September 1982 1 2 C eramics Monthly William C. Hunt.......................................... Editor Barbara Tipton..................... Associate Editor Robert L. Creager........................ Art Director Ruth C. Butler.............................. Copy Editor Valentina Rojo......................... Editorial Assistant Mary Rushley............... Circulation Manager Connie Belcher .... Advertising Manager Spencer L. Davis.................................... Publisher Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices 1609 Northwest Boulevard, Box 12448, Columbus, Ohio 43212 (614) 488-8236 West Coast Advertising Representative: Joseph Mervish Associates, 12512 Chandler Boulevard, No. 202, North Hollywood, California 91607 (213) 877-7556 Ceramics Monthly (ISSN 009-0328) is pub­ lished monthly except July and August by Professional Publications, Inc.—S. L. Davis, Pres.; P. S. Emery, Sec.: 1609 Northwest Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. Second class postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. 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All rights reserved September 1982 3 4 Ceramics Monthly Ceramics Monthly Volume 30, Number 7 September 1982 Feature Articles Pompeo Pianezzola by William Hunt....................................................... 36 Image-Afterimage ........................................................ 40 Figurative Clay.............................................................. 44 Six Danish Ceramists................................................... 46 An Accessible Collection.............................................. 54 Minnesota Wall Works by Hal Barnes............................................................ 57 Ceramics Southeast....................................................... 60 Neil Tetkowski by Janet Koplos......................................................... 62 Cecil Baugh: Jamaican Retrospective........................... 67 Philip Cornelius............................................................. 70 Daegu Academy of Ceramic Studies by Herb Schumacher................................................. 71 Styrofoam Press Molds by Scott Frankenberger............................................. 74 A Series of Chrome Green Glazes by Harold J. McWhinnie........................................... 76 Departments Letters to the Editor ............................................................. 7 Where to Show.............................................................. 11 Suggestions 15 Itinerary......................................................................... 17 Questions....................................................................... 23 Comment: Shop Talk: Conversations, Part II by Joan Lincoln......................................................... 25 News & Retrospect ....................................................... 81 Classified Advertising..................................................110 Index to Advertisers.....................................................112 The Cover Single-fired earthenware platter, 17½ inches in di­ ameter, by Neil Tetkowski, Granville, Ohio. The var­ iation of bright color on this work results from the influence of low-fire salt glazing (in reduction) on terra sigillata lightly sprayed across the surface of the form. Neil Tetkowski (pronounced Tet cow ski) is the subject of Janet Koplos’s article beginning on page 62. Photo: William Hunt. September 1982 5 Letters Kiln to the Dump meaningless words used to describe art. Will you do an expanded article on Mar­ CM accepts some articles on technique in Comments like “while the tableau physi­ ilyn Lysohir? I would like to see her con­ which the author assumes that potters (ac­ cally controls the environment around the structing one of her three-quarters scale fig­ cording to popular belief) know the ins and idea, the solitary figure or even the groupings ures. outs of all the trades accessory to pottery. are subject to the immediate environment” Barbara Papish This would be nice, but it ain’t so. I’m a (“Marilyn Lysohir,” Summer issue) surely Bowling Green, Ohio good mechanic and plumber; I fumble my must mean something, but one wonders. It way through electrical problems and can appears that art must be provided with some Thank you for choosing my suggestion to knock together things from wood. However, meaning that is not readily apparent to the cure sick colemanite glazes. To be more spe­ not having enough savvy in the fine points “unenlightened.” cific, I use 1 cup of alcohol for 4 tablespoons of cement work, I blew a $500 experiment John Barrett of dry CMC gum. with casting a kiln (from “Castable Refrac­ Colfax, Wash. Mar the Sirois tories,” and “A Castable Kiln,” November Hull, Quebec ’81). First, I took an exaggerated view of the Waste Oil Precautions author’s suggestion to work the mix some­ In connection with the two articles in the Flying through Flak what on the dry side, and second, there was Summer issue on using waste oil, consider The untitled sculptural forms by Judy no attempt by the writer to give a reliable the following cautions advised by the Exxon Moonelis (December cover) raised a storm method of estimating the volume of materials Company: “Avoid prolonged contact with used among the functional hollow ware group; and needed. I ended up with a kiln riddled with motor oil; remove motor oil from skin by now the academics are in trouble with the small cracks. Also, I ran out of calcium-alu- washing thoroughly with soap and water (a studio potters. Wonder what flak will result minate cement at a critical moment and tried waterless hand cleaner is an effective cleans­ from the Wallybird by Robert Wallace Mar­ to substitute portland cement. Results: melt­ ing aid); avoid using gasoline, thinners or tin (May cover)? down of the top of the arch at Cone 9; thus solvents to remove oil from skin; avoid pro­ Marc Porrovechio 80 percent of the firing was covered with longed skin contact with oil-soaked clothing; West Stockbridge, Mass. green lava. discard oil-soaked shoes and unwashable ar­ Hey—don’t get me wrong—my sense of ticles of clothing.” Nothing specific yet.—Ed. humor is very similar to that of Zorba the J. S. Sc haul Greek. I laughed. I danced. I cracked jokes Caldwell, N.J. The May issue was, to my mind, the best all the way to the dump. yet—an excellent international mixture of John T. Klure Ruth Duckworth Responds potters and pottery, both contemporary and Riverside, Calif. I wish to apologize to all [CM] readers historical. I usually only retain my favorite and Richard DeVore in particular for Elaine parts of the magazine, but this one will stay Reagan Story O’Sullivan’s tactless letter in the May issue. intact. Let’s have more of the same. The photo of Ronald Reagan accepting a It does not reflect my own opinions. Rosemary Creedon pot (News & Retrospect, May, page 87) is Ruth Duckworth San Diego ludicrous in view of his priorities. We are all Chicago aware that in Ronnie’s world the arts and More on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome humanities rank far below the military ma­ Inflated Ideas I read with interest the letter regarding chine. Shame on CM for wasting space; I I have been subscribing to Ceramics carpal tunnel syndrome in the February is­ would have found an ad less objectionable. Monthly for almost ten years, and have used sue. Last year I noticed a numbness in the Giga Pelouchoud a lot of suggestions from other readers. My fingers of my left hand. While seeing a med­ Boulder, Colo. letter concerns the fact that CM pays $5 for ical doctor about an unrelated problem, I each Suggestion used—a fine payment 10 mentioned the numbness to him and he im­ Drowning in Jargon years ago, but since prices have more or less mediately sent me to an orthopedic surgeon. It seems that American potters and ce­ doubled, why not pay $10 now for each? I was more fortunate than your nameless cor­ ramics writers are very articulate in the field Mary Giammatteo respondent; I have