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Single firing Done!
Thanks Susie, looking forward to the links. The second cat is my 'evil'
Reed. I named him Reed after the college my first born was going away to. Reed is 'my' cat (by that I mean I'm his human) and he really doesn't share well. He is the stereotypical 'cat' and probably the only one that I have ever known. I'll have to post a picture of Koosh in her bowl for you. The bowl is by a potter in Connecticut and it is driving me nuts that I can't remember his name. I thought it was Mishna but I'm unable to find anything on him. http://www.flickr.com/photos/6546286...7594398019817/ "Susie" wrote in message ... In message , DKat writes I really have seen nothing like your work here in the U.S. of A. It does remind me of one of my favorite childhood treasures - a swan swimming in flowers that was brought back to me from either England or Japan... Probably England. The new set of pictures is delightful! Dare I ask your price range and if you have ever shipped overseas? We actually keep teasing ourselves with flying over to England some day. Could you tell me where the shop is that has your pieces? I was surprised to find the closetpotter back on line. Here is some of her things. http://flickr.com/photos/lindapahl/ Hi Donna Thanks for giving me the line to the closet potter. I really do like some of her work. I'll go back and have another look later. Who's cat No Two in your pictures? Shamu and ?! Can you post a picture of your swan swimming in flowers - it sounds just lovely. Maybe not the sort of thing that I'd start making, but interesting. Thanks for all your kind comments about my work. I have sent work over to the US. No, not one of the really big pieces, but something the size of the tea party made it in one piece. I often post the tiny things like the star struck mouse within the UK with no problem. As for shipping the big pieces, that's something I haven't had to work out, yet. Prices vary according to degree of difficulty and size. I made a breakfast scene similar to the tea part for that last exhibition. It was called "Sunshine Breakfast" and had mice sitting round a toadstool, with daffodils for their cereal bowls and a box of Kelloggs Cornflakes in the middle of the "table". That sold for UKP60 to a local buyer. The little miniatures go from UKP10 upwards, plus shipping costs. From there on the prices go up. By the way, the Isle of Arran where we live is just off the coast of West Scotland. I'm English - we moved up here from West Cornwall nearly 5 years ago. I'll send you some Arran links in a private reply so you can what our island looks like. Talk soon Susie. -- Susie Thompson If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon! to email me, replace deadspam.com with susiethompson.co.uk |
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Lustres
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:58:40 +0000, Susie wrote:
I've made notes against the images regarding glaze, enamels and lustres. I found a long time ago that it's possible to paint enamels onto high fired unglazed porcelain. Did the ancient Chinese used to do this? Lustres don't want to work without the glaze base. Or has anybody out there found a way around this? Your work is amazing ;-) Where do you get lustres - are there recipes for them? Do you have to fire them again after the glaze firing? Thanks! Sue |
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Lustres
In message , Sue Roessel
Dura writes On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:58:40 +0000, Susie wrote: I've made notes against the images regarding glaze, enamels and lustres. I found a long time ago that it's possible to paint enamels onto high fired unglazed porcelain. Did the ancient Chinese used to do this? Lustres don't want to work without the glaze base. Or has anybody out there found a way around this? Your work is amazing ;-) Where do you get lustres - are there recipes for them? Do you have to fire them again after the glaze firing? Thanks! Sue Hello Sue Thanks for your kind comments. I've just read Steve Graber's post and fully agree with his comments. This group doesn't just give practical help and advice - they gave me support through a very anxious firing of the sibling dragons. I can't thank them enough :-)))))) There are recipes for lustres, but I don't know anything about them. There are books on the market. IIRC Alan Caiger-Smith is a potter whose work is really worth looking at, and he's written a couple of books detailing recipes. Making recipes up doesn't interest me at all. I never was good at sums. I buy in prepared lustres - available from many outlets and some a lot more expensive than others- and follow the instructions. I was very lucky a few years back when a friend gave me the remains of platinum and gold lustres and told me to go away and play. I haven't looked back. What I really enjoy is the challenge and fun of construction of my dragons, and I use the lustres to highlight detail from time to time. The only warning I have is the effect that the solvents containing the lustres can have. Be careful and make sure that the area you're using them in is cool and really well ventilated. Unless somebody can tell me different, lustres prefer to be applied on top of a fired glaze and then fired on at a much lower temperature in a further firing. As many as it takes, sometimes. Hope this helps Happy New Year to everybody Susie -- Susie Thompson If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon! to email me, replace deadspam.com with susiethompson.co.uk |
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ping Dkat
Hello Donna
I emailed you the other day - did you get it? Please let me know. Best Susie -- Susie Thompson If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon to email me replace "deadspam" with my name |
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