Akitajin \"Lee Love\" on wed 22 oct 97
Related to sharing knowledge, I attended a workshop at Northern Clay
Center done by John Reeve several years back. He is Canadian and a friend
of Warren MacKenzie. They were introduced to each other by Bernard Leach.
Does anybody know where John is now?
John told us that some curators at a museum once brought him a bunch
of old English pots, some not all in one peice. These pots were those big,
funky pitchers with the pinched bottoms. They asked John to study them and
figure out how they were made.
John said, he figured that they were thrown quickly: first, a
bottomless cylinder was throw to a certain height. As we all know, the top
of a cylinder is easier to make thin than the bottom is. These cylinders
were left thick at the bottom. A previously made "pancake" was crimped
onto the top of this cylinder to make a bottom. After this was done, it
was set aside and more cylinders were probably made.
After a number of these were made, they were probably dry enough to
flip. Now, the covered top became the bottom and it was stuck to the
wheelhead. The new top was thrown quickly, to make the cylinder about
twice as tall and very full of life.
I use this method to throw tall narrow pots quickly. One of the
big advantages is that because the bottom gets a chance to dry ahead of time
and is compressed well, you can dry them quickly without getting "S" cracks.
/(o\' Lee In Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
\o)/' mailto:Ikiru@Kami.com
' http://www.millcomm.com/~leelove/
Robert Compton on thu 23 oct 97
Akitajin "Lee Love" wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Related to sharing knowledge, I attended a workshop at Northern Clay
> Center done by John Reeve several years back. He is Canadian and a friend
> of Warren MacKenzie. They were introduced to each other by Bernard Leach.
> Does anybody know where John is now?
>
> John told us that some curators at a museum once brought him a bunch
> of old English pots, some not all in one peice. These pots were those big,
> funky pitchers with the pinched bottoms. They asked John to study them and
> figure out how they were made.
> John said, he figured that they were thrown quickly: first, a
> bottomless cylinder was throw to a certain height. As we all know, the top
> of a cylinder is easier to make thin than the bottom is. These cylinders
> were left thick at the bottom. A previously made "pancake" was crimped
> onto the top of this cylinder to make a bottom. After this was done, it
> was set aside and more cylinders were probably made.
> After a number of these were made, they were probably dry enough to
> flip. Now, the covered top became the bottom and it was stuck to the
> wheelhead. The new top was thrown quickly, to make the cylinder about
> twice as tall and very full of life.
>
> I use this method to throw tall narrow pots quickly. One of the
> big advantages is that because the bottom gets a chance to dry ahead of time
> and is compressed well, you can dry them quickly without getting "S" cracks.
>
> /(o\' Lee In Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
> \o)/' mailto:Ikiru@Kami.com
> ' http://www.millcomm.com/~leelove/
Lee,
john is working at Sundagger Potttery with Jeff Lawrence, his
e-mail is jml@sundagger.com ..I visited with Jeff and John when in New
Mexico last spring, as your already know John is a very knd and gentle
fella, he is helping Jeff, who as a small factory producing wall lights.
You will probaly hear directly from Jeff as he is a regular Clay art
poster..
--
Robert Compton Phone: 802-453-3778
3600 Rt 116 http://homepages.together.net/~rcompton
Bristol, Vermont 05443 rcompton@together.net
Joseph Bennion on thu 23 oct 97
John Reeve is living in Abiquiu, New Mexico as far as I know.
Joe the Potter
===
Joseph Bennion "stay together
PO Box 186 learn the flowers
Spring City, Utah 84662 go light"
801-462-2708
joe.the.potter@rocketmail.com Gary Snyder
---"Akitajin \"Lee Love\"" wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original
message----------------------------
> Related to sharing knowledge, I attended a workshop at Northern
Clay
> Center done by John Reeve several years back. He is Canadian and a
friend
> of Warren MacKenzie. They were introduced to each other by Bernard
Leach.
> Does anybody know where John is now?
>
> John told us that some curators at a museum once brought him
a bunch
> of old English pots, some not all in one peice. These pots were
those big,
> funky pitchers with the pinched bottoms. They asked John to study
them and
> figure out how they were made.
> John said, he figured that they were thrown quickly:
first, a
> bottomless cylinder was throw to a certain height. As we all know,
the top
> of a cylinder is easier to make thin than the bottom is. These
cylinders
> were left thick at the bottom. A previously made "pancake" was
crimped
> onto the top of this cylinder to make a bottom. After this was
done, it
> was set aside and more cylinders were probably made.
> After a number of these were made, they were probably dry
enough to
> flip. Now, the covered top became the bottom and it was stuck to the
> wheelhead. The new top was thrown quickly, to make the cylinder
about
> twice as tall and very full of life.
>
> I use this method to throw tall narrow pots quickly. One
of the
> big advantages is that because the bottom gets a chance to dry ahead
of time
> and is compressed well, you can dry them quickly without getting "S"
cracks.
>
> /(o\' Lee In Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
> \o)/' mailto:Ikiru@Kami.com
> ' http://www.millcomm.com/~leelove/
>
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