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OCTOBER 1973 • 60c * '~ • 9 • . • 0 • ~ w i I ~ ~ ~ 0 ! ~ ~ii~ ~ ~,~., ~i:~ili!i~iii~i~!~ i ~ ~il ~!i!iii!ili~ :iii~ii!i~!~!!i~iiii~!~ii~i~ii~;~ii~ii~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~iii~iii~i~i:~ ~i ~ il Shimpo's Driving Force necessarily The Shimpo-West RK-2 Potter's Wheel is point of all this being that it is not of the drive powered by a quarter horse power motor. horse power, but the efficiency cone that Some prospective buyers have passed by the system that does the trick. A steel against a wheel on this account, believing one quarter turns on the motor shaft and presses horse power insufficient for their needs. This hard rubber drive ring is the basis for Shimpo- steel is assumption is unfounded. Sales surveys re- West's Ringcone Drive. Rubber against port that 94.37% of the people who have pur- about as efficient as you can get. As we con- for chased Shimpos say, the RK-2 has more than tinue to say, don't simply take our word enough power for their biggest work. The this. Ask anyone who owns an RK-2. SHIMPO-WEST P.O. BOX 2315, LA PUENTE, CALIFORNIA 91746 : ~,~ "We have at least 7 Walker mills in our system, and nothing but happy kids and instructors. We've re- duced costs considerably. We plan to have at least one machine in each high school." More and More PeopleEverywhere Larry Schultz Art Coordinator Jefferson County Schools are Mixing Clay with the Colorado "1 think the Walker Pug MilI is great. Thank you for making such a fine piece of equipment available to the studio potter." Joanna Price Joanna Price and Associates Professional Ceramists "After almost 10 years with a Walker Pug Mill, I have almost forgotten the time-consuming drudgery of mixing clay by hand or with makeshift equipment. PUG MILL I would not think of either operating my own studio or teaching a ceramics program without one." Glenn £. Nelson Author Ceramics (Holt, Relnhart & Winston) Instructor, University of Minnesota, Duluth Profess[c'~ar Potter Mixing clay by hand wastes time and effort. Buying pre-mixed clay i wastes money. • Instructors and potters throughout the nation, and in many foreign coun- tries, have found the better way to mix clay. They're using this modern machine that releases time and talent for teaching, learning, cre- ative production and experi- ment. • They've discovered; too, that the Walker Pug Mill pays for itself. • Return the postage-free postcard stitched into this publication. You'll receive more information and detailed Walker Pug Mill specifications by return mail. A single pass through the Mill renders clay of consistency perfect for throwing or modeling. i Load Dry Clay Add Mistakes, Add Grog Add Vlater ~, k. k Trimmings. ~ ii~ Use,A:...~or ~,_..St°re October 1973 3 Worth a little more because it has so much more. A truly superior combination Wall Bricks are individually Light Weight Specially Coated of features. hand selected and grooved Dust-Proof Lid with a full- with only two troughs floating hinge arrangement Constructed in Sections instead to give maximum strength and assuring a perfect tight fit, of one piece. Makes kiln easier insulating value. A locking lid brace provides to install, move and repair. Superior Switchboxes safety and convenience. You can easily reach every part constructed with finest Reversible Bottom Slab means of the kiln or even stack the parts and workmanship. floor has two lives should it kiln right around a large Specially ventilated to keep all inadvertently become sculpture. components trouble free. damaged. Interbox Plugs & Sockets (Switchboxes shown are Muki-Sided Design eliminates eliminate unsightly exterior transoarent for display purposes only.) hot corners and gives cords. Built-in Dawson Kiln Sitter great additional strength. Heavier Elements assure eliminates additional 0 Safer ULlisted extra durability and longer exterior wiring and insures to assure you of highest trouble-free life. Elements proper cooling and alignment. safety standards. lay in their own full-trough grooves 1 Two Full Year Guarantee and are pinned at each corner on parts and workmanship, for maximum support. including Kiln-Sitter. There are many more features in this Skutt kiln you'll probably • .. .~ • want to know about, For answers to all your questions contact your nearest distributor or dealer, or just drop us a line. Skutt Ceramic Products 2618 SE Steele, Portland, Oregon 97202 (503) 235-2164 J Poster size reprints of this series in color are available. Please include $1 for postage and handling, ~I]U~ I~11~ i!.2~?;'y'T,=" "~5,, ~ 6 .~O(NT .ITMODS IEC'~A~IO 10 •8 11 4 Ceramics Monthly MONTHLY TRIAL BY FIRE Volume 21, Number 8 October 1973 The all-gasfiring Judge is a downdraft kiln -straight-forward, euen-~npered, and reliable- Letters to the Editor ................................. 7 that will serve time with you wherever you go. Answers to Questions ................................ 9 Though portable, the Judge/s not a toy. It is Itinerary ............................................ 13 a professional tool, with stacking space of 16 cubic feet, for people who demand as much Suggestions from Our Readers ........................ 17 of their equipment as of themselves. The Porcelain and Whiteware Panel, Part I by Robert Winokur ............................. 18 The day of reckoning is at hand; consider the alternative. Judge f~" yourself. The Art of Cloisonne ................................. 21 Dry Throwing by James Fox .......................... 22 Experiments in Liquid Enamels by Fred Ball .......... 27 JIIIIOZ Colorado Crafts Conference by Fred Ball ............... 30 Bay Area Annual Exhibit ............................. 33 Foot Rims, Part II by Angelo C. Garzio ................ 34 The Pursuit of Elegance .............................. 37 Common Glaze Colorants by Richard Behrens .......... 38 Reduction Production 190 B'way Cambr dge MA 02139 A Press Molding Technique by Edward T. Schoenberger __40 CeramAetivities ...................................... 45 Index to Advertisers .................................. 62 ON OUR COVER Bowl, black polished clay with heavy pale yellow flowing glaze, 21 era. in diameter, 1952, from the exhibition, "Form and Fire: SYLLABUS FOR Natzler Ceramics 1939-1972," on view at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., through October 21. Additional information about this retrospective exhibition appears in CeramActivities on Page 45. ADVANCED Publisher and Acting Editor: SVEXCER L. DAVIS CERAMICS Assistant Editors: WILLIAM C. HUNT FRANCES SAWYER "When I was a student, potters had their own carefully Feature Editor: BETTY HOLLOWAY guarded notebooks with secret glazes. It was hard to Art Director: ROBERT L. CREAGER learn how to mix glazes, let alone find recipes with Circulation Manager: MARY RUSI-ILEY which to start studying. With this Syllabus I hope Advertising Manager: CONNIE BELCHER learning will be easy, challenging and rewarding." Advisers and Special Contributors: F. Carlton Ball, Richard Behrens, Kathe Berl, Edris Eckhardt, Zena Holst, John Kenny, Karl Martz, Ken Smith, Helen Worrall, Don Wood. F. CARLTON BALL West Coast Advertising Representative: Joseph Mervish Asso- The Syllabus is a compendium of good information ciates, 4721 Laurel Canyon, Suite 211, North Hollywood, about pottery, with strong emphasis on glaze making. California 91607. Telephone: TR 7-7556, Area Code 213. Copyright 1973 Professional Publications, Inc. Keramos Books P.O. Box 2432, Bassett, California 91745 Ceramics Monthly October 1973, Vol, 21 -- No. 8. Published monthly except ffuly and August by Professional Publications, Inc. -- S. L. Davis, Please send me copies of Syllabus for Advanced Pres., P. S. Emery, See.; at 1609 Northwest Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. Correspondence concerning subscriptions, renewals, and ehan~e of address Ceramics @ $3.95. should be addressed to the Circulation Department, Cerarmes Monthly, Box 4548, Columbus, Ohio 43212. Second Class postage paid at Athens, Enclosed is a check or money order for $ Ohio, U.S.A. Subscriptions: one year $6; Two years $10; Three years $14. Copyright 1973. All rights reserved. The articles in each issue of Ceramics Monthly are indexed in the Art Name Index and the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Microfilm copies are available to subscribers from University Microfilms, 313 N. First Address. St., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Manuscripts and illustrations dealing with ceramic art activities are welcome and will be considered for publi- City cation. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced and range from 500 StateZip to 2000 words. Send manuscripts and correspondence about them to the l~titor, Ceramics Monthly, Box 4548, Columbus, Ohio 43212. October 197.3 5 a~ " F:'OE~mtLUP_.d~ ¢lLTOPpt"es~Jed, u,31IRt~Q,L ~~ M,)O?"~ IA ,-'F',tR~' Or" LC3kM ~::'~.~,,~ LoW PR/CES/a~o c~u~c,Tu d~-or~D~ ¢,J:I-I/kEFER .DEAR,I~:~q~M M [ A LITTLE EXTRA... Just a little extra time and effort on our part is what makes Ex-Cel clays the preferred brand of potters. And we give this "extra" so you're assured of getting consistent clay quality with consistent results. Specify Ex-Cel clay at your local ceramic supply distributor. Write us for a free copy of Supply and Equipment Catalog No. 74. house of ceramics, inc. 1011 N. Hollywood St. Memphis, Tenn. 38108 6 Ceramics Monthly LETTERS CONFLICTING OPINION like the glaze recipe articles and the sug- garde. Just because they are avant-garde Have been wanting to write to tell you gestions from other potters. How about does not mean they qualify as skilled how great I think you are. I like the arti- more information on the merchandising craftsmanship or art--something, I believe, cles and the better pictures you've been end of potting? Nancy Ross your publication should promote, support, having lately of potters' works of art. Huntsville, Ark. and represent. Carol Lynn BickneU They are so inspiring. The June issue just Madison, N.J. CM SHOULD PROMOTE, SUPPORT. arrived today. After reading the Letters AND REPRESENTCRAFTSMANSHIP column I had to write immediately because I especially enjoy reading about other Share your thoughts with other CM read- I disagreed so violently with the reader potters.