider is unwilling to provide support for your computer choice (i.e. your Macintosh), you would certainly be justified in taking your business to another hosting company. I have found Earthlink to be the most Mac-friendly of the big companies, but there are also plenty of smaller providers that offer great Mac support. Regards, Bob Nicholson ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 16:01:31 +0930 From: iandol Subject: Re: Cone 6 Reduction Glazes Question Janet Do Boos, a prominent Australian Potter and Ceramics Teacher, = published a book of glaze recipes in 1978, She provided a range of = glazes to cover maturing temperature from cone 07 to cone 10. From the = first page of recipes to the last this lady included notes on results = obtained by firing in both reduction and oxidation. The first recipe ^07/^05 is for a fritted copper glaze mad with a = proportion of soda ash. In oxidation this is said to be a bright clear = turquoise and in reduction where thin to be streaked with red. To say "no reduction firing was used for the low temperature glazes = because it is not generally practiced to the same extent." seems a bit = illogical or tautologous(?). Are the authors telling people they have no = interest in this area? Rather a negative attitude. Leaves the field wide open for the explorers and adventurous glazers. Best regards, Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 09:20:18 -0400 From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: Ceramic magazine articles - long again Hello Jeff, The art ceramics field needs good writers. Your observation that many articles are about someone re-discovering the same patch of technical ground is an apt observation, and one of the reasons the big "A" Art people think clay is hopelessly mired in process and not centered in art-think like the rest of the art world. I won't begin to take that one on here, except to say that intellectual consideration of what you make is a valuable tool. The need for tech sharing has also been really good for our field. We know that it's the personal decisions in the work that make it something more than a commercial product, so sharing the recipe for that green glaze does not enable someone else to make your work, because only you can do that. It's not the techniques, it's the vision. This has produced a very interesting group of people. They're well-socialized, usually play well with each other, and get together in large numbers for endless shop talk. This doesn't happen with painters or sculptors as far as I know, although glass blowers, printmakers, and metalsmiths (who all have a lot of process to share) get together as well. Writing about intangibles like meaning and context is slipperier than writing about finite, concrete things like technique. It requires you to have broad background, critical thinking, and an opinion you're willing carefully substantiate and publicly acknowledge. It requires different research and assimilation.=20 Another issue in good writing about Ceramics is that there are few Art Historians (specialists in research and writing about art) doing it. You can't really major in Art History and specialize in Ceramics as far as I know. You can be a Modernist, or an antiquities specialist, etc. and catch clay in your time period, but not a broad immersion in Ceramics. Art Historians count coup by getting published in refereed or juried publications. These are refereed by a board of respected peers. If you're in academia, you probably will have a hard time getting tenure without this kind of peer validation. Writing for popular Ceramics magazines would be the equivalent of a doctor being published in Better Homes and Gardens versus The New England Journal of Medicine.=20 Interpreting Ceramics, housed at University of Wales Institute Cardiff, started a few years ago and is an online international journal about Ceramics that is refereed. This may help. The online aspect lowers cost and extends distribution possibilities.=20 http://www.uwic.ac.uk/icrc/ It would be great for you to write. Rather than technical re-iteration, it might be interesting to contextualize the work. What is it, why do they make it, how does it reflect our times, values, and concerns and tell us something about ourselves and our field? People interested in 'material culture' are looking into these things.=20 Studio Potter magazine, edited by Gerry Williams, is a non-profit foundation that has done some very interesting topical issues. Some are technical (great issues on copper red, porcelain, lowfire, clay, etc.), some are more conceptual (our connection to Asian pottery, the heritage of Leach).=20 http://www.studiopotter.org/ Critical Ceramics, an online publication by Forrest Snyder that has some interesting interviews with artists and articles.=20 http://criticalceramics.org/ Peter Dormer wrote some thoughtful books and edited some anthologies that concern 'craft' (The Art of the Maker, The Culture of Craft). Brent Brolin's book Flight of Fantasy; the Banishment and Return of Ornament has been re-published as Architectural Ornament; Banishment and Return - lots to mull over about prejudice against ornament, truth to materials, middle class taste, the evolution of the art vs. craft separation. Ernst Gombrich's book A Sense of Order: A Study of the Psychology of Decorative Art has some interesting information about how we see and perceive pattern, and how that shapes art. Edward Lucie-Smth's book The Story of Craft is another good one. Henry Glassie is a folklorist at Indiana University who's written about contemporary craft traditions (and spoken at NCECA). Other people on my bookshelf waiting for me include Peter Schjeldahl, Dave Hickey.=20 Technical writing certainly has it's place. I'm thankful I have so many good resources to send students to, and that so many good people have taken the time and patience to clearly write about this aspect of making work. But there are also other things to write about as well. Check out some of the resources. Go for it!=20 Linda Arbuckle, Associate Professor ---------------------------------------------------------------- You know, Frederick Franck also wrote "Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing - Meditation in Action." Gonna have to see if I can find my copy . . . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:08:39 EDT From: Beverly Crist > Subject: selling and barfing ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Becky, I too hate selling my work so I know how you feel - well maybe I'm not as extreme as you are. I love making it but never know what to say to customers when I'm at an outdoor show. I'm much more comfortable with shops and galleries. But if you want to try an outdoor show you may want to buy "Be a Dynamic Craft Seller" by Bruce Baker. It's a tape and is made for people like us - You're not alone! The tape costs $11.95 plus $3.00 shipping and .60 tax for those who live in Vermont. Bruce Baker, RD #3 Box 2560, Midlebury, VT 05753, phone 800-388-3434. He has a web-site, too, but I don't have the address. I haven't done a show since I bought mine - I've had some major burn-out on them - but I thought he had some good, motivating tips. And, no, I'm not connected financially to selling this tape at all. Good Luck, Beverly Crist, Los Angeles ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:24:06 EDT From: Helen Bates > Subject: Re: line drawings of pottery ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > Ms. InformationTM > > Out-of-print, New & Used > Books About Ceramics - General Titles > Detailed List Has the following book listed, a work which I browsed somewhere recently, yes, in a second hand books store in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I'm not sure if the price here is higher or lower than the price for the book in the Kingston store. > Boger, Dictionary of World Pottery & Porcelain from Pre-Historic > Times to the Present .....G+/G......$37.00 > c.1971, 9x11, 533p, hardbound, black/white & color, Scribners, NY > Content: 2200 entries, 150 drawings, 550 makers' marks, 550 black/white > photos with notes, 60 color plates, bibliography > Condition: cracked open, contents otherwise Very Good in bright scuffed > dustjacket with minor chipping > > -- Maybe this will help the person looking for pictures of pottery line drawings. Helen ========================================================= Helen Bates ========================================================= The Crafts Council publishes Running A Workshop a 250 page book providing detailed information on starting and running a crafts business. Subjects covered include researching the market, type of business, tax and national insurance, photographing work, selling to craft galleries, selling by commission, exhibiting, selling abroad, copyright, promotion and publicity and health and safety. Name - Running A Workshop Editor - Barclay Price Price - £7.50 + £2.00 p+p per book ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:22:38 EDT From: shirley freed Subject: Re: Ceramics in France and Germany ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Cladia Rice, Look for a "Guuide des Ceramistes" (directory of 700 potters and ceramic sculpters in France) and the German" Neue Keramik" (lists addresses of potters. Perhaps a more current directory than my '95 edition will include pictures of the potters work, as the French guide does.) Hope this reaches you in time. Bon Voyage. You're bound to have a great time. Shirley Freed -----Original Message----- From: Claudia Rice To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 7:52 AM Subject: Ceramics in France and Germany ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:09:26 EDT From: Barbara Brown Subject: book review ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Kristin Donner, ACGA newsletter editor, asked me to review a new book called "an artist's guide to the CERAMIC MUSEUMS OF EUROPE" by Alexandra Copeland of Australia. This is a great paperback book (light enough to carry with you) that not only lists museums that have ceramics but also gives you travel, hotel and restaurant tips. It opens with the history of ceramics in Europe and takes each country alphabetically and lists the must see museums and what ceramics they have in their collections. She illustrates the book with line drawings of ceramics she saw in the museums. There are 117 museums (she added Turkey and Morocco). You can order it by calling 800-545-2005 for $13.95 plus $4 shipping or you can order it online from amazon, barnes & noble or borders Barbara Brown ps This is a must have book for those of us going to the Ceramic Millennium in Amsterdam in July. Barbara Brown phone/fax 408-736-3889 1225 Manzano Way,Sunnyvale,Ca. 94089 http://www.silverhawk.com/crafts/bbrown97 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:03:22 EST From: Jean Lutz Subject: Art book for the Internet ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The New York Times recently carried an article about a recently published book entitled "Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It" by Lois Swan Jones. In 1990 the author has also wrote "Art Information: Research Methods and Resources" Is anyone familiar with the book about the internet? The article made it sound like it would be indispensible in any artists library. Unfortunately the price was not mentioned. Jean Lutz jlutz@azlink.com ------------------------------ ---------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:16:13 EST From: Karen Gringhuis Subject: Re: Frits, frits, frits! ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- A listing of frits & their compositions and similar frits is in Cushing's HANDBOOK avail by sending check for $24 to: Elsie Cushing RR 1 Box 236 1497 Waterwells Rd. Alfred Station NY 14803 HANDBOOK also incl. tons of other useful info and over 100 glaze recipes across all 3 temp ranges; clay compositions, slip recipes, clay body recipes, list of types of pots to make, book list, how much wgt to make a given size form, diagrams of lids and how NOT to make them, glaze calculation forms and instructions, how to construct your own C/9 base glaze , how to CONVERT A C/9 GLAZE TO C/6 - and even inspirational quotes. I don't leave home without it. The $24 includes postage. Karen Gringhuis ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:38:56 EST From: Eydie DeVincenzi Subject: making molds of fragile things? ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ Jan: I had some beautiful shells which I lost during the moldmaking exercise because I didn't see the =5Bsutle=5D negative angles. I just bought and = read a book called The Clay Lover's Guide to Making Molds by Pierce Clayton (a Lark Ceramics Book, Asheville, NC). He has great hints: 1. Most complex pieces will require a 2-4 piece mold. To find out where the mold lines need to be: Dim the lights in the room. Point a flashlight at the largest surface area on the piece. Where the light shades, make your mold line (that's the beginning of the negative angle). Reposition the piece so that the shading is at the edge of the flashlight's light, and repeat until the whole piece has been evaluated. He then walks through the building of each of these molds. 2. The last chapter is about rubber molds. 3. The photos are very clear, numbered and referred to in the text. Hope this helps. If you can't find the book, let me know. I bought my copy at the Smithsoneon Renwick Gallery -- my favorite of the museums because they feature American craftspeople. Eydie DeVincenzi Silver Spring, Maryland ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:23:55 EST From: John Hesselberth Subject: Re: Art Concepts/Book??? ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Is there a book, hopefully in the Hamer's Dictionary format, that deals >briefly in short segments with art history, artists, concepts such as >"negative space" etc? Joyce, "Design Language" by Tim McCreight gives part of what you want. It define a hundred or so terms used in art/design. It's a good little reference book for only $8.95. John Hesselberth Frog Pond Pottery Pocopson, PA 19366 USA EMail: john@frogpondpottery.com web site: http://www.frogpondpottery.com "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." H.L. Mencken, 1925 ------------------------------ ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:43:03 EDT From: Clennell Subject: Unknown Craftsman ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- . > >>>>Tony, This is what I was talking about that the everyday functional >potters today are the "Unknown Craftsmen" of today. >The way I read Yanagi, it wasn't that those Korean potters made artsy >pots....rather that they made pots that fit the needs of their customers and >the dictates of their culture. And they did it without pretense of making >art. And it is from that very simplicity and joining of the pot to the user >that >the pots gained their beauty. >Tom Wirt >Clay Coyote Pottery >Hutchinson, MN >claypot@hutchtel.net Dear Tom: I agree with you whole heartledly. I have taken my inspiration not from the Unknown Craftsman but to it's European equivalent the black and white movie "Issac Button- a Country Potter" this is a cult film and the most highly recommended in my library of films a potter must see. Issac made chicken feeders, pancheons, planters, cider jars- whatever the community demanded. He threw over a ton of clay a day all of his life. I would trade my Shimoaka plate anyday for a Button cider jar. He was not an artist, he had a job and he did it well. He wore a white shirt and tie and smoked a pipe all the while making pots. 28 lb cider jars in 3 minutes. a must see film. cheers, tony I think it is produced by the BBC Tony and Sheila Clennell Box 10 RR# 2 Wiarton, Ontario Canada N0H 2T0 phone (519) 534-2935 fax (519) 534-0602 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 10:35:25 EDT From: amy parker Subject: Results of book survey - Longish ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I have finally finished tallying the results of the "Favorite Book Survey". Thanks to all who replied, especially those who sent full information as to title, ISBN, etc. Since I do not have ISBN's for all, and I don't type terribly well, I am leaving that part out. However, I have "researched" the author's names and the book titles, as well as last publication date, and have attempted to make sure everything is spelled correctly. I am not going to list the hundred-or-so books that only received one vote each. I have noted as "OP" if a book APPEARS to be out-of-print. This does not mean that you cannot find it on a shelf somewhere, but that I found it marked as no longer available from the publisher. #1 book: The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques 4th edition Frank and Janet Hamer hardcover 1997 #2 book Clay and Glazes for the Potter Daniel Rhodes hardcover 1993 #3 book The Ceramic Spectrum: A Simplified Approach to Glaze and Color Development Robin Hopper hardcover 1984 #4 book A Potter's Book Bernard Leach hardcover 1976 OP #5 books - ties from here on - FirstInFirstOut order The Craft and Art of Clay Susan Peterson paper 1996 Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose Robin Hopper hardcover 1986 #6 books The Spirit of Clay: A Classic Guide to Ceramics Robert Piepenberg paper 1996,1998 Handmade Tiles: Designing, Making, Decorating Frank Giorgini hardcover 1994 The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes James Chappell hardcover 1991 Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics Charlotte F. Speight, John Toki paper 1994 (new printing due out soon) #7 books Finding One's Way With Clay: Creating Pinched Pottery and Working with Colored Clay Paulus Berensohn 1987 OP The Complete Potter's Companion Tony Birks, et al. paper 1998 Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery Robert L. Fournier hardcover 1992 (a sidebar - there are TWO other dictionaries by this author, both listed as OP - there was some talk on ONE other - the other two are Ill. Dict. of Pottery Form and Ill. Dict. of Pottery Decoration) Pioneer Pottery Michael Cardew 1976 OP Ceramics - Mastering the Craft Richard Zakin paper 1990 Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook Glenn C. Nelson paper 1984 Tin-Glazed Earthenware: From Maiolica, Faience and Delftware to the Contemporary Daphne Carnegy 1993 OP Handbook Val Cushing apparently this is privately published #8 books Ceramic Faults and their Remedies Harry Fraser OP The Self-Reliant Potter Andrew Holden OP The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts Marguerite Wildenhain hardcover 1973 The Encyclopedia of Pottery Techniques Peter Cosentino hardcover 1990 Raku: A Practical Approach Steve Branfman paper 1991 Handbuilt Ceramics: Pinching, Coiling, Extruding, Molding, Slip Casting, Slab Work Kathy Triplett hardcover 1997 Zen and the Art of Pottery Kenneth R. Beittel paper 1990 A Potter's companion: Imagination, Originality, and Craft Ronlad Larsen, ed. paper 1992 Substitutions for Raw Ceramic Materials Edouard Bastarache spiral-bound 1998 Out of the Earth into the Fire: A Course in Ceramic Materials for the Studio Potter Mimi Obstler paper 1995 ---------end of list------------ amy parker Lithonia, GA amyp@sd-software.com - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 11:20:32 EDT From: hal mc whinnie Subject: outline glaze book ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- an outkline of my glaze book can be sent to all who send me a snail mail address it is divided into 4 parts section one reaku and low fire glazes section two middle range for cone 5-6 section three high fire for cone ten section four some theory concaerns some sample chapters what is a glaze mistabke anyway? blues in the not so abstract all about copper reds why I like gertsley borate the barium question thaere are a t otal of 25 chapters or paapers in this book hal mc whinnie3 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:55:02 EST From: Marcia Selsor Subject: Re: Pottery in film/Utz ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Wow! I read the book after my friend spent two years on a Fulbright there in 89-91 during and after the "Velvet Revolution". I didn't know it was a movie. It was a great pottery intrique as a book! Marcia in Montana Suzanne Wolfe wrote: > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Dear Barbara and Clayarters, > There is one really significant film not on this list, and it happens to > be my favorite. It is the film "Utz", which is about a Czech man who > collects Meissen porcelain. The whole film is about the porcelain (and > clay) itself, and the psyche of the collector. The film is based on a > short novel by Bruce Chatwin, author of Songlines, a renowned contemporary > author. That film should be on everyone's list -- > Also, and previously mentioned, Ugetsu -- all about potters in hard times > in Japan, and how one gets mixed up, through delusion, with a lovely > "ghost" > Rikkyu -- film by (I think)Teshigahara about the great Japanese tea > master. Had some great tea scenes in it. When I saw it they had gotten > two of the reels mixed up, and so it was really confusing. > Good movie-watching to all! > Suzanne > > On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Barbara Brown wrote: > > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > Last year I did " A Potter's Guide to the Movies" for our Association of > > Clay and Glass Artists of Calif. newsletter and I thought clayart > > members might enjoy it. > > > > A Potter's Guide to the Movies > > Here's a list of movies that have pottery scenes. They are all on video > > and in most cases, I've noted how far into the video the pottery scene > > is. > > 1. Ghost > > Pottery studio (at 8 min) > > 2, Naked Gun 2 1/2 > > Parody of pottery scene in Ghost > > (at 49 min) > > 3. Little Buddah > > Katmandu, Nepal pottery village > > (at 39 min) > > 4. Joy Luck Club > > Chinese pots (at 1 hour, 20 min) > > Rose and Ted are drinking from Paula > > Ross's coffee mugs (1 houe, 28 min) > > 5. The Egyptian > > Vivika Heino made 775 pots for this > > movie (8 min, 12 min,and many more) > > 6. Demetrius and the Gladiators > > Pottery (at 12 min) > > Otto Heino at potters wheel (1 second > > shot at 15 min) > > 7. Rieku > > Story of the original Japanese tea > > master. Teabowls (at 2 min) > > Bellermine jug (at 8 min) and more > > If you live in San Francisco area this > > can be rented at Japantown Video > > 8. Karate Kid III > > Pottery studio (at 34 min) > > 9. Diehard > > A 1 second shot of Peter Callas's pot > > being blown up (at 1 hour, 51 min) > > 10, The Scent of Green Papaya > > Great pots alll through the movie > > 11. Titanic (not on video yet) > > Great scene of Beatrice Wood look > > alike working on the wheel > > > > Enjoy! > > Barbara Brown > > who had a great time at NCECA and want to thank Mel for the clayart > > room. I got Vince Pitelka's mug and love it. > > > > Barbara Brown phone/fax 408-736-3889 > > 1225 Manzano Way,Sunnyvale,Ca. 94089 > > http://www.silverhawk.com/crafts/bbrown97.html > > ------------------------------ ----------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:25:04 EST From: Sandra Gekosky Subject: Large-scale ceramics ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Greetings! I'm reading a new book called "Large-scale Ceramics", by Jim Robison. (1997) (This is a book published in London) On pages 33-34, there is an interesting write up about Claudi Casanovas, a Catalan. Claudi Casanovas constructs his large scaled pieces on a mould. These moulds are then supported and fired to stoneware temperatures with the work in place. The clay sculptural piece is actually fired in the mould! It looks as if there is a piece of polystyrene plastic separating the clay from the mould also. Can anyone explain to me exactly how this is possible. Has anyone out there tried this? Anyone know the recipe for the mould? I was under the impression that plaster could not be fired. He practices some other techniques that are worth discussing, but I'm mostly intrigued with this approach. Can't wait for replies. Sandra Gekosky Kaplan Pottery ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:07:48 EST From: james klueg Subject: Re: "advice" ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'd like to second Marci's recommendation of Peter Dormer's "The Culture Of Craft". It's a swell book of edited articles with something of philosophic interest for any contempo craftsperson. In addition to "New Ceramics", many of you may know that he wrote books on design as well. As a teacher, I'm finding many interesting points of convergence between craftspeople and designers (graphic designers, in our department). I think both groups have some common ground on ideas of utility, innovation within established genres and a refreshing lack of respect for typical fine arts preciousness. Interesting times we live in. Jim K. in Duluth ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 08:31:47 EDT From: Grimmer Subject: potters in fiction ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi, A great book of fiction and other yummy stuff is _A Potter's Companion_ compiled by Ronald Larsen, Park Street Press. Rochester, VT. 1993 I highly recommend this book for all involved in clay, even non-potters. ;) Some authors of fiction: John Updike, "From the Journal of a Leper" from Problems And Other Stories, by John Updike. 1976, Alfred P. Knopf. Frank Owen, "Pale Pink Porcelain" Lafcadio Hearn, "The Tale of the Porcelain God" A.L. Solon George Demetrios Other Authors therein: M C Richards Chang Tzu Daniel Rohdes Octavio Paz Oh, heck, just go get this book! John Updike has written all sorts of stuff on the trials ant tribs of the creative person. I like most of his stuff. steve grimmer marion, illinois Richard Harris wrote: > Mary Finegan wrote: > > On the other hand, I am quite interested in observing how potters are > portrayed in works of fiction. Have you noticed that they often seem to > be a villain(ess) or earth mother type, or unkempt? I am thinking of > the books "Most Loving, Mere Folly" by Ellis Peters, where the female > potter murders her husband by lead poisoning, then fires the glass used > to deliver the poison in a load which she seems to feel neccessary to > melt down entirely. Then she takes a much younger husband. :-) > The book i'm currently reading, a light mystery called "the Only Good > Yankee", the potter character also female, is quite cold, and after > throwing one vase, goes on to glaze a pot with a brush and designs on it > in about 2 minutes, then she leaves the studio. hmmmm. > Anyone else come across any interesting potters in fiction?? > Michelle ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 09:41:30 EST From: LOWELL BAKER Subject: book, new to me ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- On Friday I got a copy of "Out of the Earth, Into the Fire" by Mimi Obstler, Published by the American Ceramics Society. This book is fantastic. If I were going to teach a ceramic materials course I would format it exactly like this book. I highly recommend it. ISBN 1-57498-008-4 W. Lowell Baker The University of Alabama ------------------------------ End of CLAYART Digest - 9 Feb 1997 to 10 Feb 1997 ************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 09:36:04 EST From: Ellen Baker Subject: Re: Burn out ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Some good reading on this topic can be found in "Art and Fear" by David Bayles & Ted Orlano, ISBN 0-88496-379-9. This is a slim book -- not very expensive -- but a very good one that addresses how we relate to our work/art/effort in very human terms. I heard about this book from Pat Horsley, the Oregon potter/ceramist, at a workshop I attended in 1995. I've given quite a few copies away to fellow potters who have been stuck in productive, creative, or competitive ruts. Hang in there. ------------------------------ Check out the aritcle(s) written in Ceramics Monthly during the last 2 years or so. I know Lana Wilson had at least one in there about her "lichen" glazes she's developed. She's done extensive glaze testing in this area and has had wonderful sucess. She also has a wonderful new book out called Ceramics: Shapes and Surface which has some recipes and examples of her work, as well as a ton of information regarding handouts, glaze development, formulas, firing techniques, handouts for teachers. time management, creativity, etc., etc. Or you can contact her direct via snail mail or e-mail at: Lana Wilson 465 Hidden Pines Lane Del Mar, CA 92014 (619) 755-3940 email: lwilson@ucsd.edu Lana is a former professor of mine and a wonderful, generous lady. I'm sure she would be helpful in directing you to some sources for your request. (On a side note, she is one of the lecturers & panelists at this year's NCECA in Las Vegas... if you are attending, you may want to make sure you catch her panel/lecture.) Good luck! Ken ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:12:06 EDT From: Peggy Heer Subject: Greek Magazine info. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Everyone...I got no less than 10 requests for the info on the Greek mag. so hope its OK to give the info out on the list. I do not benefit from this in any way other than it will save me some valuble time. ;>}}} KERAMEIKE TECHNI is published 3 times a year in Greek and English versions. The 1996 subscription rate is 30.00 US.....45.00 Canadian. All air mail postage is included. Back issues are available for 10.00 per copy except for the double issues which would be 20.00 US each. (Issues 15-16 and 18-19 are double issues.) Note...Back issues 1-13 are in Greek and issues 14-22 include English summaries after every article. Annual subscriptions and orders can be made by: --Postal Checks (this applies to Greek residents only) --International Bank Checks (personal checks not accepted) --Eurochecks (the amt must be issued in Greek Drachmas) (annual subscription 7.000 GRD, price per copy 2.500 GRD) --Visa and American Express credit cards by sending us by post or fax your full name, address, credit card number, expiration date, name and signature of the card holder. Please print clearly. KERAMEIK TECHNI, P.O. BOX 80653, PIRAEUS 185 10, GREECE TEL./FAX: +30 1 4114322 There you have it folks...Its a beauty. As Always in Clay Peggy Peggy Heer / Heer Pottery E-Mail p4337@connect.ab.ca Edmonton AB, Canada http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/artists/pheer/ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 18:11:54 EDT From: Bob Kavanagh Subject: Rudiments ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- To Mark You may find V.A. Howard's " Artistry: The Work of Artists (Hackett Publishing Company: Cambridge, 1982) of interest. His background is singing and music and his focus is the work involved in practising and creating in that domain. bob kavanagh hudson (60 km west of montreal) ------------------------------ ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Jody: Over the last few years I've used the following glaze in my classes: White Majolica ^03 (from Linda Arbuckle) Frit Ferro 3124 65.75 (I use Pemco 311) F-4 Feldspar 17.24 Kaolin 10.82 Neph Sy 6.24 Tin Oxide 5.00 Ultrox 10.00 Bentonite 2.00 There is an excellent article by Linda Arbuckle in the NCECA Journal, Volume 13, 1992-93. The current issue of Studio Potter offers a series of articles about majolica. Very informative. Some tips for working with majolica I've discovered over the years are: Mix at least one part flux to one part stain for overglaze decoration. Some commercial stains or oxides/carbonates are very refractory. Some stains (chrome, rutile) may call for more flux. To reduce and sometimes eliminate white spots in colored stain area apply glaze one day, decorate with stains the next. I read about this here on Clayart. I don't know why it works, but it does. Rafael Molina Instructor Cedar Valley College @rcb3431@dcccd.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:19:29 EDT From: Carl Ross Subject: Re: pinching ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Claudia, I enjoy pinching as it seems one of the most free forms of clay work, almost primative as you really only use your hands. It is somewhat hard to explain, so I suggest you check out a book by Kenneth Clark called The Potter's Manual, it has step by step instructions with pictures on how to make all sorts of pots. how i understand it, you start with a ball of clay which you constantly are turning in your hands. on the top of the ball you start gently pressing inward with your thumbs all the while turing the pot to keep it as uniform as you like. Once you like the height, you can thin out the sides and work on the width. After that it is up to you where you want to go with it. happy pinching, Carl in Phillips ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 11:04:27 EDT From: SBRANFPOTS@aol.com Subject: Magazine info ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Folks, Here's the info. If anyone has names and addresses of other publications please send them to me so I can keep this list updated. Thanks Steve Branfman The Potters Shop Pottery/Crafts Magazine Info American Ceramics 9 East 45 St New York, NY 10017 212/661 4397 Fax 212/661 2389 American Craft Magazine American Crafts Council 72 Spring St New York NY, 10012 Art Calendar: PO Box 199, Upper Fairmount MD, 21867 800/597 5988 Fax 410/651 5313 Ceramic Review 21 Carnaby St London W1V 1PH 0171 439 3377 Fax 0171 287 9954 Ceramics Art And Perception 35 William St, Paddington, Sydney NSW Australia, 2021 Ceramics Monthly 735 Ceramic Place PO Box 6102 Westerville Ohio, 43086 614/523 1660 Fax 614/891 8960 Ceramics Technical 35 William St, Paddington, Sydney NSW Australia, 2021 Clay Times: PO Box 365 Waterford VA, 20197 800/356 2529 Contact: 8601 Warden Ave, Box 56599, Makham, Ontario L3R 0M6 Canada 800/315 0857 Crafts Crafts Council 44a Pentonville Rd London N1 9BY Crafts Report: PO Box 1992, Wilmington DE 19899 800/777 7098 Fax 302/656 4894 New Zealand Potter PO Box 881 Auckland New Zealand (09)415 9817 Fax (09)309 3247 Pottery In Australia: PO Box 937 Crows Nest, Sydney NSW Australia 2065 (02)9901 3353 Fax (02)436 1681 Studio Potter PO Box 70 Goffstown, NH 03045 603/774 3542 Studio Potter Network Newsletter (Available to pottery groups only) PO Box 70 Goffstown, NH 03045 603/774 3542 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 10:18:48 EDT From: Jan Henkel Subject: travel book ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello, I just discovered a book called The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina. It is a guide down back roads and scenic roads to handmade objects. The book has day trips mapped out, lists studios, galleries, historic inns and noteworthy restarurants. Unfortunately for me, I have only been able to take one day trip. I did the trip around Brevard and found the book to be a very good guide. Those of you who are interested, the number to order the book is 1-800-331-4154. The usual disclamier. If anyone needs more info, email me. Here in very hot SC. jan. Hello to Michele! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 19:29:55 EDT From: "Richard P. Bonner" Subject: Re: Best Book on Craft Photography ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >For those of you who asked for the reference on this photography book at >Rochester, it is called "Photographing your Craftwork: A Hands-On Guide for >Craftspeople" by Steve Meltzer. It was published in 1993 by Interweave >Press. It is by far the best work on the subject available. And, it shows >you how to get great photos for very few bucks. (Including how to find and >buy a good used camera, make your own lighting, etc.) Sorry it took so >long, Kathleen and I have had problems with our server bureau. Hope this >info helps. Duane. Although the above mentioned book is ok, I think your money would be much better spent by purchasing "Photograping Your Artwork", by Russell Hart. It details many more photgraphic options resulting in better photos while still being understandable to most. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:38:19 EST From: Eleanora Eden Subject: masonry stoves book ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi All, The Book of Masonry Stoves by David Lyle is newly in print again from Brick House publishing co. I just finally got my copy. Eleanora Eleanora Eden 802 869-2003 Paradise Hill Bellows Falls, VT 05101 eden@maple.sover.net ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:29:21 EST From: SBRANFPOTS@aol.com Subject: Gladding McBean ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Caught a few of you discussing Gladding McBean. Although I have never been to the factory, I feel like I have! There is a wonderful book, "The Architectural Terra Cotta Of Gladding McBean" The photos are breathtaking. Steve The Potters Shop ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 09:17:38 EST From: Lili Krakowski Subject: Re: your mail ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Thex books I recomment to my students are Hary Fraser's book on glazes and Elsbeth Woody's book on throwing. Both available from Teh Potters' Shop in Needham, Mass. At the risk of sounding arrogant, may I suggedt you read The $1200 Studio in the May 1995 Ceramcis Monthly? if you care to send me your snail mail address I will send you some additional info. Lili Krakowski lkkrakow@edisto.cofc.edu On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Terri Haines wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 20:47:58 EST From: "Monaghan, Paul" Subject: Re: Carpal Tunnel breakthrough...? ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There is also another technique using a near IR Laser. Perfectly harmless and totally noninvasive. It is passed over the wrist area and relieves the tightness and pain. You might also look into vitamin B-6. The book is called ,"The Doctor Who Looked At Hands", by Ellis M.D. ---------- From: owner-clayart To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Subject: Carpal Tunnel breakthrough...? Date: Thursday, February 22, 1996 2:57PM ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 06:49:07 EST From: Bill Aycock Subject: Three books-two subjects ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Today I used a period between an ultrasound exam and a doctors appointment in the company of Iris, at the local (excellent) library. I started by looking up Daniel Rhodes in the computerized files,( to get the file number zones covering clay, glazes and kilns) and then browsed. This is one of our favorite occupations. I found three books that bear on recent (current?) threads; I will save the best for last. Books one and two relate to the "make it yourself" thread. One, "The Self-Reliant Potter" by Andrew Holden , 1984, ISBN 0-442-23215-2 has the secondary title- Understanding Glazes, Raw glazing, simple kiln building, Wheel building. has some nice pots and ideas. The second- "Building Pottery Equipment" by Roger Harvey and Sylvia and John Kolb, 1975, ISBN 0-8230-0540-2, may be harder to find, because its older. Its Content is just what the title says. The Last- but very gripping, is "Warren MacKenzie, an American Potter", by David Lewis, 1991, ISBN 4-7700-1528-3. This is , in several ways, a "must-see" book. The pots are beautiful, the story is interesting, and the Photos are well done. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 23:07:28 EST From: Bill Aycock Subject: super source for stuff ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Cyra has asked for a source for accordian squeeze bottles. We (really Iris) have gotten them from fabric and sewing suppliers. However-- In looking for the source, I found a 10 to 22 ounce version, originally intended for storing water, juice, milk, etc in what is my favorite source for humerous prose and miscellaneous junk. If you have not encountered "American Science and Surplus", of Skokie ,Il, you have missed one of lifes pleasures. The guy who writes their catalog is great. An example, if you make up any "spooze", as has been recommended, you should store it in a "sploosher". This is the name given to a Ketchup pump type dispenser (surplus) by this author. Also- the device commonly used for male patients in Hospital, is sold (surplus) as a "Horizontal Carafe". A digital read out tape measure is listed as "for the linearly challenged" With the usual disclaimer that I have no vested interest in this outfit, I will give the number as (847) 982-0870, in the hope that some clayarters (who generally have contorted senses of humor) will enjoy. enjoy Bill- chortling on Persimmon Hill. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 22:01:39 EST From: Al Schlimm <102721.1532@compuserve.com> Subject: Books with vessel profiles ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Kathleen, Two books you might find useful for exploring vessel profiles and form are "Ceramic Form" by Peter Lane (Rizzoli International, 1988) and "Functional Pottery, Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose" by Robin Hopper (Chilton, 1986). In addition to hundreds of color and black & white photos of great pots, Peter Lane's book actually has 20 pages of profiles that address exactly what you're looking for. Robin Hopper's book covers aesthetic issues as well, and also devotes a lot of attention to the mechanics of function (spouts, rims, handles, lids, etc.). Have fun. Al Schlimm (102721.1532@compuserve.com) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 11:06:06 EST From: Don Thieberger Subject: Re: Peter Lane info ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I have a book by Peter Lane called Ceramic Form and it contains lots of examples of his work - but more importantly it contans the philosophy of the man himself. Beutiful bowls Good Luck Karen ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 19:31:55 EST From: John Jacobs Subject: Book search resources ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Here's a few more internet resources for books: * The Internet Book Shop at: http://www.bookshop.co.uk/book.htm * Great Northwest Bookstores (free out of print searches) http://www.teleport.com/~gnwdt * Bookwire Booksellers at: http://www.bookwire.com/links/other_booksellers/other_booksellers.html Oh, and not to forget the musically inclined potters out there: * The Virtual Record Store at gopher.mstn.ns.ca the URL is gopher://owl.nstn,ns.ca:70/11/e-mail * IMart - (Records,CD,LD,CD-ROM,Video) send email for info to: imart@netcom.com or ftp to: ftp.netcom.com and look in pub/imart Be careful to type the addresses accurately...when I searched this is what my search gave me. I've used each one, so I know they worked in the past. I also mentioned the Scout Report, which is a weekly synopsis of new things available on the internet. It is a "Select" list, that is it meets someone's criteria, and as we all know criteria differ (some are even by age vs experience vs artistic talent, etc. ad nauseum). Anyway, the address for the Scout Report, should you wish to subscribe is: send email to: listserv@lists.internic.net "in the body of the message, type: subscribe scout-report yourfirstname yourlastname For example, if your name is Frasier Crane, type subscribe scout-report Frasier Crane If your name is not Frasier Crane, substitute your own name." Have fun in the mud! John Jacobs johnj@esd114.wednet.edu Gig Harbor WA jjacobs@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us --|--*--*--*--*--*--|--|--|--|--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--|-- Larsen is the one who compiled and edited _A Potters Companion_, a marvelous collection of writings about pottery and art. John Jensen in Annapolis 76053.1462@compuserve.com ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 22:48:03 EST From: Bill Aycock Subject: Re: Kick wheels ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Hi, > >Can someone point me in the direction of a book or plans for constructing a >wooden kick wheel. Thanks > >Jfullerton@mtroyal.ab.ca > John- I did the design and prepared the plans for the wooden Kick wheel shown in Charles Counts Book, 'Pottery Workshop". I have some of the original plans still on hand. This is a wheel with a relatively light flywheel (learn to control the clay, not overpower it), but there is no reason it cant be made heavier. Send me your snail address (do they refer to direct solid mail as 'snail mail' in Canada, also?) and I will send you a copy. SASE would be nice, but not an absolute requirement. You might try to find Charles book, if you can, because it is a very worth while reference. Bill Aycock Persimmon Hill 1150 Pleasant Grove rd. Woodville, AL 35776 Waiting out a "winter storm warning" on Persimmon Hill, while Canadians snicker (205)587-3309 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:10:47 EST From: Peggy Heer Subject: Re: art is dead thread ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- hi All...If those who are worried about the economy and what the future holds for art/pots/etc, you should read the "Popcorn Report". It is what is projected as the future in the economy and lifestyles of the '90's and beyond. It tells what and how people are going to buy, what they buy and why they buy. If you are just starting out in a clay career then this book is a must. Art will never be dead...it is the life blood of every culture from the beginning of time. As Always in Clay and had the best yr. in 95 and looking forward to a better yr. in 96, 97, 98 etc. Peggy PS the book is soft cover about 15.00 Can...and much less in US cu. An easy days read and should be easy to find everywhere. PEGGY HEER email: p4337@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca 9702 76 AVENUE phone: 433-0290 EDMONTON, AB.CANADA T6E 1K3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 18:49:19 EST From: Kat Neely-Jones Subject: Re: history of ceramics books ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 95-12-13 20:47:13 EST, you write: >. Has anyone recommended the "Illustrated Dictionary of Pottery Decoration", by Fournier? I've learned a lot just looking at the pictures, but it's fun to read too. J Herbert, I wouldn't worry about the survival of books. Somehow I don't see myself ever relaxing in the tub with a good CD-ROM... Kat in Salem, Or .... still removing tree limbs from the front lawn, roof, gutters, backyard, etc... and thankful this is our biggest headache from the storm! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:51:55 EST From: hdeeley@terra.nlnet.nf.ca Subject: Parmelee book available at: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- To Ron Roy, I buy many of my books at the web site listed below. They have *hundreds* of ceramic /related titles and have a great search engine that allow easy browsing. Shopping there is self explanatory once you get to the site, easy to set up an account and easy to shop. They do have Parmelee listed; I saw it there the other day when I was looking for a book. If you have netscape your shopping will be that much easier. I do not trust the encryption and phone my credit card number in; they have an 800 number. I have the Third Edition, revised and enlarged by Cameron G Harman (1973) but won't part with it. A great book! They are a wonderful company to deal with will notify you by email when your order is shipped. Their address follows this disclaimer. Regards, Harold NOTE: This is not an advertisement and I am in no way connected with this company. Just forwarding some useful information. ********cut an paste********** If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail (orders@amazon.com), FAX (1-206-622-2405) or phone (1-800-201-7575 or 1-206-622-2335). ------------------------------------------------------------- Amazon.com Books One million titles, consistently low prices. info@amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- **********end cut and paste********** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 20:48:59 -0500 From: Steven Branfman Subject: Great Bookstores Three terrific bookstores that everybody should know about. In NYC: Hacker Art Books and The Strand Book Store. In Newton MA: The New England Mobile Book Fair. It is not mobile and it is not a book fair. What it is, is the largest bookstore you will ever step into. There are at least a zillion books in every subject (and that's no exaggeration.) Their section of mark downs and remainders is larger than any other complete bookstore I've been in. If you find yourself in the Boston area you must check it out. (BTW it is only a mile from my place, The Potters Shop so visit us too :) Steve Branfman ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: Smoking pots From: Iain Begg > INTERNET:begg@MPRGATE.MPR.CA To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 04-Jan-95 00:18 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-2.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id SAA27090; Tue, 3 Jan 1995 18:14:58 -0500 Message-Id: <199501032314.SAA27090@dub-img-2.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1002; Tue, 03 Jan 95 18:16:02 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0562; Tue, 3 Jan 1995 17:14:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 17:10:43 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Iain Begg Subject: Re: Smoking pots X-To: CLAYART%UKCC.BITNET@UTORUGW.bitnet To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Tracey and Thom: Jane Perryman has a new book coming out "smoke-fired pottery" or maybe "sawdust=fired pottery". It is published in the UK by A&G Black but in North America by Chilton in PA. It was due late 1994 but I would imagine is late since I have'nt been able to track it down. Another good book is "Santa Clara Pottery" but I cannot rememeber the author. It describes how the people of Santa Clara (New Mexico, I think) approach, make and fire their wares. It has a bit of an anthropological bent. I live in Vancouver so I can fire both at home (on dark, wet and windy nights when it smells like a fireplace) or at the beach. I have found that paper is far too smokey but that softwood shavings work very well. Depending on the effect you want you may need to add oxides. However, I have not had much luck replicating the pit-fired markings (from the beach) with those from a garbage can. I actually stopped using a garbage can in favour of a small (household) brick kiln with a stainless steel sheet for a lid. It is always a problem doing this sort of thing near other houses. The key thing is keep your neighbours happy. I am not really comfortable about it but since outdoor wood-fired barbecues are legal, I guess it is OK. Iain Begg ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #18057-#Tools Used - Msg Number: 18080 From: Rob Howard [Host] 71154,1232 To: Scott Gillett 71324,2357 Forum: ARTIST Sec: 02-Art Product Reviews Date: 03-Jan-95 23:49:51 >> What are the titles of your books? Scott, the one's that would be of most interest would be The Illustrators Bible (that's the one that starts by showing you what to do with your hands) and Gouache for Illustration. The latter is pretty specific about gouache alone, although there is some good color theory and a few color recipes like how to paint the difference between chrome, aluminum, brass, gold, copper along with recipes for caucasian, brown, asian, and nubian flesh tones. Illustrators Bible is more of a compendium of techniques using every material and tool I could think of using. Both are published by Watson-Guptill in New York but only Illustrators Bible has a picture of me in my studio telling the photographer to go away . ..Rob There is 1 Reply. ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Troy book From: Linda Arbuckle > INTERNET:ARBUCK@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 05-Jan-95 16:22 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by arl-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id KAA13222; Thu, 5 Jan 1995 10:17:24 -0500 Message-Id: <199501051517.KAA13222@arl-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4317; Thu, 05 Jan 95 10:18:51 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6978; Thu, 5 Jan 1995 09:48:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 09:45:36 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: Troy book X-To: Clayart@ukcc.uky.edu To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Jack, I saw a listing for your book on The Potters Shop list. They said they thought they'd have WOOD FIRED STONEWARE AND PORCELAIN by the time the list was printed. Last we heard from you the publisher delayed your book. Is this still so? Or should I order mine NOW? Linda (37 degrees in Gainesville this a.m., cold by Florida standards). Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: book Japanese Detail From: R Ballou > INTERNET:rballou@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 06-Jan-95 01:39 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by arl-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id TAA29989; Thu, 5 Jan 1995 19:31:10 -0500 Message-Id: <199501060031.TAA29989@arl-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6716; Thu, 05 Jan 95 19:31:31 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6063; Thu, 5 Jan 1995 17:04:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 17:02:49 +0000 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: R Ballou Subject: Re: book Japanese Detail To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Ditto to Linda's post about "Japanese Detail: Cuisine". I paid the full price several years ago and it was a bargain then. It's chock full of wonderful photos, mostly of pots. Hacker Art Books sounds like a mailing list I want to be on. Thanks! Ruth Ballou ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: Majolica Stains From: Linda Arbuckle > INTERNET:ARBUCK@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 18-Jan-95 14:11 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id IAA26458; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 08:09:24 -0500 Message-Id: <199501181309.IAA26458@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5809; Wed, 18 Jan 95 08:10:55 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6951; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 08:10:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 08:08:28 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: Re: Majolica Stains To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Tod, About majolica colorants: A good resource for info is Daphne Carnegy's book TIN-GLAZED EARTHENWARE. List is $35., and the Potters Shop in MA is having their 25% off sale til end of Jan. Two basic choices for fluxing colorants for majolica decoration. Frit gives bright color response, esp. w/crimson colors, but separates in the jar and is grainy and powdery to brush on. 3124 is most often used. Some artists mix the frit and colorant w/liquid laundry starch as a vehicle (e.g. Sta-Flo) for better brushing. I've seen other people use CMC and macaloid. Another option is gerstley borate. The thixotropic properties of g.b. keep things in suspension, and give it brushability. Color may separate and snowflake a bit in firing. Try mixing by volume 1 g.b. to 1 oxide for copper carb, cobalt carb, iron. For more refractory materials, like rutile, chrome, and most stains, try 3-4 parts g.b. to 1 part colorant. Body stains (e.g. Mason 6020 pink, titanium yellow, and one of the lavenders) are too refractory to use like this, and give a pigskinned surface even w/the g.b. Seems to me there may be some majolica info on the SDSU gopher. I don't have the CM citations, but there have been articles by Bruce Cochrane, Walter Ostrom, and Jane Gustin in the past about their majolica work and methods. Studio Potter v.11 no. 2, the earthenware issue, also has majolica info by Stan Andersen. Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Tiles From: INTERNET:GregT1112@aol.com To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 18-Jan-95 19:16 Sender: gregt1112@aol.com Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com by arl-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id MAA13483; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 12:58:32 -0500 From: Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA16943; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 12:59:39 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 12:59:39 -0500 Message-Id: <950118125302_5229282@aol.com> To: 100021.23@compuserve.com Subject: Tiles Hi Russel - The book you inquired about is (as you know),_Handmade Tiles_ by Frank Giorgini. It's published by Lark Books (Asheville, NC), ISBN 0-937274-76-3, and retails for $24.95. I don't use any one technique for my tiles - some are slip cast, some pressed in molds, I seldom use an extruder, but do use a tile press. I usually low fire (cone 05 or so-obviously after a bisque fire) as the tiles are used in table top and wall applications and I like the vivid colors that affords. It really just depends on the design, application, my intented effect, etc. Kind of like asking, "How do you throw a pot"? Like most matters of clay, it's on the job trainning. Take care.............. Greg ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: Majolica Stains From: Richard Burkett > INTERNET:rburkett@UCSSUN1.SDSU.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 18-Jan-95 20:16 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id OAA23525; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 14:15:18 -0500 Message-Id: <199501181915.OAA23525@dub-img-3.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7818; Wed, 18 Jan 95 14:16:13 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0858; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:41:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:35:20 -0800 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Richard Burkett Subject: Re: Majolica Stains X-To: clayart@ukcc.uky.edu To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Linda made mention CM articles on majolica and I just happen to be able to help out thanks to an upcoming index to CM which I'm working on for the Ceramics Gopher: Expressive, Utilitarian Earthenware / Cochrane, Nov., 1990 - p 47 Bruce Cochrane / , Oct., 1994 - p 57 Potter's Journey, A / Gustin, Dec., 1982 - p 45 Directions / Gustin, Jan., 1986 - p 39 Italian Majolica from Midwestern Collections / ?, Jan., 1978 - p 55 Majolica Techniques at Cone 4 / Byrne, Apr., 1980 - p 42 Turkish Majolica / Maxey, June/July/Aug., 1988 - p 39 Earthenware / Ostrom, Dec., 1983 - p 45 I can't swear that all these are on Majolica, but most probably will be. Richard Burkett - note new address (the old one works 'til '96) School of Art, Design, & Art History SDSU, San Diego, CA 92182 E-mail: rburkett@rohan.sdsu.edu Voice mail: (619) 594-6201 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: book Japanese Detail From: Kit Ruseau > INTERNET:kit@CLASS.GSFC.NASA.GOV To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 19-Jan-95 21:31 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by arl-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id PAA26987; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:27:50 -0500 Message-Id: <199501192027.PAA26987@arl-img-3.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8068; Thu, 19 Jan 95 15:29:02 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7402; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 14:31:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 14:29:46 EST Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Kit Ruseau Subject: Re: book Japanese Detail X-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART In-Reply-To: from "Linda Arbuckle" at Jan 5, 95 12:57 (noon) Linda, I finally got my book Japanese Detail. Thank-you for posting the information. The book is just the type of book that I like to have around. I'm a clay novice and I enjoy looking thru books and catalogues to see the variety of shapes, glazes and decoration that have been used for different things. I started playing around with sake servers and cups last semester. But my exposure was so limited my shapes were very simple and all looked alike. I have so many new ideas now. For some reason seeing the variety of shapes and styles has freed me up and let me think of some more playfull and hopefully more interesting shapes. (Of course I now have to close that idea to ability gap.) Not only is the book great, but Hacker Art's got a great catalogue. I have a question for you. Had you seen the book before or was it just the title or a description that lead you to it? My problem is that alot of the books "look" great in the catalogue but without seeing it how would you know if it is worthwhile? Especially the sale books they have such a minimal description. Yet the titles and the prices had me wanting to spend more money than I should. Just curious. Thanks again, Kit Ruseau NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | Email: kit@class.gsfc.nasa.gov Code 530.2, Bldg. 25 | Phone: 301-286-4469 Greenbelt, MD 20771 | Fax: 301-286-1770 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: book Japanese Detail From: Peggy Heer > INTERNET:p4337@FREENET.EDMONTON.AB.CA To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 20-Jan-95 01:07 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id TAA18054; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 19:05:43 -0500 Message-Id: <199501200005.TAA18054@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3342; Thu, 19 Jan 95 19:06:52 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7328; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 17:35:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:22:29 -0700 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Peggy Heer Subject: Re: book Japanese Detail X-To: Kit Ruseau To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART In-Reply-To: <9501192019.AA15522@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> Hi Kit...Some books you might want to get...These two books are the best out for beginner potters and you wil probably never need to buy new ones for a long time . They have everything you want. The Ceramic Spectrum A Simplified Approch to Glaze & Color Development By Robin Hopper Chilton Book Company-Radnor, Pennaylvania AND Functional Pottery Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose By Robin Hopper Same publisher as above. They are the best!!!! Good luck in your pots. As Always in Clay Peggy PEGGY HEER email: p4337@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca 9702 76 AVENUE phone:(403) 433-0290 EDMONTON, AB,CANADA T6E 1K3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Subj: Subj: Re: book Japanese Detail II From: INTERNET:TROY@JUNCOL.JUNIATA.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 20-Jan-95 01:23 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id TAA20284; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 19:19:46 -0500 Message-Id: <199501200019.TAA20284@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3418; Thu, 19 Jan 95 19:20:47 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0615; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 17:54:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 17:52:01 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: TROY@JUNCOL.JUNIATA.EDU Subject: Subj: Subj: Re: book Japanese Detail II X-To: CLAYART%UKCC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Ditto on the thanks about this book. I ordered 4 copies and am quadrupally pleased. I figured at the price I could get some for gifts, keep one, and loan one out, which I have already, and not worry if it comes back or not. The images are super-sharp, and the book will come in handy this semester during the course in Japanese ceramics I'm teaching. Jack Troy ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: book Japanese Detail From: Iain Begg > INTERNET:begg@MPRGATE.MPR.CA To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 20-Jan-95 02:50 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-2.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id UAA26555; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 20:49:29 -0500 Message-Id: <199501200149.UAA26555@dub-img-2.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6177; Thu, 19 Jan 95 20:36:19 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5959; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 19:36:03 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 19:35:56 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Iain Begg Subject: Re: book Japanese Detail X-To: CLAYART%UKCC.BITNET@UTORUGW.bitnet To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Kit and Peggy Robin Hopper's books are excellent. However, you can also get him on videotape: "Making Marks" and "Form and Function" both sets of 6 tapes produced by Tara Productions and advertised in Ceramics Monthly. He shows much of what he describes in his books. They are first rate and will keep you in ideas and techniques for a long time I would think. He's also good for a few jokes and lots of shots of pottery by a wide range of well known and lesser known potters. Sound quality in the first series is OK but is much better in the second. Iain Begg ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: book Japanese Detail From: Linda Arbuckle > INTERNET:ARBUCK@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 20-Jan-95 03:57 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id VAA10916; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 21:53:19 -0500 Message-Id: <199501200253.VAA10916@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6657; Thu, 19 Jan 95 21:54:47 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4329; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 21:54:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 21:52:13 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: Re: book Japanese Detail To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Hi Kit, Glad you like the book. I agree, it opens up my thinking! I bought several copies thinking ahead to Xmas gifts for potter pals. A funny story, someone I know in NYC called Hacker and reserved 2 copies. Hacker knew that something was afoot, as a bevy of people call or mail-ordered this particular book at the same time. She told them: Internet! I'd taken a chance and orderd the book previously, and thought it a good deal. On a lot of the other Hacker books, I highlight the ones that look good, and go to the UF art library, where I find a number of them. You could request Interlibrary loan. Unless the book is pretty cheap, I want to KNOW that I want to keep it. You might also like the Strand Bookstore in NYC on Broadway. I don't have the address in front of me. Tell them you want their art book list. Remaindered and used. Good prices if you find something of interest. Happy reading, Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: book Japanese Detail From: Linda Arbuckle > INTERNET:ARBUCK@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 20-Jan-95 14:55 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id IAA08790; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:54:43 -0500 Message-Id: <199501201354.IAA08790@dub-img-3.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1616; Fri, 20 Jan 95 08:55:55 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9378; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:47:27 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:45:03 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: Re: book Japanese Detail To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Jan, The book was Japanese Detail: Cuisine. Color. 136 pp. of pottery, lacquer ware, baskets, etc. for food. $6.98 plus 3. shipping from Hacker Art Books 45 W. 57th St. NY, NY 10019 212-688-7600 Other publications to consider: Studio Potter magazine. Published twice a year, topical issues. No ads. Box 70 Goffstown, NH 03045 Anyone know the current subscr. price? Ceramics, Art, and Perception 35 Williams St. Paddington NSW 2021 Australia $48. US, publ. quarterly. Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: Netscape 1.0N From: "William B. Buckner" > INTERNET:couwbb@GSUSGI2.GSU.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 20-Jan-95 18:37 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id MAA13506; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 12:30:52 -0500 Message-Id: <199501201730.MAA13506@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7128; Fri, 20 Jan 95 12:32:13 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1266; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 11:20:26 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:54:26 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: "William B. Buckner" Subject: Re: Netscape 1.0N X-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART In-Reply-To: <9501201528.AA25564@gsusgi2.gsu.edu> Jeff's description of Netscape applies to IBM machines as well. It can be downloaded from: http://home.mcom.com/ Also, NCSA Mosaic is also available for free in a variety of formats (X-Windows, Windows 3.1, Mac 68K, and Power Mac) by downloading from the following address: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/ When accessing, be aware these addresses are in the UNIX environment, and are therefore case sensitive (that is, upper case M is NOT the same as lower case m). Check out a book called _Free_$tuff_from_the_Internet_, by Patrick Vincent (Coriolis Group Books, 1994). It is handy for getting set up to access the Internet. -Bill \__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\Bill Buckner /__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/Georgia State University \__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__couwbb@gsusgi2.gsu.edu /__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/_voice:(404)651-2217, fax:(404)651-1714 On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Broock wrote: > IT, meaning Netscape, is a graphical type interface for navigating the > internet. It requires a rather recently produced MAC, as it will not > work on those with the tiny little built in screens. You can download it > from many different sources, as most universities have it as a file on > their mainframes that one could just ftp, or download using fetch, or > whatever. Basically, You move around using hypertext, but you click on > the relevant text using the mouse. Also, graphics accompany many of the > addresses, which lets you view on-line galleries, download music, etc. > Truly an innovative program. > > I know you can use Netscape for the IBM, I just don't know anything about > those machines. ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #675077-FLAMEWORK - Msg Number: 676097 From: Robert A. Mickelsen 71042,751 To: D J Stamm 71612,3254 Forum: CRAFTS Sec: -1- Date: 20-Jan-95 04:46:35 <...who knows, maybe that person knows someone who knows someone who teaches basic techniques...> I will do you one better my friend. I am the man with the plan... Glassblowing - An Introduction to Solid and Blown Glass Sculpturing by Homer L Hoyt (ISBN# 0-9624404-0-X) Crafts and Arts Publishing Co. Inc. 626 Moss St. Golden CO 80401 (303) 278-4670 Excellent book for beginners. You can concievably buy this book and teach yourself *without* an instructor! At the very least, this will get you started... Robert ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Message from Internet From: Linda Arbuckle > INTERNET:ARBUCK@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 21-Jan-95 01:32 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id TAA20222; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 19:31:59 -0500 Message-Id: <199501210031.TAA20222@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1831; Fri, 20 Jan 95 19:33:25 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3742; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 18:11:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 18:09:00 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Linda Arbuckle To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART >Could someone please repost the phone number/address for Hacker Art Books? >I thought I saved it, but now it's no where to be found. Ruth, Hacker Art Books 45 W. 57th St. NY, NY 10019 212-688-7600 Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: TILES From: Fred G Athearn > INTERNET:fga@WORLD.STD.COM To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 21-Jan-95 18:49 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id MAA25583; Sat, 21 Jan 1995 12:47:12 -0500 Message-Id: <199501211747.MAA25583@dub-img-1.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7098; Sat, 21 Jan 95 12:47:58 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1854; Sat, 21 Jan 1995 12:47:56 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 12:46:02 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Fred G Athearn Subject: TILES X-To: clayart%ukcc.BITNET@uunet.uu.net To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART In November I wrote asking for information on tiles, both floor and wall. I did get the Giogini book as advised. It is a wonderful and inspiring book. By the way one of the illustrations is by "Dianna Rose" who I assume is Rose Downs. It is beautiful. I am always thrilled to see the work of one of the Clayart participants. And Rose, I think of your husband and hold him in the healing light. Well, the one tidbit of information I got that I need to get started is that floor tiles need to be at least cone 2, and vitreous. I remember a convincing piece on Clayart as to the virtues of cone 3, low enough to be energy-saving and high enough to use feldspathic glazes. I would dearly appreciate the following information: 1) A recipe for a clay body, buff colored or white, please, that will vitrify at cone 3. What I really need is two bodies, one for throwing (if I'm firing to cone 3 I'll definitely want to do pots too) and one for tiles. But any recipe at all that vitrifies at that temperature will give me a starting point. 2) Glaze recipe for cone 3. (Would there be any rule of thumb for lowering cone 5-6 recipes?) I would really appreciate it if whoever is working at cone 3 will come on line with some information to start me out. I don't have time to re-invent this stuff. This floor has to get laid this summer and finally I have time to do the work. 3) The other project is wall tiles. Would somebody making their own cone 06 tiles please share the body recipe? I had assumed I would just use commercially produced 6x6 tiles but now that I've seen the work in Giorgini's book I want to go further than that. I am really hoping to get some hard info to start testing with. All my old books are high fire stuff and the one book of bodies and glazes I have I cannot put my hands on presently. Thanks in advance. Eleanora Eden Paradise Hill Bellows Falls VT 05101 (802) 869-2003 (voice) fga@world.std.com (E-mail) ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: books From: Lee Jaffe > INTERNET:leec@SCILIBX.UCSC.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 26-Jan-95 10:30 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-2.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id EAA06350; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 04:28:31 -0500 Message-Id: <199501260928.EAA06350@dub-img-2.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8668; Thu, 26 Jan 95 04:30:07 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4665; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 04:30:05 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 01:22:43 -0800 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Lee Jaffe Subject: books X-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART Those interested in good sources for remaindered and used art books, check out Moe's Books on the Internet. Point your favorite WWW client at http://moesbooks.com/moe.htm. It is my favorite browse whenever I get to Berkeley and the online version is a searchable catalog of their holdings. Lee David Jaffe Santa Cruz, California leec@scilibx.ucsc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Reply to: Re: Netscape 1.0N From: Lee Jaffe > INTERNET:leec@SCILIBX.UCSC.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 26-Jan-95 10:36 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by dub-img-2.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id EAA06864; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 04:36:12 -0500 Message-Id: <199501260936.EAA06864@dub-img-2.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9635; Thu, 26 Jan 95 04:37:48 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5666; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 04:37:46 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 01:30:25 -0800 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Lee Jaffe Subject: Re: Netscape 1.0N X-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART I'll add my recommendation to check out MacWeb and WinWeb available from ftp://ftp.einet.net. This program is smaller than either of the other two, takes up less memory, is faster and more stable in my experience. There are some features missing that I like in the other two, but it is a strong, though often neglected contender in this field. Lee David Jaffe Santa Cruz, California leec@scilibx.ucsc.edu On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, William B. Buckner wrote: > Jeff's description of Netscape applies to IBM machines as well. It can > be downloaded from: > > http://home.mcom.com/ > > > Also, NCSA Mosaic is also available for free in a variety of formats > (X-Windows, Windows 3.1, Mac 68K, and Power Mac) by downloading from the > following address: > > ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/ > > When accessing, be aware these addresses are in the UNIX environment, and > are therefore case sensitive (that is, upper case M is NOT the same as > lower case m). > > Check out a book called _Free_$tuff_from_the_Internet_, by Patrick > Vincent (Coriolis Group Books, 1994). It is handy for getting set up to > access the Internet. > > -Bill > > \__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\Bill Buckner > /__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/Georgia State University > \__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__couwbb@gsusgi2.gsu.edu > /__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/_voice:(404)651-2217, fax:(404)651-1714 > > On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Broock wrote: > > > IT, meaning Netscape, is a graphical type interface for navigating the > > internet. It requires a rather recently produced MAC, as it will not > > work on those with the tiny little built in screens. You can download it > > from many different sources, as most universities have it as a file on > > their mainframes that one could just ftp, or download using fetch, or > > whatever. Basically, You move around using hypertext, but you click on > > the relevant text using the mouse. Also, graphics accompany many of the > > addresses, which lets you view on-line galleries, download music, etc. > > Truly an innovative program. > > > > I know you can use Netscape for the IBM, I just don't know anything about > > those machines. > ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #687251-Jigger machine: how to.. - Msg Number: 688190 From: Don Kopyscinski 74134,2672 To: Szoke Imre 76475,65 Forum: CRAFTS Sec: 09-Glass/Clay/Ceramics Date: 28-Jan-95 17:00:38 Hi Szoke, Sorry I didn't get to your first request until now. There are Jigger plans in the book "The Potters Alternative" by Harry Davis pages 237-248. Chilton Book Company Radnor, PA 19089 Good Luck, Don ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #689886-Bubble in glazed pottery - Msg Number: 691886 From: Jennifer and Adam REED 72123,1441 To: Jay Stephenson 73234,1471 Forum: CRAFTS Sec: 09-Glass/Clay/Ceramics Date: 31-Jan-95 18:19:07 Jay, Pinholing problems are, indeed, extremely aggravating and can have many causes. Please post the specific glaze recipe and firing schedule, and also state the kind of kiln used (gas or electric). Pinholing can result from contaminated glaze materials, firing schedule problems, or procedural problems. Sometimes it is a problem of glaze chemistry, requiring adjustment in the glaze formula. I have delt with this problem many times and will be glad to offer what advice I can. Is the firing followed by a period of soaking (if so, for how long)? For the moment, here's another book suggestion: Ceramic Faults and their Remedies by Harry Fraser (it may be difficult to locate--try Laguna Clay Co., City of Industry, CA (800) 452-4862. Jennifer Reed ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: CLAYART Digest - 3 Feb 1995 to 4 Feb 1995 From: Automatic digest processor > INTERNET:LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU To: Russel Fouts 100021,23 Date: 05-Feb-95 06:18 Sender: owner-clayart@ukcc.uky.edu Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by arl-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id AAA27949; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 00:10:39 -0500 Message-Id: <199502050510.AAA27949@arl-img-3.compuserve.com> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7420; Sun, 05 Feb 95 00:10:16 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5531; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 00:05:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 00:00:57 -0500 Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sender: Ceramic Arts Discussion List From: Automatic digest processor Subject: CLAYART Digest - 3 Feb 1995 to 4 Feb 1995 To: Recipients of CLAYART digests There are 19 messages totalling 513 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Hakeme (3) 2. Norman Kilns 3. A Potter's Late Night Musings (4) 4. London and More? (2) 5. Moderated list (3) 6. women in art history 7. special wheels 8. Curriculum for beginners 9. Mixing clay and custodians 10. please help me! 11. Small Art Colleges ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 02:05:06 -0500 From: Butch Hulett Subject: Hakeme Greetings, I am interested in the process "Hakeme" and would be interested in any information that anyone out there would care to give. Thanks, Butch Hulett 923 S. Campbell Ave. Springfield, MO. 65806 (417) 831-9486 ButchHul@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 05:06:55 EST From: Don Kopyscinski <74134.2672@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Norman Kilns >From: Loren Scherbak >Subject: Norman Kilns >Does anyone know about Norman kilns. I scanned my ClayArt personal archives >and someone asked about them in Oct.94. I might be able to get one cheeeep! > Is it worth it? Loren, I purchased a Norman Kiln as my first electric kiln. I had used one in a studio I was working in and knew it inside and out (the reason was not yet clear to me, but in retrospect I realize it was from the number of times I had to fix it). I felt confident I could do any needed repairs on my own. It was a few hundred dollars cheaper than the comperable "name brands" and I also thought I might save some money. This was probably the biggest mistake I made that first year. I emassed the largest box of replaced parts you can imagine. Within two to three years I replaced about 15 switches (or maybe 21, I used to keep a tally), replaced the interbox plug and socket combinations about 4 times, rewired the complete internal box wiring three times, had the switch boxes re-designed three times (The owner began asking me for suggestions). The kiln generated lots of excitement the day I produced 48 amp sparks shooting into the air by turning it on. The manufacturer offered me a job as a kiln repair person ("after all I had repaired every component in the kiln several times and done it as well as his guys") and said that there were plenty of them out there in need of repair. That was around 1982. The company went out of business a few years after that. I could probably still find the building where they were produced as I made *many* trips there. The design that is the worst offender was the three stackable ring model 7 cubic foot. The cube style had beter insulation and were probably better. The main flaw in the design was the lack of an air space between the kiln wall and the switch boxes. There was so much heat infiltrating into those boxes that it just burned the insulation off of the wires. The wiring configuration in the kiln aslo required about twice the wire than most other manufacturers use. Lots of heat + lots of wire = bad hair day. I argued with the manufacturer at no end to get him to change the design and he chose to use the same design passed on to him by his father-in-law who I belive was "Norman". I'm pretty sure it was not intentional, but on two seperate occasions I received replacement parts from the factory that were improperly wired. It's a good thing that I always use a meter to test continuity before turning on the kiln. The interbox plugs were wired to direct to current to the ground (and the jacket of the kiln) . I thought my Norman kiln was cheap at the time but it was a classic example of "you get what you pay for." My Norman did force me to learn more than many about electric kilns than many potters and I suppose it was one way to learn (the hard way). I would certainly not recommend you get a three ring "Norman Kiln" if you expect to heat it up. It does make a dandy paper weight and dust collector. If anyone wants one cheeeeep, call me. I finally gave up on it and it's sitting under the stairs unused for many years. Regards, Don Kopyscinski Bear Hills Pottery Newtown, CT ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 11:03:52 -0500 From: Richard Aerni Subject: A Potter's Late Night Musings The kiln is firing, snow falling, the last cones coming down too. My mind is whirling and dancing, wondrous and eager at the thought of this network, these resources at my fingertips. I've been online with CLAYART about a week now, avidly following the interplay, the give and take of ideas from widely separate locales which travel the breadth of our continent to appear, miraculously, in front of me with the touch of a button. Last year a rolodex was state of the art in my studio; the next communication breakthrough was going to be a phone in the barn! And now this! I'm breathless with the glimmering of possibilities. One aspect of CLAYART intrigues me. This forum is the only place where I have seen a true interface between academic ceramists, studio potters, and other avocational clay folk. Talk about the lions laying down with the lambs! Not that I think these groups mutually exclusive or confrontational, but it has always seemed to me (and please correct me if my perception seems skewed) that there is definitely a "them and us" mentality between the camps, which is somewhat understandable, but nevertheless unhealthy and counterproductive. What I've been thinking about, in light of all this, is how to take advantage of this nexus, how to exploit the inherent democratic qualities of CLAYART (alright, perhaps anarchic qualities!) to bring benefits to all involved which were not possible before. One thing comes to mind. I recently had a young aspiring potter spend three weeks working in my studio. She was home on break from art school, looking for some work to earn needed bucks, but also looking for the opportunity to broaden her experiences in the studio. I had plenty of ash for her to sift, and also a couple of free wheels in the corner. It was a good fit. As we became acquainted with each other, I learned that she was getting ready to fly from her art school nest, and hoped to land an apprenticeship at some pottery, in order to bring her skills up to speed. We talked about it, exploring the whole idea of apprenticeship, its various forms, and the primary idea that it was to be beneficial to BOTH parties. I gave her Gerry Williams' book on the subject, told her I had a lot of contacts around the country with working potters, urged her to clarify her vision of what her needs were, and what she could offer to any potter willing to take her on. And then told her to call me when she had that together, and maybe I could help her find a placement. End of story? I don't know. I hope not, for she has "the attitude", that indefineable quality of interest and persistance that will enable her to succeed, given half a chance. Surely there is a potter "out there" who will give her that opportunity. But how to reach that potter? I might have been that potter, given the right set of circumstances, for I have been chewing on the idea of an apprentice for a couple of years now. I'm in my early forties, working in clay now 20 years, reaching a transitional point in my career where I find myself much more of a mind to share my knowledge, my experience, with someone else. And surely there are many more like me who would welcome, or at least look with interest on the idea, if only there was some way to make that initial contact easier, less dependent on happenstance. Perhaps CLAYART could somehow function as a clearinghouse, a matchmaker, helping all those aspiring students/grads/clayfolk find that right situation with one of the (apparently) ever growing numbers of studio potters on the net. Their application could be screened by interested potters; conversely, studio potters could register with the service and receive inquiries from interested applicants. Expectations of the various parties could be listed, ie. length of aprenticeship, remuneration, living needs/accomodations, type of experience/type of work, etc., etc., so that the search becomes streamlined. I'm basically just thinking out loud (oops! on the keyboard), and I certainly don't feel I have all the answers (in fact, I probably haven't even thought of many of the right questions!), but for aspiring studio ceramists, an apprenticeship seems to be a valuable and logical extension of a BFA, or even MFA degree. Certainly the whole idea of internships has been a popular and valuable access route to a job/career in other areas of the university. Why not in clay? (of course, if it is being done in a major way in clay, and I'm just too far out in the boonies to have heard of it, I'll just (like Gilda) say "nevermind!" and lapse into embarrassed silence and you all can just press that delete button! At any rate, at least I've thrown the whole sodden lump onto the wedging table. If anyone wants to take a turn or two at it, or maybe shape it into something worthwhile, great. If not, let's just throw it into the scrap heap. I've got to go look at that kiln. Respectfully submitted, Richard Aerni ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 10:20:21 -0600 From: Patrick Veerkamp Subject: Re: London and More? On Fri, 3 Feb 1995, Tom Colson wrote: > I'd appreciate any suggestions re: interesting ceramics anywhere in the > UK. We don't have any fixed destinations in mind, so any suggestions > would be great. My focus is tile, but I also appreciate the more 3-D > world. Collections and especially working potteries or tileries are > favorite stops. > Tom: A couple of resources that you may be aware of, but if not you should be: -English Medieval Tiles, Elizabeth Eames, Harvard U. Press (ISBN# 0-674-25670-0). This is actually a publication put out by the British Museum. It has an appendix which lists places where medieval tiles can be seen in their original position as well as museums with displays of tiles, kiln sites, books on the topic, etc. -the Art Collections of Great Britain & Ireland: the National Art-Collections Fund Book of Art Galleries and Museums, Jeannie Chapel & Charlotte Gare, Abrams. Complete and very useful for identifying museums with pot collections all over the UK. -The Complete Pottery Course, Susan Peterson, Ebury Press. A pretty good book and it has an appendix listing museum collections all over the world--an a couple of dozen in England. Outside of the museums in London that have already been mentioned in the last few days on Clayart (esp. the V&A and British Mus.) I would recommend the Museum of London for tiles. Also, I would recommend the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford; and it seems to me I recall seeing tiles in city of Norwich mus. (but I'm not real sure). But, the best place to see tiles is in the cathedrals. I've visited most all of the cathedrals in England and they offer some of the best examples of tile work anywhere. They have begun to all blend together in my mind these days but I seem to recall Winchester, Wells, Ely, as being particularly nice. I mentioned this before on a previous post but I'll say it again--since you're so close I would recommend a trip to Paris. Just a couple of days if nothing else. For tiles I would visit the Musee de Cluny (I think thats how you spell it) and the Musee National de Ceramique in Severs (a suburb of Paris, you can get there by metro). Have a wonderful trip and let us know and report back on what you see. Patrick Veerkamp Art Department Southwestern University Georgetown, TX 78626 512 863 1370 fax # 512 863 1422 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 11:27:13 -0500 From: TROY@JUNCOL.JUNIATA.EDU Subject: Re: A Potter's Late Night Musings Re: "The lions lying down with the lambs," in Richard's post. Calls to mind Woody Allen's reflection on this parable : "The lion may lie down with the lamb,but the lamb won't get much sleep." Jack Troy, having logged in at the woodstove; preparing to shuffle snow off the driveway a byte at a time. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 11:39:11 EST From: John Jensen <76053.1462@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Moderated list I must chime in with those who have recently complained about irrelevant messages; but my biggest complaint is the lengthy repeat posting of messages which folks include in their replies. A recent one turned out to be the entire previous days clayart digest. I don't want to seem cheap....but this stuff cost me real money. Clayart isn't cheap to begin with though it is a great value, but I must confess to being a bit peeved at all the wasted bits and bytes I have to pay for. I know that the decision of whether to moderate or not rests entirely with the owners of the list. I would be happy if somehow these egregious examples could be edited out . John Jensen in Annapolis...on a bit of a rant. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 11:04:15 -0600 From: Lee in PigsEye Subject: Re: A Potter's Late Night Musings Greetings Richard, I think your Lion's and Lambs is an ideal we should strive for. I am a potter married to an artist and think both paths are valid and that there is no need to take down one to raise the other. I also do some painting and writing, so I am an artist in areas outside of mud. Also, thinking about what Jack said about sleepless lambs: it is helpful to the lambs if some of the lambs are wolves in sheep's clothing. ;-) Lee In St.Paul, MN ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 11:09:02 -0600 From: Lee in PigsEye Subject: Re: Moderated list I know this is up to the list owners, but I vote against a moderated list. I use my delete key at the index to dispose of any messages I don't want to read. Lee ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 11:16:11 -0600 From: Patrick Veerkamp Subject: Re: A Potter's Late Night Musings On Sat, 4 Feb 1995, Richard Aerni wrote: > Perhaps CLAYART could somehow function as a clearinghouse, a matchmaker, > helping all those aspiring students/grads/clayfolk find that right situation > with one of the (apparently) ever growing numbers of studio potters on the > net. Richard: good idea! Seems to me applications from prospective apprentices and notices of available placement opportunities could be put on the SDSU ceramic gopher. It might be that the screening process needs to be thought through in order to insure a certain level of professionalism, and standards need to be considered. It's an idea I've heard discussed before but that's usually as far as it gets. Patrick Veerkamp Art Department Southwestern University Georgetown, TX 78626 512 863 1370 fax # 512 863 1422 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 13:35:27 -0600 From: Edward A Beimborn Subject: Re: London and More? Two other good places to see medieval tiles in situ are the chapter house at Westminister Abbey and St. David's in Wales, South of Fishgarde. Chapter houses seem to be a good place to look. Cant remember if York Minster had them because I was so blown away by the carvings. While you are tile watching, don't neglect stone carvings, bench ends and miseriecordes. Or churchyards. So much great stuff over there. Jan Beimborn@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 15:49:38 -0500 From: Ray Aldridge Subject: Re: Moderated list > I know this is up to the list owners, but I vote against a moderated > list. I use my delete key at the index to dispose of any messages I >don't want to read. > Lee Lee, I believe the previous poster (John Jensen?) gets his mail through Compuserve, which charges for all e-mail received, whether you read it or not. If I were in that position, I'd be annoyed too. However, I don't think we need a moderated list, which is a lot of work for the moderator and really isn't suitable for an informal, relatively small list like clayart. A better solution might be for John to find a less avaricious access provider. Ray Aldridge `[1;35;44mRainbow V 1.10 for Delphi - Test Drive ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 16:31:48 -0500 From: Patrick Hilferty Subject: Re: women in art history Women Surrealists by Whitney Chadwick might be a choice you could look into, if you haven't already. Chadwick teaches at San Francisco State University. Patrick Hilferty ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 17:27:31 +0000 From: R Ballou Subject: Re: Hakeme I don't know how much or little you know about hakeme, so I'll start at the beginning. It's a slip decoration technique using a thick slip (traditionally porcelain) and a stiff, coarse brush to texture the slip. You can use the brush with a patting motion to create a design in the slip whilst the wheel is turning slowly or you can swipe a pattern or design of your choosing in the slip as you apply it. I've tried lots of brushes, generally, the cheaper the better in this case. Somewhere I heard that Hamada used straw cut from his yard. Tried that,too,and liked it the best. Hakeme reminds me of what I like best about clay--recapturing that sense of a child playing in the mud. Hope this answers your question. Ruth B. rballou@access.digex.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 16:53:15 -0600 From: Bede Clarke Subject: Re: Hakeme On Sat, 4 Feb 1995, Butch Hulett wrote: > I am interested in the process "Hakeme" and would be interested in any > information that anyone out there would care to give. > Butch, See The Unknown Craftsman by Soetsu Yanagi for a short chapter on hakame (Kodansha International). Also Leach writes in A Potter's Book, (hakame) "is done with a miniature garden broom made of the grain ends of rice straw" ie a quite coarse brush.> Bede Clarke ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 20:00:05 -0500 From: Barbara Mazur Subject: special wheels I would appreciate any help I can get on this subject. I am teaching throwing at a clay company in South Florida. One of my students is throwing on a brent that we have heightened with bricks. She throws while in her wheel chair. I know there are wheels designed for wheelchairs but would love some input as to other's opinions concerning their experience with specific models/ brands/ costs. We would also appreciate any info re. sources for grants that would cover the cost of such a wheel. The make-shift situation is not ideal. Maurene can't sit dirrectly under the wheel because of the height of her legs and the wheelhead is too high. To date, her forms must be no taller than a small mug and she wants to throw bigger and taller. We thank you for any help and all suggestions. I also want to mention that Maurene has written many grants and I didn't have any clues as to where we should look. Thanks, Barbara Mazur Barbara Mazur barbaram@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 20:37:40 EST From: John Jensen <76053.1462@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Curriculum for beginners Our students tend to be either handbuilders or wheel people, and our class schedules reflect that tendency. There is some overlap and flow from one group to the other, but not much. My handbuilding classes have been comprised of mainly beginners with a small percentage of more experienced folks. I start the session out with a class devoted to pinch pots...these are two hour classes and what with getting introduced and collecting lab fees and whatnot there is time for each student to make half a dozen or so small pinched bowls. The second class is spent coiling small pots from hand rolled coils. The third class is spent making a box from slabs. the fourth is devoted to using coils and slabs pressed into bisque molds. After introducing students to these basic forming techniques, I let them do whatever they want...This turns out to be quite a challenge, as they have to think a bit. If someone has a real problem, I may make suggestions, but most people turn out to have a lot of ideas. Toward the end of the class I have everyone build a large pot from extruded coils. I run the extruder and keep everyone supplied with 5/8 inch coils. Goal is to make as large a pot as possible over the course of two class periods...Even those students who were quite timid at first become enthusiastic about working on a large scale...these large pots always turn out quite different from each other in shape, texture, and decoration. We also have devoted a class to making little ocarinas...clay whistles which can be formed in any shape I've been thinking lately that handbuilders might like to try coiling on the wheel as a way of providing a smooth transition from the one to the other John Jensen, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Md.. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 20:38:06 EST From: John Jensen <76053.1462@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Mixing clay and custodians I Mix clay by hand in a 55 gallon drum for use by students at Marland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis. I add the clay to a pre measured amount of water in an attempt to keep the dust down; but even being careful, large amounts of clay get in the air and the whole room is covered with a fine film of dust. I therefore always wear a mask and try to mix only when the studio is going to be closed for a couple of days. I then mop up as soon as the studio opens again...after the air has cleared and before anyone has a chance to stir up the dust...It's a lot of work and I end up doing most of it myself...Our custodians in the past have not been particularly fond of us and in an attempt to come to a reasonable accomodation I have accepted total responsibility for keeping the studio clean...I have occasionally found the custodian dry mopping the studio which just stirs up the dust, but I am reluctant to tell them that this is dangerous for fear that they will put out the word that we have toxic environment etc. etc. and we would be eventually shut down....an unlikely prospect but one must keep a low profile sometimes. I try to elicit as much help from the students as possibe, but they are not generally of a mind to spend precious "art" time behind a mop...One of the differences between the beginning and advanced students is that the advanced students are expected to clean up more...All in all it works out well and we rarely see the custodians and never discuss such matters as the relative toxicity of the environment....Which in fact I try to keep as safe as possible. John Jensen in Annapolis. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 22:44:35 -0500 From: "LUIGI F. CRESPO" Subject: please help me! Date sent: 4-FEB-1995 22:41:41 Hello, my name is Luigi crespo. I am a college student interested in Japanese arts. I have some pieces that I had been colecting, but I would like to subscribe to a list, in where such arts are discussed. Do you know of any? if not where can I get info. as to info, history, and value of some of my pieces? THANK YOU! CRES1744@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 23:24:50 -0500 From: "James R. Goodhue" Subject: Small Art Colleges Could any of you comment on any small art colleges in northern California, Oregon, Washington or western U.S. that offer solid programs in both ceramics and glass blowing. Name and location of college would suffice. Thanks, Jim Goodhue jgoodhu@cello.gina.calstate.edu ------------------------------ End of CLAYART Digest - 3 Feb 1995 to 4 Feb 1995 ************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #711236-videos - Msg Number: 711313 From: Steve Meltzer 74204,2252 To: Thomas 72124,2050 Forum: CRAFTS Sec: 09-Glass/Clay/Ceramics Date: 14-Feb-95 17:25:29 Tom About three months ago I wrote a very large aricle on crafts videos, interviewing a number of people who use videos for marketing and as how-tos for sale. To get a copy call The Crafts Report at 1-800-777-7098. I believe the issue was the October '94 but they'll be able to help. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 08:09:10 -0800 From: Phobos Subject: Re: Bribery and corruption Actualy, due to a NEW technique I've discovered, I'm starting to experiment in the ^3-^6 range Redox/Ox. (Yes, that reads discovered, as I don't think I've created it...:) ) Some interesting problems and easy solutions have been found...One book I found to be helpfull is Richard Zakin - Electric Kiln Ceramics. Some nice glazes to work from as well as a couple of clay bodies. As someone said - Books help for about 15% of the way. I tend to agree. That 15% can go along way for me tho. As soon as I get this technique into a viable art-form, I'll put up my mosaic page so folks can get a peek as to what I do (outside of my usual work). A bit non-conclusive this time... Shea ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #722126-Getting Started - Msg Number: 722304 From: Ken Russell 75053,2444 To: Jack McGiffin 100070,30 Forum: CRAFTS Sec: 09-Glass/Clay/Ceramics Date: 22-Feb-95 12:56:02 Sure. Crafts Report:302-656-2209 Sunshine Artists:407-539-3939 I haven't read it, but I hear a good book about starting out a craft business is by Wendy Rosen, titled "Crafting As A Business" 410-889-2933 to order. Wendy runs The Buyers Market trade shows in Philly and Boston ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Guerilla Marketing - Msg Number: 722613 From: Wheat Carr/NY 71774,3401 To: Amy Medford 76155,2363 Forum: CRAFTS Sec: 09-Glass/Clay/Ceramics Date: 22-Feb-95 17:49:09 Amy, "Guerilla Marketing - secrets for Making Big Profits From Your Small Business" is by Jay Conrad Levinson. ISBN: 0-395-38314-5, soft cover $8.95 as well as the other books he has written are an excellent resource. His books have been reviewed in lots of magazines & even experienced marketeers can learn from them. Wheat ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kiln Safety - Msg Number: 734079 From: Susan A. Coville 76163,2503 To: Whom it may concern Forum: CRAFTS Sec: -1- Date: 01-Mar-95 20:14:21 To the person who asked about kiln safety...(the message scrollled off before I could return to the forum) I would recommend several books: 1. Daniel Rhoades "Kilns" page 187 in my edition (an old one) 2. Caroll Michels "How to survive and prosper as an artist" page212+ in the 3rd edition, an appendix on Health Hazards. I've contacted the "Center for Safety in the Arts", 5 Beekman St.,Suite 1030, NY,NY 10038 in the past. They have quite a library of articles, resources, etc. and are quite helpful. Goodluck with your Kiln adventure, Susan Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 22:06:52 EST From: Danny Earl Brumfield Subject: good book: RAISED IN CLAY I don't know if this one's been mentioned lately, or ever. It's hard to keep track of all the good literature mentioned on this group! It's called RAISED IN CLAY, by Mary Sweezy. It's a Smithsonian Institute book, large format with lots of pictures, that chronicles the southeastern pottery tradition of the United States. All of the potteries featured are family-owned commercial operations, some gift-shop small, some national wholesale large. Most of them are second, third or even fourth generation family businesses. In-depth historical and modern practical pottery working details are featured with large italized blocks of quotations from the pottery makers. They talk about their small-scale clay processing machinery build-up, about the way that grandad did it in his day while they as children watched; about going out with Uncle John during the Great Depression with a horse-drawn wagon full of salt-glazed pottery to peddle in distant towns; about mining and working with native stoneware clays near their homes; and how the expanding system of railroads into the South after the Civil War changed the way their pottery was glazed and decorated. Highly recommended. -- "The fools. The mad fools." Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 22:16:46 -0500 From: ARTMOLIN@ACS.EKU.EDU Subject: Re: good book: RAISED IN CLAY It's Nancy Sweezy who wrote _Raised in Clay_. Jack Troy ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: #6951-Skutt Electric Kiln - Msg Number: 7271 From: Bruce Thomas 73760,2707 To: CP Dunbar 72540,2152 Forum: HANDCRAFTS Sec: 17-Business & Trades Date: 17-Mar-95 14:35:33 CP, nothing takes the place of hands-on instruction, so I'd urge you to fit some evening classes into your schedule if you can. I used to go two nights a week, each session about 3 hours. Even if you attend only half the classes it's great... meet new people, actually see what and how things are done... and let someone else do the firing! I have half a dozen books here... one is "The Complete Book of Pottery Making," then "Pottery On The Wheel," "Exploring Clay: Hand Techniques" and one I re-read last night "Pottery Glazes" by David Green. That one could also be titled "All You Would Ever Want To Know About Glazes, and Much Much More." It's a chemistry course and a discussion of glazes all rolled into one... but it also has some great explanations and descriptions. Cheers. Rawson's _Ceramics_ is one of the most important unreadable books in our field. It contains a lot of excellent ideas, but the style in which they are presented heaps on the reader the unnecessary burden of editing. If Rawson were to write a description of how to use a pug mill, we'd all go back to wedging by hand and gladly suffer the orthopedic consequences rather than figure out his arcane directions for using the machine. Jack Troy Tom Colson asked about our favorite books on ceramic techniques. Here are mine. For pinch-pots, its a tie between Paulus Berensohn's "Finding One's Way With Clay," and Mary Rogers "On Pottery and Porcelain." Both are awe-inspiring books that will lay to rest any notion you may have that a wheel is needed to make fabulous pots, and both authors show you exactly what they do. For decorating, my favorite is John Colbeck's "Pottery: Technique of Decorating." For wheel-throwing technique, my favorite by far is the same author's "Pottery: The Technique of Throwing." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 20:44:33 -0500 From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: handmade brushes In "Handmade Potter's Tools" by Phillip Whitford and Gordon Wong, there's a section on Mashiko brush making. Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 06:35:53 -0500 From: --dmermels-- Subject: Re: Question - handmade brushes Re: sources on brushmaking _Handmade Potter's Tools_ by P. Whitford and G. Wong (Kodansha Int'l Ltd., 1986), ISBN 0-87011-772-6 includes two chapters on making handmade brushes. The rest of the book is quite good as well. David M. Mermelstein Please note new address: 802 Fern Place, NW Washington, DC 20012 dmermels@capaccess.org 202/829-7264 ------------------------------ Richard, I have used a textbook called Shaping Space-The Dynamics of 3-D Design and enjoyed it very much. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Pub. Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher are tha authors. I used it in teaching a basic 3D class. Katy Sheridan My terra cotta casting body has a SG of 1.81 (and I vary it depending on the season, and the viscosity runs about 35 sec. Charles Lehman (Lehman Manufacturing Kentland, Indiana) has a good publication entitled "Slip and What Every Ceramicist Needs To Know" and covers alot of material. Also, Hammer's "Potters Dictionary.." has a very good section on defloccualtion, as does Lawrence's "Ceramic Science for the Potter." Good Luck. Jonathan Kaplan 74034.3566@compuserve.com Ceramic Design Group PO Box 775112 Steamboat Springs Colorado 80477 (303) 87909139 voice and FAX ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 18:38:58 -0500 From: "Laurence P. Holden" Subject: Exhibit announcement: Ben Owen I and III Exhibit announcement: Built Upon Honor: The Ceramic Art of Ben Owen and Ben Owen III Organized by the The Mint Museum of Art ,Charlotte, N.C. 1995 in=20 cooperation with The Hambidge Center of Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, Ga. Exhibit schedule: April 22, 1995 June at the Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Ga. June-December at The Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C. Jan. 26, 1996- March 25 at the Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga. This exhibit documents the tradition of functional pottery developed= =20 by Ben=20 Owen at Jugtown Pottery in North Carolina, and interpreted today by the=20 work of h is grandson, Ben Owen III. It will include work from the extensive=20 Hambidge Coll ection of Jugtown work from the early 1930's, drawings by Ben Owen, works= =20 made by Shoji Hamada at Jugtown, and works by Ben Owen III from 1968 to 1994. A catalog will be available (with a critical essay by me on Ben Owen=20 III=D5s develo pment of a new dynamic of the tradition he works within). Essay is=20 available fro m me by e-mail. For more information contact: The Hambidge Center P.O.box 339 Rabun Gap, Ga. 30568 706-5718 e-mail: esmwest@aol.com The Mint Museum of Art 2730 Randolph Rd. Charlotte, N.C. 28207 704-337-2000 or me at above e-mail address ------------------------------ Arrowsmith's postings. The data that may be useful to any who want to see this knowledgeable and intelligently presented work are these: Originally published by Farrar, Staus, Giroux (New York), in 1978. Some other publisher(s) may hold the copyright in other parts of the English speaking world. The hardback is out of print; but a paperback version is available for $25 US; the ISBN number is 0374514496. In addition, Ms. Woody's _Potting on the Wheel_ (1975), remains a useful text. It is also available in paperback. Cost is $23 US; ISBN is 0374512345. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 09:20:52 -0500 From: Edward A Beimborn Subject: vvideos Just got hold of two video sets, Robin Hopper "making Marks" series and the BBC "Craft of the Potter Series". Suppose I should wait until I've looked at all of them to comment, but I've seen the first two of both series and am very pleased with both. Robin H. is very clear, well photographed, and I like that he shows techniques by totally decorating a real pot in his usual style, not a short sample, but the whole thing. I think filming is important because I was frustrated by the Jepson videos often showing something fairly intricate using a long shot, then never bothering to do a close up or showing it so fast I barely had time to focus my eyes before it was gone. The BBC series is beautifully filmed and, being a fan of British studio pottery, I love it that they show many different Brit potters doing their thing. It's hosted by Mick Casson and so far, besides seeing him work,they have shown David Leach, Eileen Nisbitt, and Alan Caiger-Smith, all demonstrating what they do best. When apropriate, historical pots are shown to document the historical reference of a technique or form. I was won over immediately by the titles to each video; slipware plates by Mary Wondrausch with a potter carrying out the theme of the video. Cant wait to see the rest and cant help wondering what the BBC did with those M.W. plates. There are 4 videos in the series,:Throwing, Decorating, Glaze and Fire, and Talking about pots. They run 25-30 min each. The reason I've gone into more detail about this series is that I think we are more likely to be familliar with Robin Hoppers work than with the BBC production. Robin's videos are also very well done and informative. So far I'd recommend either set for beginners or experienced potters. If I want to qualify that after I've seen the whole series, I'll let you know. Jan, about to head off to Wooster and wishing for one more sap run in Wisc.] Beimborn@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Glaze Claculation Book - Msg Number: 19534 From: Peter M. Still 74752,1473 To: All Forum: HANDCRAFTS Sec: 06-Pottery & Ceramics Date: 05-Apr-95 19:19:08 For those interested; Believe it or not, I finally found my glaze calculation book from college.....This is the best book on this subject I have ever seen as the author gives you several different ways to calculate glazes. The Book Is: Ceramics Handbook A Guide to Glaze Calculation, Materials, & Processes Written By: Charles McKee (Professor/Dept.Head/Ceramics/San Francisco State University) Published By: Star Publishing Company P.O. Box 68 Belmont, California 94002 1-415-591-3505 Copyright: 1984 By Star Publishing Company ISBN #: 0-89863-072-X Price: $29.95 Suggested Retail I can't recommend this book highly enough for any potter or ceramicist who wishes to formulate or modify their own glazes...........Hope you enjoy it. Later................................................................... Pete Still................. PS They also publish the following craft books: Beginning Jewelry: A Notebook for Design and Technique By: Roger Armstrong Wax And Casting: A Notebook of Process and Technique By: Roger Armstrong Photography: From Theory to Practice By: Michael E. Leary If these three are anywhere near as good as the caramics book, they are well worth having in your personal library. Call the number and ask for Scott for details. They are supposed to be coming out with some new crafts books soon. Later Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 22:06:52 EST From: Danny Earl Brumfield Subject: good book: RAISED IN CLAY I don't know if this one's been mentioned lately, or ever. It's hard to keep track of all the good literature mentioned on this group! It's called RAISED IN CLAY, by Mary Sweezy. It's a Smithsonian Institute book, large format with lots of pictures, that chronicles the southeastern pottery tradition of the United States. All of the potteries featured are family-owned commercial operations, some gift-shop small, some national wholesale large. Most of them are second, third or even fourth generation family businesses. In-depth historical and modern practical pottery working details are featured with large italized blocks of quotations from the pottery makers. They talk about their small-scale clay processing machinery build-up, about the way that grandad did it in his day while they as children watched; about going out with Uncle John during the Great Depression with a horse-drawn wagon full of salt-glazed pottery to peddle in distant towns; about mining and working with native stoneware clays near their homes; and how the expanding system of railroads into the South after the Civil War changed the way their pottery was glazed and decorated. Highly recommended. -- "The fools. The mad fools." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 23:59:38 -0500 From: Brian Voth Subject: Re: Masks, a tale and a question >Sam, Kat and Lor have just noticed what great cheekbones Reno has. However, >they realize there must be a better way than what they tried. Besides, Reno >says there's not enough beer in the world to get him drunk enough to do what >they did. So, the point of all this is... Does anyone know of a better way >to make life masks (and keep them from becoming death masks)? Can you >suggest any materials or books or magazine articles on the subject? We've >looked up "masks" in the local library, but can only find stuff about those >not using a real face for a model. > >Sorry about the long-winded tale. Just thought some might get a kick out of >it. "Kids, don't try this at home!!" :) > Sounds like it was a party. I checked out a book on Duane Hanson (sp) once. He is the guy who does the ultra-realistic human sculptures. e.g.: museum guard, bag lady, man and woman tourists (you get the picture). Anyway, it gave a detailed description of how he cast his subjects. He would do castings of all of the body areas (not all at once). If you can find the book I checked out (it has been years ago, in the Art section of my college library), it has the tourists on the jacket and the casting example was of a bicycle rider. Let us know how the second go around turns out. How much beer, what kind, etc. I just thought of another plaster caster: George Segal (I always liked his work) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 01:03:56 -0400 From: Steven Branfman Subject: Out of print books The following books were recently mentioned in response to requests for information. Here is some accurate info on each so you don't have a nervous breakdown trying to buy them from your local bookstore. Contemporary Ceramic Formulas by John Conrad is out of print. No news on a revised edition yet. Electric Kiln Construction for Potters by John Fournier is long out of print. Potters Book Of Glaze Recipes by Emanuel Cooper is unavailable right now but is alledgedly being reprinted and may be available sometime soon. Coopers Book OF Glaze Recipes by the same author was just declared out of print. Copies may still be in stock at various stores. Steven Branfman, The Potters Shop ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 09:38:58 -0400 From: Steven Branfman Subject: Call for contributions I am writing a book on being a professional potter-defining a professional, philosophy, approach, finding workspace, studio layout, marketing, types of studios, business practices, teaching, and balancing the entire act. I am looking for photos, drawings, anecdotes, stories, tips to pass on, etc. Photos and drawings of equipment, shelving systems, homemade studio furniture, studio plans, individual promotional material, business forms. What type of studio do you use, belong to, are a member of? Some of you may know me from The Potters Shop or my book Raku:A Practical Approach. This is a bona fide request for stuff. Do not send any material by E-Mail (questions or inquiries only please). High quality B&W or color transparencies. Send material to Steven Branfman, 43 Chinian Path, Newton MA 02194 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:05:38 -0500 From: Edward A Beimborn Subject: Re: Out of print books Steven, while we are on the subject, any chance of ever getting "Pioneer Pottery" by Cardew or something like "Early American Folk Pottery" by Harold Guilland? Any chance you could make a video available to us US potters? I just got back from a weekend workshop with John Leach in Cambridge, Wi. He showed a wonderful video made from an old film of "Isaac Button, Country Potter" I had seen it before at the Wooster, Oh workshop and it is great. It shows probably the last of the oldtime country potters working alone in what had once been a large pottery with several potters employed there. It starts with him digging clay, accompanied by a curious cow, and ends after unloading the kiln. The site is Soil Hill Pottery in Yorkshire. British potters are trying to save the site for a working museum but are fighting a loosing battle with a developer. Maybe if more of us could see the film here, we could join the fight to preserve it. It's black and white with no soundtrack. An amazing piece of history. Mr. Button threw a ton a day while wearing a tie and puffing his pipe. I copied down the address on the box. If you are interested, e-mail me and I will look it up. Jan Beimborn@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 03:48:32 -0400 From: "J.D. Luedtke" Subject: Re: sagger Janathal, The book that I am currently reading and is packed with information, is THE COMPLETE POTTER-SAWDUST FIRING... By Karin Hessenberg, It tells you about saggers, pit firing ang diagrams on how to go about building one. I'm sure there are others, but tish one has been very helpful. J.D. (just informed we're going to have a new addition to our family) Luedtke Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 19:16:43 +1200 From: Brian Gartside Subject: Re: Big clay Robert Pulley on the subject of Big clay asks: > I would welcome any information I could find about experiences in >working very large. Has thisbeen around on Clayart before? Any >publications? There is just no doubt in many peoples minds that the addition of paper/ cellulose fibre into the clay body revolutionizes the building of very large pieces at the clay and unbisqued stage.............it adds strength and drying and cracking are no longer problems.............after firing the structures are much lighter. 'been off clayart for 3 months and apologise if this topic has been discussed recently but thid might be of help Here is a very recent update on references taken from Rosette's booklet Paper clay Studio companion : For Further Information: Gartside, BrIan, "Breaking the Rules with Paperclay", Pottery in Australia, Volume 33, Number 4,1994. Gartside, Brian, "Mix What with Clay?" and "Suitcase Art," New Zealand Potter Magazine, Vol.35 No.3:1993 and Vol.36 No.1:1994. Gartside, Brian, "Paperclay Part 1" Vol. 149, Sept/Oct 1994 and "Paperday Part 2" Vol. 150, Nov/Dec 1994 (reprinted versions of New Zealand Potter articles) in Ceramic Review (London, UK). Gauit, Rosette, "The Potential of Paperclay" Ceramics, Art and Perception, (Sidney, Austraha) issue 18, December 1994. Gault, Rosette, "Amazing Paper Clay," Ceramics Monthlv, June:1992. Gault, Rosette, "Second Generation Ceramics: Technical and Aes thetic Potential of Paper Clay" Interaction in Ceramics, Art, Design, Research, UIAH, Helsinki, Finiand 1993. Gault, Rosette, "Playing with Fire" Symposium at Victoria and Albert Museum, November 1994, London. Ceramic Review (London, U.K)1995. (Scheduled) Gault, Rosette, "Paper Clay for Ceramic Sculptors," NCECA Journal (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Vol 14. 1993- 94, p.14-17. Demonstration at San Diego conference. Translations: Revista Ceramica (Madrid, Spain) in Spanish, 1994 La Revue de Ia Ceramique (France) French, 1995. SteindiemulIer, Klaus, Neue Keramil, (Germany) in German, scheduled 1995 Aberg, Barbro, Art magazine of Denmark, Danish, March 1995. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Gartside PH +64 9 294 8970 Ramarama R.D.3 Drury New Zealand E mail briang@clay.ak.planet.co.nz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I received this in the mail today and thought it would be of interest to many on clayart: ***** begin fowarded message *** The University of North Carolina Press has 2 recently released books which might be of interest to the subscribers of CLAYART **for more information contact Joanne_Hogan@unc.edu 1) THE POTTERY OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGION, by H.E. Comstock H.E. Comstock details the achievements of the Shenandoah potters as he traces the development of the industry from the colonial era to 1930. More than 200 color and 700 black-and-white photographs illustrate the pottery types of the lower, middle, and upper valley. 2)RAISED IN CLAY: THE SOUTHERN POTTER TRADITION, by Nancy Sweezy A remarkable portrait of pottery making in the South. Focusing on more than thirty potters in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky, Nancy Sweezy tells how families preserve and practice the traditional art of pottery making today. (308 b&w illus) Also available: TURNERS AND BURNERS: THE FOLK POTTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, by Charles Zug III ****** Richard Burkett richard.burkett@sdsu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 23:59:34 EDT From: Pulley@nlp.cpbx.net Subject: Re: Tactile Pots and sculpture ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Speaking of touching, the May/ June issue of my favorite periodical, Sculpture Magazine, had a wonderful article titled "Memory of the Hand" or "Michael Benson Confronts the 'Please Do Not Touch Culture'". Everything he says could easily be extended to pots. He talks about how sculpture, in its reaction to the pedistal sculpture has downplayed one of sculpture's strongest assets and that is its physicality and its potential to appeal to the hand. The hand, he postulates has a special and uniquely strong connection to memory in a way the eyes or the intelect don't. He was not denying the validity of conceptul work or work aimed primarily at the eye, but he felt work that calls out to the hand should be given more recognition and value. Amen. Robert Pulley Pulley@nlp.cpbx.net ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 08:58:11 EDT From: Norman Houston Subject: Book-Raised In Clay ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Raised In Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition by Nancy Sweezy, focuses on more than thirty potters in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky to show exactly how families preserve the traditional preindustrial pottery arts. This book is now available for $16.95 + 3.00 postage and handling from Edward R. Hamilton Bookseller, Falls Village, Ct., 06031-5000. Mention book number 249092 when ordering. Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 11:08:19 EDT From: Leonard Smith Subject: New book on Shino, ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear All I have just received a new book which because it is published in Australia and by a small University press may not come to your attention. Yes the author is a friend but the book which has had a long gestation period is well worth the attention of those people seriously interested in Japanese ceramics and history and Shino glazes in particular. What follows is a review completed after a quick skim through. I am taking my time now to read it and digest it thoroughly and its that kind of book. Visiting the Mino Kilns Janet Barriskill, Wild Peony, Uni of Sydney Press. Sydney, Australia, 1995. This is a new book on the Mino kilns with a translation of the Japanese National Treasure, Shino potter, Arakawa Toyozo's "The Traditions and Techniques of Mino Pottery". The book is 160 pages long with 90 pages of text followed by 57 pages of colour photos 10 or so pages of kiln drawings maps and a bibliography. To quote the Preface by the late Ivan McMeekin "The translator, Janet Barriskill, is well qualified for the task, as, in addition to her fluency in the Japanese language, she is herself an experienced potter and has lived and worked for several years as a potter in Tajimi, where she studied the Mino glazes of the Momoyama era-shino, kiseto, setoguro and oribe at the Tajimi Pottery Design Research Institute for a year in 1979, an later, from 1985 to 1991, studied under the direction of Kato Kozo, a highly respected Mino potter who had studied under the author, Arakawa Toyozo." Of interest to experienced potters who are fascinated by the Momoyama shinos and those of the father of modern shino the late Arakawa. I have not finished reading it yet but to again quote the preface "In my view Arakawa Toyozo's book on the Mino kilns fits well into the category of reference works valuable for Japanese studies, and should prove valuable extension of the area of ceramics covered by translation Japanese texts. Arakawa's main interest lies in the shino wares, and there is an in depth coverage of shino - its origin, characteristics, history, techniques, and places where it was made. But the other Mino wares are also covered, and wares produced at all the major kiln sites are carefully detailed. The main value of the translation is that it gives a broad human picture of the Mino wares-the place and its history, the potters and the way of life, the wares, and the techniques that were used in making them. I feel that it is only possible to appreciate a particular ceramic ware if you have some knowledge of its context and what it meant to its makers and users." This book is available from Pottery in Australia by mail order for about A$85 including postage E mail me with your address if you are interested and I'll get them to send you an order form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leonard Smith ARCADIA STUDIOS Email: smithl@ozemail.com.au 10 Marrakesh Place Arcadia, 2159, NSW, Australia. Phone 61 2 653 2507 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 18:42:57 EDT From: JOHN NEELY Subject: Dissanayake books ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I spoke with Ellen Dissanayake the other day and mentioned that her talk at NCECA had engendered quite a bit of discussion on Clayart. When I told her that a number of folks had indicated that they would like to purchase her books she said that her first book "What is Art For," is still available from the University of Washington Press, with a paperback version in the works. Her second book, "Homo Aestheticus," is out of print, but she does have some copies herself. They are available for US $25.00, shipping included, from: Ellen Dissanayake c/o Franzen 180 Colman Drive Pt. Townsend, WA 98368 She is going to be out of town until June 20 but should be able to send out books as soon as she returns. Standard disclaimer - need I add that this isn't advertising? I count Ellen as a friend - a friend who has a unique perspective on why we do what we do - and has written a couple of thought provoking books about it. * John Neely neelyjc@cc.usu.edu * Department of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4000 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 08:15:28 EDT From: Steven Branfman Subject: Re: Dissanayake books ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Folks, Ellen Dissanayake's book What Is Art For is available in paperback. Call or write The Potters Shop (617 449/7687) for more info as we have special ordered this book for individuals in the past. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 08:15:44 EDT From: Steven Branfman Subject: Re: Book info ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Ceramic Science For The Potter is long out of print. Too long to be sitting on a shelf in a book store. Try used book stores. If any bookseller says that they can order it for you FORGET IT! Steve, The Potters Shop ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 17:16:37 EDT From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: electric kiln video ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'm back from several weeks of looking at art elsewhere. One of the things waiting in the pile of mail was a video I ordered from the Orton Foundation of Dick Schorr's electric firing seminar. It runs about 80 minutes, and covers basics, like how you can get glaze fuming in the tube of your kiln sitter which can cause sitter failures, appropriate glaze and bisque firings, troubleshooting. Good, thorough beginners guide. I plan on using it to reach beginning students about firing. About $20. from Orton. 1 800 999-5442 614 895-2663 Orton Foundation 6991 Old 3C Highway Westerville, OH 43081 At UF, beginning handbuilding students learn to work in groups and fire their own work. The kiln must be off before the last kiln sitter PERSON goes home, with the mechanical sitter as a back-up only. With knowledge of the basic problems and attention to detail, it's not hard to operate an electric kiln. There is a thrill and a sense of alchemy in most firings, and especially for a new kiln owner, but basicly it's like a big toaster oven. (Yes, you need to treat it w/respect and not burn down the house...) If you've learned to deal with computers, driving cars, etc., you can easily learn to fire an electric kiln. On the other hand, there are YEARS of challenge in figuring out what to do in making, glazing, and glaze-firing the work! Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 13:08:16 EDT From: Steven Branfman Subject: New book From: sbranfpots@aol.com ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In response to several inquiries and discussion on Ellen Dissanayake's books, Homo Aestheticus is a new one that is not scheduled for publication until November. Tentative price is $17 paperback only. What Is Art For is currently available, price is $15 paperback only. Steve Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 22:50:46 EDT From: Todd Osborne Subject: Re: info about school programs requested ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) published a book of ceramic programs offered in the US in 1992. Each school has a page explaining programs, facilities, students, etc. Here is the address listed in the book for publications information. Harris Deller School of Art, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 Someone please post another address if this is not correct. On Thu, 29 Jun 1995, Heleen Gierveld wrote: Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 19:21:00 EDT From: "JOSEPH HERBERT aol.com" Subject: Re: Kiln furniture. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- IT's John W. Conrad. Advanced Ceramic Manual: Technical Data for the Studio Potter ISBN 0-935921-06-2 (soft) Ceramic Formulas: The Complete Compendium sorry no ISBN Both from Falcon Company, Publishers P.O. box 22569 San Diego, CA 92192 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 12:12:11 EDT From: Steven Branfman Subject: Re: Books ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Potters Art, by Garth Clark is a new book that has just been released. It is quite beautiful. Joe Herbert reports that he got a copy at a half price book store. He was lucky! The only way it could be found at a marked down price is if it was damaged or part of a damaged pallett or shipment of books. Publishers work in mysterious ways. It is not a remainder or half price book. Call or write us in the shop for more info :) Steve Branfman, The Potters Shop 31 Thorpe Rd Needham MA 02194 Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 09:52:32 EDT From: Doug Gilliam Subject: Re: Propane and Natural gas...mixed ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- John Do yourself a favor and stay with propane. Also I am not sure mixing fuels would be safe or really cost effective. Propane is a very hot burning and consistant form of gas energy and certainly more BTU'S per volume than natural gas. Maybe taking a look at the type of burners that you are using,their efficency rating, ang your kilns refractory construction and backup insulation might be a better starting point. Olson's 'The Kiln Book' and Brodie's'The Energy efficient Potter' are both good references -- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 10:03:23 EDT From: List Moderator Subject: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi All- I've been plugging away at the tile web site for a while and have added quite a bit of new info, including the work of a new (living!) featured tile artist, Pat Wehrman, a fellow clayart-er. Check it out at: http://users.aimnet.com:8000/~tcolson/webtiles.htm (Note the new URL w/ port #. If you have the old URL linked anywhere, please replace it with the new URL so the access counter works correctly.) I've developed the site entirely using Netscape, and have access to no other browsers, so I have no idea what the site looks like to those using other browsers. Any comments from non-Netscape users would be appreciated. I'm still in the market for future "featured tile artists". If might be one or know of anyone who might be interested, please let me know. I'll send you some info about what kind of photos and info I need. Thanks, Tom Colson tcolson@aimnet.com or tcolson@tec.raychem.com Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 21:04:40 EDT From: List Moderator Subject: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I have been making and cooking with unglazed terracotta or bisqued red stonewarefor a few years. I recomend a terra sig liner and a book called the "Clay pot cookbook" by Georgia MacLeod Sales and Grover Sales. Macmillan Publishing co. 1974. I'd like to hear some other comments about the making of these unglazed covered caseroles, recipes, and sales. Evan Rosenthal erosenth@eagle.liunet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 16:34:27 EDT From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: design info ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There was a request the other day in the ClayArt digest, which I've already deleted, so I'm unable to direct this reply toward the person who asked. The request was about summarizing the design and composition information from the Arrowmont class. I don't think I can summarize it in short and without visual examples. Concerns include application of basic design principles, drawing and painting principles about use of space (what makes things advance, recede, etc.,,, ) attention to negative space, decisions about what information the pot provides for you to respond to, and decisions about how you'd like to compose the space (direct the viewer's eye) on a given piece. Reading design books, reading Philip Rawson's "Ceramics" (even tho it's slow going... ), reading Gombrich's "Sense of Order", looking at, sketching, and analyzing a lot of historic pottery is all very helpful in learning about form and surface on pottery. Finding someone to talk with about pottery form and surface is also invaluable. It's very helpful to look at work and pick you what you like, what you don't like, and to have a dialog w/someone else interested in pots about why, what works, what doesn't work, and what other things might change how the pieces is perceived. Like all the other pottery skills (handbuilding, throwing, trimming, wedging, glazing ), developing ideas about form and surface improves w/practice and attention. Often students find it awkward to talk about each other's work for fear of stepping on someone's toes. It's a good idea to learn to talk about your work and others in a group and formally analyse the works, but if that's not productive, it's sometimes easier to talk about work that doesn't belong to anyone present. Some days it's really a challenge to figure out what you think is effective or less so in a piece, and another challenge to explain that to another person, who may have a differing view. Since the effects of compositional decisions in work is less concrete than teaching physical skills, and more situational, I find it takes longer to develop than technique. Two people can use the same technique, or the same glaze, or the same firing, and it can be successful in the final piece for one person, and not for another, depending on the context within the piece. These are the things that make pottery both a physical and intellectual challenge, and draw a lot of interesting people to a lifetime of researching in studio by making work. Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 21:06:44 EDT From: TROY@JUNCOL.JUNIATA.EDU Subject: Re: design info ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Daniel Rhodes' "Pottery Form," is a most readable, thorough book, though I hear it's out of print. Chilton published it; my copy dates to 1976. Here are a couple of exerpts: "......After all, the distinction between an artist and a craftsman os often thought to be that the craftsman merely executes an established design while the artist creates a new one. Can a mold-made piece of pottery which has 200 re plicas be a work of art? Can a mold-made piece of pottery which has no replicas be a work of art? If a Rodin sculpture exosts in four identical bronze versions are they all works of art? If so, what is the difference between this replication and that of the craftsman who makes four beautiful pitchers, all more or less alike? If there are answers to these questions, I do not know them." "What we call style, or the flavor which distinguishes one person's work from another, seldon resultsfrom some mental calculation. Rather, it grows out of the work itself. Interest in a certain kind of form can lead one to explore that form and to probe its mysteries fully." Interestingly, very few of the dozens of pots pictured in the book have been fired; most images depict clay in the plastic state. Jack Troy ------------------------------ From: Gleason Sackman Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:03:37 -0500 (CDT) Subject: WWW> Web66: How to Build a Network Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 17:33:30 -0600 From: Stephen E. Collins Subject: Web66: How to Build a Network *** New on Web66 *** The Web66 Network Construction Set. 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The Web66 Network Construction Set is available on the Web66 World Wide Web site at The Web66 site also features: Web66 Registry of K-12 Schools on the Web The Internet's oldest and most comprehensive list of K-12 school web sites. Web66 Classroom Internet Server Cookbook Complete instructions for setting up a WWW and e-mail server. Web66 What's New A list of web hot-spots for K-12 education. And much more! Stephen E. Collins University of Minnesota Fax: 625-6817 sec@web66.coled.umn.edu ------------------------------ From: Gleason Sackman Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:05:11 -0500 (CDT) Subject: BOOK> New Book: Federal Government on Internet Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 07:50:44 -0700 From: Bruce Maxwell To: Multiple recipients of CARR-L Subject: New Book: Federal Government on Internet I'm pleased to announce the imminent publication of my latest book, "Washington Online: How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet." The 400-page book offers detailed descriptions of nearly 300 federal Internet sites, and includes an extensive index. It's a companion volume to my earlier book, "Washington Online: How to Access the Government's Electronic Bulletin Boards." The book costs $19.95, and can be ordered by calling Congressional Quarterly Books at 800-638-1710 or 202-822-1475. Shipping is free in the U.S. if you pay with your order. The ISBN is 1-56802-034-1. Bruce Maxwell bmaxwell@netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:17:41 EDT From: Anne Scott Plummer Subject: sculpture text ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This a a little off the subject, but one of you may have a suggestion for me. I've used "Sculpture: A Studio Guide" by Lorraine Widman for my sculpture (not ceramic) classes for several years and have been enthusiastic about it's technical and historical components.(Contemporary sculpture is not as well addressed.) It's out of print now. Can anyone recommend another text? I'm leaning toward "Shaping Space" by Paul Zelanski, but it's really a 3-D design book. I'm waiting for my exam copy, but I believe the technical info is rather cursory. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! E-mail me privately, as I don't think it is of general interest to the list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 15 August, Shiela Drummer asked for advice and suggestions on Majolica. I took a workshop by Linda Arbuckle on Majolica glazing, and have successfully used what I learned in my teaching at the high school level. Contact her at: Linda Arbuckle Route 1, Box 206 Micanopy, FL 32667 (University of Florida) e-mail: arbuckle@nerum.nerdc.ufl.edu She also suggested a book: The Work of Craft by Carla Needleman She suggested a place to get supplies: Beardi Art Imports Catalog 412 Columbus Ave San Francisco, CA 94133 Good luck! Donna Pereira WE HOPE HE DOESN'T MEAN EDUPAGE Cliff Stoll, network security expert and author of "Silicon Snake Oil," says he's "concerned that for all of the online wonders, there is damned little content online. Very little of what I see online has any value, other than as juvenile entertainment." (Computerworld 14 Aug 95 p85) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 09:32:42 EDT From: gulacsy@BIGVAX.ALFRED.EDU Subject: artist's brushes Also check: Helzer, Pete. "The brush as art." Ceramics Monthly, 35:52-4, Oct. 1987. Usui, Masao. Japanese brushes. Tokyo, Kodansha, 1979. Elizabeth gulacsy@bigvax.alfred.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 09:20:52 -0500 From: Edward A Beimborn Subject: vvideos Just got hold of two video sets, Robin Hopper "making Marks" series and the BBC "Craft of the Potter Series". Suppose I should wait until I've looked at all of them to comment, but I've seen the first two of both series and am very pleased with both. Robin H. is very clear, well photographed, and I like that he shows techniques by totally decorating a real pot in his usual style, not a short sample, but the whole thing. I think filming is important because I was frustrated by the Jepson videos often showing something fairly intricate using a long shot, then never bothering to do a close up or showing it so fast I barely had time to focus my eyes before it was gone. The BBC series is beautifully filmed and, being a fan of British studio pottery, I love it that they show many different Brit potters doing their thing. It's hosted by Mick Casson and so far, besides seeing him work,they have shown David Leach, Eileen Nisbitt, and Alan Caiger-Smith, all demonstrating what they do best. When apropriate, historical pots are shown to document the historical reference of a technique or form. I was won over immediately by the titles to each video; slipware plates by Mary Wondrausch with a potter carrying out the theme of the video. Cant wait to see the rest and cant help wondering what the BBC did with those M.W. plates. There are 4 videos in the series,:Throwing, Decorating, Glaze and Fire, and Talking about pots. They run 25-30 min each. The reason I've gone into more detail about this series is that I think we are more likely to be familliar with Robin Hoppers work than with the BBC production. Robin's videos are also very well done and informative. So far I'd recommend either set for beginners or experienced potters. If I want to qualify that after I've seen the whole series, I'll let you know. Jan, about to head off to Wooster and wishing for one more sap run in Wisc.] Beimborn@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu ------------------------------ ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Steve, I would strongly suggest that you buy Nils Lou's book which has a kiln plan for just such a kiln. We built one about two years ago and it has been excellent. We are gathering together the materials to build another. The book is really good and Nils is always very helpful. His e-mail address is nlou@calvin.linfield.edu The oxygen probe is a good idea as well. Cheers John John Eden, Ceramics Dept. John Abbott College Montreal, Quebec, Canada e-mail> popa0193@po-box.McGill.CA Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 11:10:09 EDT From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: brushwork advice ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Alain Caiger-Smith wrote a nice chapter about doing brushwork in "Potters on Pottery" ed. by Elisabeth Cameron. 1976, St, Martin's Press, NY. Out of print. If anyone should have a copy of this and be willing to part with it, please e-mail me privately. Worth going to the library to find.... Linda Linda Arbuckle E-Mail: ARBUCK@NERVM.nerdc.ufl.edu Asst. Prof., Ceramics (904) 392-0228 Univ. of FL, Dept. of Art 302 FAC Gainesville, FL 32611 ------------------------------ Sender: cobalt1994@aol.com Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com by dub-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id UAA04378; Thu, 31 Aug 1995 20:08:29 -0400 From: Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA20390 for 100021.23@compuserve.com; Thu, 31 Aug 1995 20:08:27 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 20:08:27 -0400 Message-ID: <950831200720_68312523@mail02.mail.aol.com> To: 100021.23@compuserve.com Subject: Re: Potter's Learning Excercises! Hi Russel: long time no email! I do brushwork on all my pots and here's my take on it: Try to find some books on Sumi brushwork from Japan. You don't have to end up doing Japanese style brushwork(how apropos given the latest thread) but they Are masters of the brush and some books I've seen are how-to and show alot of basics. Alot has to do with what kind of brush you buy. It's hard to tell a good brush when you're buying it. Some stores let you dip the brush in water and try it. If you're trying to draw, you need a brush that holds a good amount of water, but also points well at the tip. Let's back up: What are you going to brush and on what? I brush washes of oxides onto glaze .You can also do this on bisk and glaze over it with a clear glaze. Brushing slip is a little frustrating as an over glaze since it's thick and you can't get much detail. Also the glaze sucks up so much moisture making it hard to brush a smooth line. My wash is basicly 2 parts cobalt carb 1 part iron oxide with 1/4 part base glaze mixed in and then I thin it to a washy thinness. It's very watery. Maybe slip is better on bisk since I think my wash would just run off. I also have some other colors made from mixing mason stains with glaze and watering it down. Sometimes I add Gerstley Borate if something is very refractory and I want it to melt in. John Colbeck wrote a good book called Pottery: Techniques of Decoration. It's published by Van Nostrand Reinhold. Sorry for the rambling but it's a big subject. Good luck! US buyers love brushwork. Distribution: To: [100021,23] Lynn, Try "The Art and Craft of Clay" by Susan Peterson (sp?). It's one of my favorite "all around" books that not only works as a beginner's primer, but also as a really useful "I used to know that but now I forget" sort of book for the old timers, as well. It's pretty generally available. Maggy There is 1 Reply. Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 16:13:53 EST From: Marc Ward Subject: Re: plaster hump molds ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Lori, Plaster types vary according to hardness and porosity. #1, industrial, or pottery plaster is the typical plaster for pottery use. Dental plaster is about the same but has finer grain size which you don't need. Ask about the age of the plaster. If they don't know, be wary. Plaster has a shelf life of about 6 mos. As it ages, the resulting molds are softer and more prone to breakage. Hydrocal is harder and ultracal harder still. Both of these are extremly hard. Ultracal is pretty much concrete without aggregate. These hold up much better as slump molds but are MUCH less absorbant. When mixing plaster, it's better to err on the side of too much water than not enough. Too much plaster to water will give a soft mold. The book "Plaster Mold & Model Making" by Chaney and Skee is a good beginning text to study. Good Luck... Marc Ward Ward Burner Systems PO Box 333 Dandridge, TN 37725 (423) 397-2914 voice (423) 397-1253 fax wardburner@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 08:26:06 EST From: - Anni Melancon Subject: Re: Studio Potter Network Inquiries ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Yipes! I'm a tad overwhelmed with emails from my posting yesterday... usually I'm just an innocent browser... thank you all for your interest in the network; I will compile and compose a little something this weekend for posting to give the overall current picture, meanwhile feel free to email me directly and I'll reply to answer questions either by email or by sending out literature by the 32c stamp method; include your regular address if you wish me to mail to you. Check in a couple of days, and I'll post Studio Potter Network current information by the way I just bought today Karen Hessenberg's new Sawdust Firing book; ooooo I love it - check it out... the photos are wonderful, alot of potters you don't see to often in other books and magazines. I'm going to lend it to my friend's high school advanced ceramics class that is coming to my studio to do raku and sawdust fire. Overwhelmed, but yours truly, Anni Anni Melancon 5 Carlisle St. Gloucester, MA 01930 AnniLM@AOL 508-281-3512, fax: 281-3952 ------------------------------ ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Lark: Recently I undertook slip casting for the first time and had many woes. I will relate a few problems/solutions and hopefull one will match your situation. First things first however. if you have Gopher access, get on the SDSU gopher and get Richard Burkett's technical handouts on slip casting and plaster. They were very helpful. Also get Donald Firth's book "Mold Making for Ceramics" in particular, read pages 50,51,52.... ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 18:03:29 EDT From: Jonathan Kaplan Subject: Killer Source BOoks ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There have been many requests on the list for sources for things ceramic and information on materials. IMHO, these two sources are just the goods: 1. Ceramic Industry's January Materials Issue...whats what, and more!! 2. Ceramic Industry's "Ceramic Data Book" a once a year publication of who makes what, sources, etc. Best money you'll spend 3. Also, the American Ceramic Society publishes a once a year listing of sources, but I am not sure of its title. Jonathan Jonathan Kaplan jonathan@csn.net Ceramic Design Group Voice: 303-879-9139 POB 775112 FAXmodem: same Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477, USA CALL before faxing http://www.craftweb.com/org/jkaplan/cdg.shtml ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 09:54:11 EDT From: Jonathan Kaplan Subject: Re: Killer Source Book Address ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- For copies of Ceramic Data Book and the January Materials issue of Ceramic Industry: Ceramic Industry 5900 Harper Road Solon, Ohio 44139-1835 (216) 498-9214 Jonathan Jonathan Kaplan jonathan@csn.net Ceramic Design Group Voice: 303-879-9139 POB 775112 FAXmodem: same Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477, USA CALL before faxing http://www.craftweb.com/org/jkaplan/cdg.shtml ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 12:17:27 EDT From: John Eden Subject: Seaking Artigas ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am trying to find a copy of a book by the Spanish Artist/Potter ARTIGAS. I seem to remember that it was published in paperback in the early 60's. It contained recipies for slips, engobes, etc.. If anybody has a copy for sale (Spanish or English) or knows where I might get a copy I would be grateful. Thanks in anticipation. John Eden. John Eden, Montreal, Canada e-mail> popa0193@po-box.McGill.CA ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 09:39:58 EST From: "Morris S. Davis" Subject: Re: Great book stores I have known. -Reply ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- One great place for books is Hay-on-Wye in Wales, an *entire* village devoted to books, a very interesting diversion if you are attending the biennial International Festival of Potters at the University of Aberystwyth. Morris Davis msd@unc.edu Chapel Hill, N.C. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 20:07:45 EST From: Linda Arbuckle Subject: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Ruth McCreery, I'm not a zen potter, am working with majolica, and like decoration, but am very inspired by Japanese works. "How to Wrap 5 Eggs" has been a favorite book. My opinions about the influence of Japanese pottery are gross generalizations. However, to me there is an economy of means and a directness I respond to, even in decorated, refined work. Much of the work shows me something familiar in a way I've not seen or thought about before. The use of space is often a charged design element. What could be simpler (right!). What I respond to is the thinking. Often materials are simple, many processes straight-forward (and skillfully done), but the uses of those materials, or motifs, processes etc., are so well seen. So, it seems like the artist knew the materials and what was to be achieved. I'm left with the idea that if I could only see my materials and goals as well, I'd be doing very well indeed. Linda