showing my ash

showing my ash
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

I forced Sheila to go up in the heat and take a pic of a jug for you. This is what I'm high on right now. I tell students they should know what glaze they are going to use before they start throwing. this is agood example of how to throw to highlight an otherwise ordinary glaze.



From Tony Clennel.

De Waal Interview.

Transcript from The Times of September 13, 2003

Reinventing the wheel
David Sexton interviews Edmund De Waal, celebrity potter

An intelligent potter is a rare bird, like a flying fish. Not impossible, not unheard of, just not often seen. We have one at the moment, though. In the past few years, Edmund de Waal has begun to exert an extraordinary influence on the world of studio ceramics, both through his own pots and as a writer and lecturer. In a quiet but resolute way, he has begun to reshape our sense of the history of modern ceramics and the possibilities of the form.

De Waal’s own pots — bowls, bottles, beakers, dishes and jars, thrown in porcelain, glazed in celadon, squeezed and dented, assembled in series — have brought him extraordinary success since his first solo show in 1995. They quickly became ludicrously fashionable.

The fashion designer Donna Karan snapped up an entire exhibition of 70 pots. Issey Miyake is a fan. At the height of the minimalist fad a few years ago, his work was in almost every issue of every decorating magazine.

“You’re lucky if you’re part of the Zeitgeist,” de Waal acknowledges. “But you know that’s going to go, you know that you can’t make your life and career on those three years when you’re in House & Garden every month.”

De Waal is delighted to have met some of the luminaries who buy his work: Shirin Guild — he is wearing one of her sky-blue, collarless linen shirts — and the pianist Mitsuko Uchida. “I’m thrilled that she likes my pots. Less thrilled about Donna Karan,” he says. De Waal is reserved and gentle, but he also has a habit of saying what he thinks. He is modest but not falsely so. He knows what he’s about.

We meet in his studio, in a side street of light industrial units off Peckham Road — a big, airy, whitewashed space, shared with several apprentices and another potter, Julian Stair. At one end is another kind of workroom, an office-cum-library-cum-gallery. On a single long shelf at waist height, works in progress are lined up for consideration.

On the other side of the room are shelves full of books on art, architecture and literature, as well as on ceramics. A glass display case shows a few of his pieces, while another, a large cylindrical shape that might sell for a thousand or two, serves as a wastepaper basket. Ella, his big, friendly Italian hunting dog, with mournful eyes and sloppy chops, wanders in and out.

De Waal is tall and thin, extremely neat, altogether spare and contained. In the one good book on pottery aesthetics, Ceramics, Philip Rawson muses on they way that pots reveal not only the potter’s craft — “the reality of materials and process” — but also his sense of himself in the world. Are De Waal’s pots idealised projections of himself?

“Yes, I do that,” he replies. Then, after pausing, he says: “You feel that you can begin again every day and make yourself anew. Before you make a pot in the morning, and you start wedging the clay, you feel that this is day one — and you sit down and you start to make, and you are completely aware of your body, and your ideas, your head is full of possibilities. You never ever get there — and that’s fantastic.”

What would his pots say about him? “My fantasy is that people will look at my pots and think: rigorous, yet quite passionate and humane.” As anybody who lives with them knows, they embody such paradoxes — highly finished and yet apparently still provisional, almost malleable with indentations and squeezings. They are domestic and practical but also exist in another realm — the numinous, the sacramental — particularly when grouped together; somehow restrained and voluptuous.

De Waal comes from an intellectual Anglican family. His father, Victor, now retired, was dean at Canterbury; his mother, Esther, writes devotional books on the rule of St Benedict and other meditative subjects. De Waal’s wife, Sue Chandler, with whom he has two boys and a girl, is similarly high-minded, working in international development agencies.

At King’s School, Canterbury, de Waal was taught pottery by Geoffrey Whiting, an austere disciple of Bernard Leach. Leach, the mystical father of the British studio pottery movement, has mattered a great deal to de Waal.

He has done more than anybody else to dismantle Leach’s mystique, notably in a critical short biography — and yet he has also come closer to making real Leach’s dream of a genuinely Anglo-oriental pottery than any of Leach’s more complacent followers.

After taking A levels early, de Waal apprenticed himself to Whiting for two years. Although he has now rejected the ware he learnt to make in the St Ives style — tenmoku-glazed stoneware, imitations of St Ives “standard ware”, and so forth — he remains appreciative of the training he received and devoted to Whiting’s memory as a man.

“The complete rejection of everything that your teacher teaches you is a good and necessary thing. I’ve no problem with patricide or parricide. I would regard myself as a failed teacher if the people who’ve worked for me are making beautiful celadon pots in ten years’ time.”

De Waal went on to read English at Cambridge and took a first, but remained committed to making pots. To equip himself further, he studied Japanese at Sheffield University and then, in the early Nineties, went on a scholarship to live in Japan. There he spent his mornings researching Leach’s activities and his afternoons throwing pots. In contrast, Whiting based his pottery on Japanese influences but never visited the country.

De Waal’s study of Leach, published in 1998, infuriated many potters. It showed how limited Leach’s real knowledge of Japan was (he never learnt to read Japanese), how romanticised and patronising his orientalism was — and how much he had relied upon skilled assistants to overcome his weakness at throwing.

Although still in his thirties, de Waal now finds his own pots widely and shallowly imitated. It’s possible to walk into a mixed exhibition or look at a page of magazine and see his influence everywhere without seeing a single piece of his own work. It used to worry him. Not any more.

“Basically, they’re crap,” he says, laughing, “partly because it’s about adopting a style without thinking it through. Using porcelain in a gestural way and deploying a palette of celadon glazes which weren’t being used ten years ago came through very hard work — looking at pots in Japan, Korea and China, and thinking hard about how to make pots that worked for the hand. Most of the copies seem just to be about being pale.”

In October, de Waal will publish a new book, 20th-Century Ceramics, in the Thames & Hudson World of Art series. It is an entirely new and surprising history, taking in whole areas that will be unfamiliar to those brought up on the folkcraft version, from Gauguin and the Russian Revolution to Italian Futurism. Picasso, Miro, Fontana and Noguchi figure as large as Leach, and there is much about the architectural context of ceramics, too. “Contexts do change,” de Waal concludes. “Like the other arts, ceramics have the power to move, placate, anger and inspire.”

As he talks, de Waal reaches out to a recently made “cargo” dish on a shelf, rubbing the lip where the glaze has been removed to expose the body — he has been experimenting with white stoneware. All of his attention is directed here, to the subtle differences in balance, symmetry, texture.

“The bottom line is that I want to make things that are so beautiful that people have a strong and bodily experience when they see or handle them,” de Waal says.

His intent is so serious that he can’t bear living with his work decoratively at home. “I can’t be doing with that. I look at them, they bug the hell out of me. There, that’s a real hostage to fortune, isn’t it?”

Edmund de Waal solo exhibition, Contemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy Street, London W1; Sept 19 to Nov 1. His book, 20th-Century Ceramics, will be published by Thames & Hudson next month.

David Sexton is literary editor of the London Evening Standard

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#15

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#15
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base.



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300, and the silica portion to 3.0.



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 3.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 59

Whiting 22

Silica 19

Total 100



It was colored using Cobalt Carbonate.



#61 = + 1% Cobalt Carbonate.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

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http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#17

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#17
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300, and the silica portion to 3.0.



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 3.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 59

Whiting 22

Silica 19

Total 100



It was colored using Cobalt Carbonate.



#63 = + 1.5% Cobalt Carbonate.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#16

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#16
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300, and the silica portion to 3.0.



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 3.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 59

Whiting 22

Silica 19

Total 100



It was colored using Cobalt Carbonate.



#62 = + 1.25% Cobalt Carbonate.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#14

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#14
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300, and the silica portion to 3.0



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 3.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 59

Whiting 22

Silica 19

Total 100



It was colored using Cobalt Carbonate.



#60 = + 0.75% Cobalt Carbonate.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#14

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#14
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300, and the silica portion to 3.0.



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 3.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 59

Whiting 22

Silica 19

Total 100



It was colored using Cobalt Carbonate.



#62 = + 0.75% Cobalt Carbonate.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#11

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#11
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 48

Whiting 19

Silica 33

Total 100



It was colored using an industrial waste material, QIT Blue Dust.



#57 = 6% QIT Blue Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium, it owns an ilmemite mine in northeastern Quebec.



The ore is shipped to Tracy, Quebec where it is processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,



steel billets, and steel auto parts. This dust comes from the reduction kilns in which the ore is



separated into titanium dioxide slag and iron. The general formula of QIT Blue Dust is as follows:



FEO 33%



SIO2 17%



AL2O3 7.0%



TIO2 33%



CAO 2.0%



MGO 7.0%



KNAO 1.0%



TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for 1% of the stuff:



Red Iron Oxide 0.310



Silica 0.020



EPK 0.110



Rutile 0.290



Dolomite 0.050



Magnesium carbonate 0.110



Custer Spar 0.110



Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#13

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#13
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 48

Whiting 19

Silica 33

Total 100



It was colored using an industrial wwaste material, QIT Blue Dust.



#59 = 12% QIT Blue Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium, it owns an ilmemite mine in northeastern Quebec.



The ore is shipped to Tracy, Quebec where it is processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,



steel billets, and steel auto parts. This dust comes from the reduction kilns in which the ore is



separated into titanium dioxide slag and iron. The general formula of QIT Blue Dust is as follows:



FEO 33%



SIO2 17%



AL2O3 7.0%



TIO2 33%



CAO 2.0%



MGO 7.0%



KNAO 1.0%



TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for 1% of the stuff:



Red Iron Oxide 0.310



Silica 0.020



EPK 0.110



Rutile 0.290



Dolomite 0.050



Magnesium carbonate 0.110



Custer Spar 0.110



Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#12

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#12
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 48

Whiting 19

Silica 33

Total 100



It was colored using an industrial waste material, QIT Blue Dust.



#58 = 9% QIT Blue Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium, it owns an ilmemite mine in northeastern Quebec.



The ore is shipped to Tracy, Quebec where it is processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,



steel billets, and steel auto parts. This dust comes from the reduction kilns in which the ore is



separated into titanium dioxide slag and iron. The general formula of QIT Blue Dust is as follows:



FEO 33%



SIO2 17%



AL2O3 7.0%



TIO2 33%



CAO 2.0%



MGO 7.0%



KNAO 1.0%



TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for 1% of the stuff:



Red Iron Oxide 0.310



Silica 0.020



EPK 0.110



Rutile 0.290



Dolomite 0.050



Magnesium carbonate 0.110



Custer Spar 0.110



Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#10

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#10
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base.



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 48

Whiting 19

Silica 33

Total 100



It was colored using an industrial waste material, QIT Blue Dust.



#56 = 3% QIT Blue Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium, it owns an ilmemite mine in northeastern Quebec.



The ore is shipped to Tracy, Quebec where it is processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,



steel billets, and steel auto parts. This dust comes from the reduction kilns in which the ore is



separated into titanium dioxide slag and iron. The general formula of QIT Blue Dust is as follows:



FEO 33%



SIO2 17%



AL2O3 7.0%



TIO2 33%



CAO 2.0%



MGO 7.0%



KNAO 1.0%



TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for 1% of the stuff:



Red Iron Oxide 0.310



Silica 0.020



EPK 0.110



Rutile 0.290



Dolomite 0.050



Magnesium carbonate 0.110



Custer Spar 0.110



Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#9

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#9
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then we lowered the alumina portion to .400



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .4 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 46

Whiting 18

EPK 7

Silica 24

Total 100



It was colored by equal amounts of Cobalt Carbonate,

Green Chromium Oxide and Rutile.



#55 = 1.75 Cobalt Carbonate and 1.75 Green Chromium Oxide, and 4% Rutile.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#8

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#8
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then we lowered the alumina portion to .400



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .4 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 46

Whiting 18

EPK 7

Silica 24

Total 100



It was colored by equal amounts of Cobalt Carbonate and

Green Chromium Oxide.



#54 = 1.5 Cobalt Carbonate and 1.5 Green Chromium Oxide.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#7

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#7
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .400



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .4 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 46

Whiting 18

EPK 7

Silica 24

Total 100



It was colored by equal amounts of Cobalt Carbonate and

Green Chromium Oxide.



#53 = 1.25 Cobalt Carbonate and 1.25 Green Chromium Oxide.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#6

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#6
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .400



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .4 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 46

Whiting 18

EPK 7

Silica 24

Total 100



It was colored by equal amounts of Cobalt Carbonate and

Green Chromium Oxide.



#52 = 1.0 Cobalt Carbonate and 1.0 Green Chromium Oxide.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#5

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#5
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .400



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .4 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 46

Whiting 18

EPK 7

Silica 24

Total 100



It was colored by equal amounts of Cobalt Carbonate and

Green Chromium Oxide.



#51 = 0.75 Cobalt Carbonate and 0.75 Green Chromium Oxide.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4Seger high fire glaze#3

C/4Seger high fire glaze#3
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 we have designed the following

C/9 glaze base :



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Custer spar 45

Whiting 17

EPK 14

Silica 24

Total 100



Then it was colored using increasing amounts of a local industrial waste material,

QIT Red Dust, mainly made up of Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3).

Starting at #3, Bone Ash was also added.



#3 = +9% QIT Red Dust

+9% Bone Ash



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.

The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed to titanium dioxide slag, iron pigs, steel billets

and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department

and has the following general formula:



FE2O3 85%

SIO2 5.0%

CAO 5.0%

MGO 1.0%

ZNO 2.0%

CARBON 2.0%

TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :



Red Iron Oxide 0.820

Silica 0.050

Whiting 0.060

Dolomite 0.050

Zinc oxide 0.020

Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4Seger High Fire Glaze#4

C/4Seger High Fire Glaze#4
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 we have designed the following

C/9 glaze base :



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Custer spar 45

Whiting 17

EPK 14

Silica 24

Total 100



Then it was colored using increasing amounts of a local industrial waste material,

QIT Red Dust, mainly made up of Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)

Starting at #3, Bone Ash was also added.



#4 = +12% QIT Red Dust

+12% Bona Ash



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.

The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed to titanium dioxide slag, iron pigs, steel billets

and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department

and has the following general formula:



FE2O3 85%

SIO2 5.0%

CAO 5.0%

MGO 1.0%

ZNO 2.0%

CARBON 2.0%

TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :



Red Iron Oxide 0.820

Silica 0.050

Whiting 0.060

Dolomite 0.050

Zinc oxide 0.020

Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4Seger High Fire Glaze#2

C/4Seger High Fire Glaze#2
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 we have designed the following

C/9 glaze base :



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Custer spar 45

Whiting 17

EPK 14

Silica 24

Total 100



Then it was colored using increasing amounts of a local industrial waste material,

QIT Red Dust, mainly made up of Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)



#2 = +6% QIT Red Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.

The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed to titanium dioxide slag, iron pigs, steel billets

and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department

and has the following general formula:



FE2O3 85%

SIO2 5.0%

CAO 5.0%

MGO 1.0%

ZNO 2.0%

CARBON 2.0%

TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :



Red Iron Oxide 0.820

Silica 0.050

Whiting 0.060

Dolomite 0.050

Zinc oxide 0.020

Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/4Seger High Fire Glaze#1

C/4Seger High Fire Glaze#1
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 we have designed the following

C/9 glaze base :



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Custer spar 45

Whiting 17

EPK 14

Silica 24

Total 100



Then it was colored using increasing amounts of a local industrial waste material,

QIT Red Dust, mainly made up of Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)



#1 = +2% QIT Red Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.

The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed to titanium dioxide slag, iron pigs, steel billets

and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department

and has the following general formula:



FE2O3 85%

SIO2 5.0%

CAO 5.0%

MGO 1.0%

ZNO 2.0%

CARBON 2.0%

TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :



Red Iron Oxide 0.820

Silica 0.050

Whiting 0.060

Dolomite 0.050

Zinc oxide 0.020

Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Glossy Iron Red Glaze

C/9R Glossy Iron Red Glaze
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Glossy Iron Red Glaze



Custer Spar 46

Silica 21

EPK 8

Dolomite 16

Bone Ash 14

Total 105



Bentonite 3

QIT Red Dust 14



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.



The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed into titanium dioxide slags, iron, steel billets



and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department



and has the following general formula:



FE2O3 85%



SIO2 5.0%



CAO 5.0%



MGO 1.0%



ZNO 2.0%



CARBON 2.0%



TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :



Red Iron Oxide 0.820



Silica 0.050



Whiting 0.060



Dolomite 0.050



Zinc oxide 0.020



Total 1.000



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-D (Red)

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-D (Red)
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-D (Red)

(Modification of C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-A,

Bone Ash and RIO were increased again)



Custer Spar 46.7

Silica 21.8

Whiting 2.1

EPK 7.8

Dolomite 13

Bone Ash 11.7

Total 103



Bentonite 3

RIO 11.7



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-C (Red)

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-C (Red)
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-C (Red)

(Modification of C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-A,

Bone Ash and RIO were increased again)



Custer Spar 46.7

Silica 21.8

Whiting 2.1

EPK 7.8

Dolomite 13

Bone Ash 10.7

Total 102



Bentonite 3

RIO 10.7



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-B (Red)

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-B (Red)
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-B (Red)

(Modification of C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-A,

Bone Ash and RIO were increased)



Custer Spar 46.7

Silica 21.8

Whiting 2.1

EPK 7.8

Dolomite 13

Bone Ash 9.7

Total 101



Bentonite 3

RIO 9.7



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-A

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-A
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #2-A

(From Mel Jacobson)



Custer Spar 46.7

Silica 21.8

Whiting 2.1

EPK 7.8

Dolomite 13

Bone Ash 8.7

Total 100



Bentonite 3

RIO 8.7



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-D (Red)

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-D (Red)
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-D (Red)

(Modification of C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-A,

Bone ash and RIO were increased again)



Custer Spar 43.5

Silica 30

EPK 6.5

Whiting 8.7

Talc 7.6

Bone Ash 13.7

Total 110



Bentonite 2

RIO 13.7



It does not run because it was glazed less thickly

as you will see in the picture.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-C

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-C
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-C

(Modification of C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-A,

Bone ash and RIO were increased again)



Custer Spar 43.5

Silica 30

EPK 6.5

Whiting 8.7

Talc 7.6

Bone Ash 12.7

Total 109



Bentonite 2

RIO 12.7



It runs where applied too thickly.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-B

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-B
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-B

(Modification of C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-A,

Bone ash and RIO were increased)



Custer Spar 43.5

Silica 30

EPK 6.5

Whiting 8.7

Talc 7.6

Bone Ash 11.7

Total 108



Bentonite 2

RIO 11.7



It runs where applied too thickly.



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-A

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-A
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

C/9R Mel's Iron Glaze #1-A

(From Mel Jacobson)



Custer Spar 43.5

Silica 30

EPK 6.5

Whiting 8.7

Talc 7.6

Bone Ash 10.7

Total 107



Bentonite 2

RIO 10.7



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

What a difference a glaze base recipe makes la la la !!!

What a difference a glaze base recipe makes la la la !!!
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Hi all,



at C/9� redux, just to verify the influence of glaze bases

on the same mixture of opacifier/colourant, I conducted an

expirement.

On the left side of the picture there is our G2A1 glaze :



G2A1



G-200 Spar 41.1

Barium Carbonate 16.6

Ball Clay 15.6

Whiting 14.4

Zinc Oxide (calc.) 6.3

Colemanite 3.9

Total 97.9



Rutile 1.5

Red iron oxide 1.5



On the right side there is the second glaze :



Vino



Dolomite 18.4

Flint 26.6

Frit #3134 3.9

Kaolin 13.3

Kona F-4 35.4

Zinc Oxide 2.5

Total 100



Rutile 1.5

Red Iron Oxide 1.5



As can be seen we have 2 entirely different glazes,

hence the influence of the multiple interactions between

the various chemicals of bases and the opacifiers

and/or colorants in the final products.



Later,



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Brown/Black Mat Shino

Quebec Brown/Black Mat Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Brown/Black Mat Shino



Custer Spar 19

Nepheline/Syenite 50

Ball clay 27

Lithium Crabonate 4

Total 100



Bentonite 1

Bone Ash 11

RIO 11



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Brown/Black Mat Shino

Quebec Brown/Black Mat Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Brown/Black Mat Shino



Nepheline/Syenite 72

Ball clay 25

Lithium Carbonate 3

Total 100



Bentonite 3

Bone Ash 10

RIO 10



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Pinholing Black/Brown Shino

Quebec Pinholing Black/Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Pinholing Black/Brown Shino



Kona F-4 31

Nepheline/Syenite 61

Lithium Carbonate 5.5

Kaolin 2.5

Total 100



Bentonite 4

UGS Rutile 8.5

RIO 4

Cobalt Carbonate 1.25



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino



Kona F-4 31

Nepheline/Syenite 61

Lithium Carbonate 5.5

Kaolin 2.5

Total 100



Bentonite 4

UGS Rutile 4

RIO 4

Cobalt Carbonate 1



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino



Kona F-4 31

Nepheline/Syenite 61

Lithium Carbonate 5.5

Kaolin 2.5

Total 100



Bentonite 4

UGS Rutile 4

RIO 4

Cobalt Carbonate 0.5



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Scintillating Dark Brown Shino

Quebec Scintillating Dark Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Scintillating Dark Brown Shino



Kona F-4 31

Nepheline/Syenite 61

Lithium Carbonate 5.5

Kaolin 2.5

Total 100



Bentonite 4

UGS Rutile 4

RIO 4



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Rusty Brown Shino

Quebec Rusty Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Rusty Brown Shino



Custer Spar 19

Nepheline/Syenite 50

Ball clay 27

Lithium Carbonate 4

Total 100



Bentonite 1

Bone Ash 10

RIO 10



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Rusty Brown Shino

Quebec Rusty Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Rusty Brown Shino



Custer Spar 19

Nepheline/Syenite 50

Ball clay 27

Lithium Carbonate 4

Total 100



Bentonite 1

Bone Ash 8

RIO 8



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Pinholing Dark Brown Shino



Nepheline/Syenite 72

Ball clay 25

Lithium carbonate 3

Total 100



Bentonite 3

RIO 5



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Pinholing Medium Brown Shino

Quebec Pinholing Medium Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Pinholing Medium Brown Shino



Nepheline/Syenite 72

Ball clay 25

Lithium Carbonate 3

Total 100



Bentonite 3

RIO 4



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Dark Brown Shino

Quebec Dark Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Dark Brown Shino (With a tinge of red)



Custer Spar 11

Nepheline/Syenite 58

Lithium Carbonate 4

Ball Clay 25

Silica 2

Total 100



Bentonite 3

Bone Ash 8

RIO 8



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Pinholing Medium Brown Shino

Quebec Pinholing Medium Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Pinholing Medium Brown Shino



Nepheline/Syenite 72

Ball clay 25

Lithium Carbonate 3

Total 100



Bentonite 2

RIO 3



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Quebec Semi-Gloss Dark Brown Shino

Quebec Semi-Gloss Dark Brown Shino
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Quebec Semi-Gloss Dark Brown Shino



Nepheline/Syenite 60

Redart 40

Total 100



Bentonite 3

Bone Ash 8

RIO 8



"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"

"They are insane these quebekers"

"Est�n locos estos quebequeses"

Edouard Bastarache

Irreductible Quebecois

Indomitable Quebeker

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca

www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm

http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/

Iro-Nabeshima Vase Hanga

Woodblock print of Iro-Nabeshima Vase by Kawashima Hisashi, ca. 1950's.
Tatsuo Tomeoka, WaSabiDou Antiques & Folk Crafts.

Tomimoto Kenkichi Woodblock Print

Hanga (woodblock print) by Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963.) Tomimoto has been
called by some as the most influential Japanese potter of the 20th Century
(based on a Japanese pottery magazine poll.) He was designated a Ningen
Kokuho (Living National Treasure) in 1955, the same year as Hamada Shoji,
Arakawa Toyozo, & Ishiguro Munemaru, and the year that such designations
began.

One of my favorite exhibitions that I attended in Japan was one of
Tomimoto's works shown at Yokohama SOGO Museum in 2001. In addition to his
pots, the exhibit showed numerous examples of his paintings and priliminary
sketches of pots to be made. This additional element of his work was
wonderful & so interesting to see.

For further information on this print, please contact Tatsuo Tomeoka,
WaSabiDou Antiques & Folk Crafts; 206-660-4189, tatsuo@mingei-wasabidou.com