1515art
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If the new glazes are anything like tommoku they'll be beautiful, can't wait to see them.
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I like it a lot, wonderful form.
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dh, thank you, it's a beautiful glaze by a talented ceramicist wish I could take credit.
Joseph, it is much as you see...the dark areas are a deep rich Mahognay. The clay body is cinnamon brown very high in iron.
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I really like what's going on, it looks like polished chalcedony.
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I really like it...very interesting and perfect flow. Used .60 percent mag carb will try Cobalt next test, thought I had some but could not find it.
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Stunning... really beautiful glaze.
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Tea cups, Chinese prefer smaller tea cups with frequent refills of fresh hot tea, that's what my wife tells me. If not tea also the right size for baijiu although it seems any size in China is the right size for baijiu... I've had some very long nights in China fueled on this stuff.
I used this cup to test overglaze, Both pics are the same cup showing both sides one side says "heart" the other "soul" in Chinese.
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Very nice dream and much hard work makes for a great space.
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Babs, good idea, need a chop... I should have my friends in China carve me one, that would make things a bit easier long as I don't loose it in all the mud. I'll have them use jade a keep it some place special so I can find it.
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Hi Tom,
OCD they call it I think, ha... it's easy actually, the sides are straight and last thing is to slow the wheel a little and I take a little stick with a round end at the bottom inside, quickly move up and let it run a few revs at the top to keep things round...ta da!
Clark
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Joseph, nerd, thank you... some I sign some I forget cause they are tough to turn over green and it just never happens, but I try. My dream, every potters dream I'll bet that someday someone wonders who made that, I hope mine are still around and someone cares enough to think about it, cultures are often identified by their pottery as not much else lasts the test of time.
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Marko, thank you for the kind words of encouragement.
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Thanks cavy, love your work too.
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Sydney, thank you... it was fun to make, I will do another someday.
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Thanks nerd... too bad we live so far apart, you could teach me glaze and in turn I could give you throwing lessons. I won't be at NECCA, Google thinks I'm saying Mecca, this year, but if you find yourself in the SF Bay Area...
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Very nice!
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Thanks very much, occasionally I get lucky...
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The iPhone 5 has its limitations, I broke about a third of the cups in half after testing the ring sound with a small metal hammer. The ones with a dull sound I broke in half and most show shiny black carbon deposits. also had very uneven firing, the way I loaded the kiln may have been some of the problem and my burners may need a little work.
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Marko, thank you very much, but you are too kind... and I held my breath a lot!
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Marko, we could share some stories I'm sure I spent 30 years working in emergency services.
I'm curious and if I may ask how is it you became witness to that unfortunate occurrence?
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Creative spirit ebbs and flows... I have spent the last 6 months traveling back and forth to the high Sierra prospecting for gold, giving clay a break. Other times if I'm in a rut I will just throw forms and not even focus on the glaze, pieces sometimes move to the garden unglazed as decorations.
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When I first centered the clay I intended to throw some cups off the mound, but when I started was just in the mood to do something else...
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The clay I used is just Laguna soldate 60, it is a few years old and has gotten a bit more plastic. I think it throws pretty good and is easy to pull handles with.
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Hi Marko, I threw the five main body parts and one extra head piece (the first was to large) on one evening in the studio and an evening putting the pieces together after things firmed up and doing a little detail work. also some time planning things out, but the work goes pretty fast if the thrown pieces are sized correctly.
also spent an evening finishing this head off and throwing the ears and horns.
Mr. Shrike's Head
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Fantastic...great job, love it.