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| ".. and my coffee is cold, I can take it." |
I was wrong. I admit it! It happens occasionally. It was not my error that caused the kiln to fail on me. I had programmed it perfectly. It seems asking it to go up at a rate of 150 degrees C per hour is asking too much. Funny, it worked last time, and the time before that and before that. I have committed to a bigger and better kiln to replace this one, one with NO rust or door falling off the hinge, one that BLOOMING works and does not cause me angst, lack of sleep and loss of my work. Do you think it knows??
In clay related chit chat among ceramists the subject of 'brown pots' has popped up lately. I think the average person who is a non potter thinks Pottery=brown pots circa 1975 - a tad dated, often dull. With so many shades of brown, the best of which are either connected to food or some evocative imager - Cafe au Lait, mocha, chocolate, donkey, burnt, sand and so on - brown can be made to sound quite attractive. This intro is just by way of saying, I have friends who make waaaay colourful stuff too. Here are some images of work recently seen in the CAAWA Selective Exhibition at Heathcote Gallery, Applecross, Western Australia. The teapots below above are by my friend and neighbour Trish Scambler. Her husband Stewart makes irresistable woodfired brown pots hehe. http://www.ceramicartswa.asn.au/gallery/trish-scambler
