This is an
old picture, converted from a 35mm slide to a digital image some while back,
pictured are four jugs drying slowly having been made by Bill Klock sometime
back in the 90s. Coming across this image reminded me this was the very last
time I worked with Bill having moved to Cleveland and working at CSU and then
my own studio in University Heights. I think I was in town for three weeks, one
work cycle where we made lots of stoneware pots and then gas fired one group
and wood fired the other. I don’t think I have a single pot left from my time
there though I do have several of Bill’s. Though this was my last working trek
in Plattsburgh, it was certainly not my last time visiting, every chance I
would get I would make my way to Upstate NY and visit Bill, my dad and my
wife’s family. As for the four jugs, I
am not really sure of when Bill began making these forms though I suspect it
was thoroughly cemented during his stay working at the Leach Pottery. These
pieces have that classic English, Leach appearance complete with stamped
decoration on a couple of them. I wish I had a photo or photos of these
finished and though I may have somewhere I was just not able to lay my hands on
any. At any rate, you can imagine them decked up in rich temmoku duds with some
ash accents as well as his favorite celadon glaze, Whitings 1, 2, 3, 4 Celadon,
maybe I am being nostalgic, but this brings back wonderful memories.
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