Eleanor on wed 6 oct 10
Dear Gurus,
Thank you for your on- and off- list information and advice on Heat
Work. I now understand some of the principles and their practical
applications. I think I have privately thanked all the off-list people
who wrote to me; if I missed you, sorry and thank you nonetheless.
I notice that this thread has escalated into scholarly discussion of
the chemistry(?) of Heat Work all of which is beyond me. No matter--it
seems to interest some, which is good. As for me, I now have a better
idea of how to program my kiln.
I must admit (and I did so privately) that besides my real, urgent
interest in learning about heat work, I had another motive when I
posted the question: to divert attention from the ongoing discussion
of naughty words and the back-and-forth vituperation which ensued---ad
nauseam. Space which should be devoted to CLAY is being used to battle
about good manners and modern vocabulary, viable topics which belong
elsewhere, IMO.
At about the same time I posted my question someone, Randy McCall?
posted a question on Layering which produced little more than "I like
it" or "I do it". That query seemed to me a great thread: what glazes
to use; what glaze on top of what; what clay; what cone; thin; thick;
dipped; sprayed; painted; pitfalls.............. I'm sure I'm not the
only one interested, yet the responses were sparse, no, non-existent.
Finally, I asked my husband (he's not a potter) to read this post and
he remarked that in a medium as intense as Clay a breather is needed
for relaxation, that discussion of etiquette and vocabulary serves
that purpose.
Breathers should be short, satisfying, and back to work. But
this"breather" has been going on for weeks!
OTOH, breathers in the form of jokes posted by Edouard Bastarche have
been banned from Clayart for one misstep. And some of those jokes were
really funny and some elicited a comment or two, no more.
It makes no sense.
Eleanor Kohler
Centerport, NY
".... philosophers lay down many precepts fair in argument but not
applicable in use"
--Sir Francis Bacon
| |
|
