I
found an old photo of one of my winged covered serving pieces with a large
spiral knob recently and the time spent making it and others flooded back as if made yesterday. This one is thrown out of stoneware with a notch cut foot , glazed
in Shino and then fired at PSUC while
working with Bill Klock sometime in the late 1990s while I was living in
Cleveland. This photo came from a bunch of negatives I recently converted to
digital images and the platter was made along with maybe 50 or so pots that were
intended for the reduction glaze firing at Plattsburgh State or for Bill's wood
kiln and in this case, the piece was dusted with a thin coat of ash prior to
firing to enhance the effects. I miss those days of going back to work with
Bill at the university and to his studio on the old Jersey Swamp Road, making
pots, firing kilns and tending the fire while talking about his time with
Bernard Leach and visits to see Michael Cardew. It is amazing that a simple
photo can spark a number of memories that are held within, well beyond the image
captured.
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