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koie ryoji on-line exhibition-hey tony!

updated fri 23 may 03

 

Tony Ferguson on wed 21 may 03


Dude,

Interesting concept. I think I need to see it.

I didn't realize you were in Minneapolis! We will have to get together.
Actually, I am having an anagama firing--Loading June 1. You and any other
clay arters are welcome to join under the starry wisconsin night. I've got
some molding ideas for sculpture I would like to share with you.
I believe Ernest Miller and some of his students are coming out and maybe
others. Email me for directions to Osceola.

As a kind of rule of thumb, I don't let plaster in the studio--but I am
waiting to be proved wrong with 0% eventually making its way into your clay.

Thank you.

Tony Ferguson
On Lake Superior, where the sky meets the Lake

Stoneware, Porcelain, Raku and more
by Coleman, Ferguson, Winchester...
www.aquariusartgallery.com
218-727-6339
315 N. Lake Ave
Apt 312
Duluth, MN 55806


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Longtin"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: Koie Ryoji On-line Exhibition-Hey Tony!


> Hey Tony,
> Appreciate the nod to mold-makers!
> Regarding a raised surface on the bottom of a thrown piece: I had an idea
a
> few years back but never pursued it...how do you think plaster bats with
> signature impressions would sell to folks like yourself? Not sure if this
dude with
> the $275 cup did it this way but I know that it is a possibility.
> Basically you would send me your signature, I would then turn that into a
> plaster bat with a raised area (in which lies your signature i.e. creating
a foot
> on the thrown piece) upon which you could then throw a pot. The resulting
pot
> would have a pre-formed inner foot in its bottom. You would then trim the
> outer profile of the foot and your signature would be a raised surface in
the
> middle.
>
> Just a thought?
>
> Jeff Longtin
> Complex Molds Made Easy
>
> in sunny minneapolis
>
>
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Jeff Longtin on wed 21 may 03


Hey Tony,
Appreciate the nod to mold-makers!
Regarding a raised surface on the bottom of a thrown piece: I had an idea a
few years back but never pursued it...how do you think plaster bats with
signature impressions would sell to folks like yourself? Not sure if this dude with
the $275 cup did it this way but I know that it is a possibility.
Basically you would send me your signature, I would then turn that into a
plaster bat with a raised area (in which lies your signature i.e. creating a foot
on the thrown piece) upon which you could then throw a pot. The resulting pot
would have a pre-formed inner foot in its bottom. You would then trim the
outer profile of the foot and your signature would be a raised surface in the
middle.

Just a thought?

Jeff Longtin
Complex Molds Made Easy

in sunny minneapolis