Jocelyn McAuley on sun 26 aug 01
I too got bit by the Brother Thomas bug. I highly recommend peeking at
his newest book Creation Out of Clay. The glazes he uses are mostly
classic cone 10 reduction glazes. A picture in the book shows that he
sprays his glazes on his large vases.
Here are some glaze directions to look in for testing glazes similar to
the ones he uses (these are the glazes cited in Creation Out of Clay, he
supplies no recipes though. The recipes I supply are from Sana Krusoe's
glaze packet):
-Honan Tenmoku (used with details brushed on top- possibly rutile oxide
wash or glaze)
-Iron Yellow
-Ice Crackle- this looks alot like a "chinese Crackle" glaze we use in our
studio on campus
Chinese Crackle Cone 6-10
Feldspar 82.2 (Nepheline Syenite works well, as do many others)
Whiting 8.9
Silica 7.9
Zircopax 1.0
-Blue Elm Ash Glaze
-Copper Red
-Armenian Bole Glaze
-Shino
-Blue and Green Celedon
-Iron Luster Glaze
-Iron Red Glaze and Iron Orange Glaze
Shaner Red Cone 10 Shaner Orange Cone 10
Bone Ash 10.0 3.0
CaCO3 20.7 21.3
Custer Spar 51.1 52.7
EPK 24.3 25.0
Talc 3.9 4.0
Fe2O3 4.0 5.0
Rutile 1.0 3.0
-Iron Blue Glaze
Iron Blue Cone 10
Custer Feldspar 27.5
Whiting 19.6
EPK 19.97
Silica 32.93
Red Iron 4
Rutile 6
Tin 2
-Copper Blue Glaze
Toshiko Takaezu Copper Blue Cone 10
Nepheline Syenite 45
Barium Carbonate 40
Potash Feldspar 10
Silica 5
Copper Carbonate 2
-Variegated Copper Blue (which looks like Purple Colemanite on a good day)
Purple Colemanite Cone 10
Kingman 37.8
Frit 3134 23.9
Whiting 2.7
Colemanite 4.8
Kentucky Ball Clay 6.9
Silica 23.9
Copper Carbonate 3.0
-"Kairagi" Textured White Glaze
-Opal Cooper Blues
-Molybdic White Glaze
-Oil Spot Glaze
-Kaki
Kaki Cone 10
Kingman/Custer 23.53
Whiting 17.65
Ball Clay 29.41
Silica 29.41
Red Iron 17.65
good luck!
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Jocelyn McAuley ><<'> jocie@worlddomination.net
Eugene, Oregon
Jack Walsh on mon 27 aug 01
thanks to everyone for your responses on Br. Thomas. I think he is one of
the best potters around and recieves very little recognition for his work.
philrogers on tue 28 aug 01
It seems from the posts that I might be the only one here that knows Brother
Thomas personally and I just wanted to say that he is one of the nicest,
most genuinely self effacing people I have ever met.
His work is of the highest calibre. To throw porcelain to the scale and
precision that he does is truly remarkable and his glazes are of incredible
quality. I know that he has a very rigorous selection policy and many pieces
are discarded in favour of those that please him. There isn't a potter alive
who can please all of the people all of the time and Brother Thomas's work
will not appeal to everyone because of the very precision that I speak of.
However, noone can argue with the sheer astonishing quality that he
presents.
As far as the pricing question goes - I would remind everyone that there is
always a market leader no matter what the sphere we look to. That is a good
thing. It means that the rest of us get hauled up the ladder a little bit in
the wake. I have the honour and pleasure of sharing space at the Pucker
Gallery in Boston with Brother Thomas and I will be lucky enough to be at
his opening on the 13th October.
Phil.
Phil and Lynne Rogers,
Lower Cefn Faes,
RHAYADER.
Powys. LD6 5LT.
Tel/fax. (44) 01597 810875.
philrogers@ntlworld.com
www.philrogerspottery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Walsh
To:
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: Br. Thomas glazes
> thanks to everyone for your responses on Br. Thomas. I think he is one of
> the best potters around and recieves very little recognition for his work.
>
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