Though hope is not a testing strategy I am constantly reminded when dealing with anything in life; " Sperare optima Parare pessima Expectare inexpectata* ". ("Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst, Expect the unexpected".)
Monday, July 5, 2021
HOPE & TESTING
I hate putting too much hope
on tests as they escalate in scale but this is one of those, surely hope it
works pieces. I have put my new glaze through its paces on pods, slabs and two
test cups and am now moving on to a good size teabowl for the next phase of the
testing process. This all started back at the end of last year with a simple
query regarding a Hagi style surface to which I responded that in the past,
most all the testing avenues had ended rather poorly but since I am a sucker
for punishment I would give it another try. Rather than start from square one,
I took an existing glaze that I have and altered it and am using it sparingly
thin on the surface to allow all of the clay texture, marks and sand to show
through the glaze. This particular attempt on a yunomi sized pot is not based
on the traditional Hagi surface but rather the white style surfaces made
popular by the Miwa family though instead of being thick and curdled, this is
intended to be rather thin and almost translucent allowing the clay texture to
be part of the surface. I am just at the beginning of a cycle and time will
tell, if you never see any result you can guess the outcome.
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