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Ceramics Monthly Nov80 Cei11 4 Ceramics Monthly Volume 28, Number 9 November 198U Letters to the Editor............................................................................................... 7 Answers to Questions............................................................................................. 9 Where to Show....................................................................................................... 11 Suggestions .............................................................................................................15 Itinerary .................................................................................................................17 Comment by John Stocking..................................................................................25 Ceramics Seminar ’80 by Faye Nutting...............................................................30 Picasso by William Hunt.......................................................................................34 Betty Woodman: New Work.................................................................................40 Toshiko Takaezu’s Kiln.........................................................................................44 Stenciled Porcelain ................................................................................................48 The Dundunge Pots of Mallam Garba by Angelo Garzio..............................................................................................51 Soluble Glaze Materials by Richard Behrens......................................................58 Rick Dillingham......................................................................................................59 The Terra-Cotta Army of Qin Shihuangdi by Paul B. Arnold............................................................................................ 60 Amanda Jaffe: Patterned Space ........................................................................... 66 News & Retrospect ................................................................................................73 Index to Advertisers...............................................................................................98 Cover Detail, terra-cotta tomb figure (originally painted in bright polychrome), an infantry officer, distinguished by its 6 foot, 5 inch height, one of nearly 8000 life-size clay soldiers and horses buried in subterranean vaults near the tomb of the First Emperor of Qin, 221-206 B.C. This work is one of six such figures and two horses currently touring major mu­ seums in the United States on loan from the People’s Republic of China. These and Paul Arnold’s first-hand report from the tomb site near Xian are presented beginning on page 60. Photo: Seth Joel, and courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Publisher and Acting Editor: Spencer L. Davis Managing Editor: William C. Hunt Art Director: Robert L. Creager Copy Editor: Barbara Harmer Tipton Assistant Editor: Carol Lefebvre Hagelee Assistant Copy Editor: Ruth C. Butler Circulation Manager: Mary Rushley Advertising Manager: Connie Belcher Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices: 1609 Northwest Blvd., P.O. Box 12448, Columbus, Ohio 43212. (614) 488-8236 West Coast Advertising Representative: Joseph Mervish Asso­ ciates, 12512 Chandler Blvd., No. 202, North Hollywood, Cali­ fornia 91607. (213) 877-7556 Copyright © 1980 Professional Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Ceramics M onthly (ISSN 009-0328) is published monthly except July and August by Professional Publications, Inc.—S. L.Davis, Pres.; P. S. Emery, Sec.: 1609 Northwest Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. Correspondence concerning subscriptions, renewals and change of address should be mailed to the Circulation Department,Ceramics Monthly, Box 12448, Columbus, Ohio 43212. Second Class postage paid at Athens, Ohio,.s.a . Subscriptions: u One year $14; Two years $26; Three years $35. Add $3 per year outside.s.a . u The articles in each issue of Ceramics Monthly are indexed inArt the Index. Microfische, 16mm and 35mm microfilm copies, and xerographic reprints are available to subscribers from University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Manuscripts, photographs, color separations, color transparencies, graphic illustrations and news releases dealing with ceramic art are welcome and will be considered for publication. A booklet is available without cost to potential authors, describing procedures for the preparation and submission of a manuscript. Send manuscripts and correspondence about them to The Editor, Ceramics Monthly, Box 12448, Columbus, Ohio 43212. November 1980 5 Letters EARTH ROOM DRIVEL velop during the execution; these can only SUBSCRIBER'S COMMENT Okay—[that’s] a rather nice shot of the be solved working them through. Some­ The comments of those who would see “New York Earth Room” (September). times a problem cannot be solved and the “art” or “craft” tied up neatly in little Even a drab functional potter such as original plan will take a turn; the results boxes would make a great ceramic comic myself can appreciate this, but the reader may be different than what was originally strip. is left completely in the dark as to the intended. Marshall Hall metaphor involved in the work. Let’s pro­ I say if you are satisfied with half Glens Falls, N.Y. vide something a tad more philosophical truths, then you will be satisfied with only than the stark facts presented there, which the conception of a work. The total cre­ Share your thoughts with other readers. amount to little more than art demography ative experience happens with [that ob­ All letters must be signed, but names —drivel. ject’s] physical birth. will be withheld on request. Address: The Michael E. Wright Florence Rubel Editor, Ceramics Monthly, Box 12448, Minneapolis Miami Beach Columbus, Ohio 43212. CONCRETE SALES [In regard to the suggestion published in the January issue] the careful use of butter on the rims of bowls and handles of pitch­ ers and mugs can add as much as thirty percent to your sales at sidewalk art shows, especially if your displays are set up on concrete. Mike Haley Sanger, Texas MISDIRECTED OUTRAGE If art reflects life, I must take issue with the reactions of readers to Howard Shapiro’s brick enclosure with talc cloud (May CM, pages 38-39), although I do not care to defend the art work per se. This is a relatively inexpensive “indul­ gence” when it comes to “prestigious insti­ tutions of higher learning encouraging weirdness” (June Letters). In a squash tennis court under the stadium of the Uni­ versity of Chicago, in the early 1940s, the first controlled radioactive pile was built. It was crucial to the making of the first atomic bomb, which, even in those less- inflated times, cost $2 billion. With respect to the comparison between Howard Shapiro’s talc-dust cloud and ges­ tural activity, and with respect to what I feel is misdirected outrage on the part of the critics, I quote the artist, Kandinsky, in his evaluation of science following the splitting of the atom: “. its most impor­ tant basis was only a lunacy, a mistake perpetrated by learned men . who blindly mistook one object for another.” Eugenie A. Throckmorton Las Vegas DISAPPOINTED I am disappointed that Ceramics Monthly very rarely carries information for a beginning potter learning all [the craft] from reading. Donna Petronzio Yreka, Calif. CONCEPTION/CREATION Some time ago, a friend said “I don’t have to actually execute a piece of work to realize its fulfillment, or to enjoy a creative experience.” I said nothing at the time, but his statement did not seem right. A new work of art is like a new life, and the conception of an idea is only the first important step in the process. The completion of the work cannot be with the mind alone. Problems will de­ November 1980 7 8 Ceramics Monthly Answers to Questions Conducted by the CM Technical Staff Like a previous questioner, I am interested in getting away bonate to 1%. Both these recipes look best on porcelain or a from blues produced by cobalt, primarily because of expense. white stoneware, but also may be used on traditional iron-bearing I am interested in the more exotic blues produced by copper and stoneware bodies. nickel and wonder if you might have some Cone 9-10 recipes Like most copper and nickel glazes, these colors may be from which I might start experimenting?—M.M. temperamental and highly dependent on kiln atmosphere. Some of the most spectacular blues in the potter’s repertoire of colors can be produced using nickel or copper. Two recipes that As a studio potter, I sell vitreous stoneware, the usual mix of should meet your requirements follow: decorative works and functional pieces, including tableware. NICKEL BLUE GLAZE (Cone 9-10, reduction) At a recent art fair another potter challenged my description of Whiting .......................................................................................... 8.8% the work as vitreous, commenting that the fact it holds water is Zinc Oxide .................................................................................. 27.6 not sufficient. I’m wondering if there is an official standard for Kona F-4 Feldspar ...................................................................... 45.3 vitreous ware and if my work qualifies?—F.D. Ball Clay (C&C)........................................................................... 4.9 Government standards state that ware is vitreous when demon­ Flint ............................................................................................
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