~ P NOVEMBER 1979 $1.2S Often copied but never equaled. ! The Shimpo-West ® R K-2 Over ten years ago Shimpo-West designed and They will tell you their wheels are running as introduced a superior potter's wheel. The first well as the day they brought them home. of its kind. Over the years the few changes The Shimpo-West concept of engineering we've made are only refinements, never changes and craftsmanship is backed by years of prac- for the sake of change.- I tice. We have the practical i The original Shimpo-West ® knowledge it takes to bring Shimpo-West practices the Ring Cone Drive System ~-~iiiiii i. iii~1~ policy of sustained excellence. [-13 you a truly fine, dependable Ask any potters who have wheel. If this is what you're bought Shimpo-West wheels looking for, look to Shimpo- during the last ten years. West. After all, you can't manufacture experience. SHIMPO-WEST INC., 14400 LOMITAS AVE., DEPT. B111, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91746 The Ultimate Extruding Systems System III DoubleAction Air Drive w/Foot PedalControl (100 psi ...by Bailey Compressoroptional) Mountedon: OptionalFloor Stand w/ExternalExtruding Fixtures ExtrusionCapacity: Consider this: 8"L x 8"W x Any Length An extruder that is Power Driven and Foot Pedal Controlled to offer effortless extrud- ing, while leaving both hands free to manipulate the form. An extruder capable of extruding slabs 24"wide, boxes, tubes, and multisided forms up to 8"across, spheres, etc. Interchangeable Extrusion Barrels that clip on and off for easy cleaning or multiple clay body extruding System [ Rust Proof Barrels for porcelain clay bodies Manual "Ratchet Drive" Extruder/Wall Mount Vertical and Horizontal Extruding Extrusion Capacity: Ratchet Drive on manual extruders 8"L x 8"W x Any Length A power drive extruder that is light enough to be manually held while extruding into press molds or slab surfaces External Extruding Fixtures for cutting, 17 guiding, and separating finished forms System II SingleAction Air Drivew/Foot PedalControl/60 psi CompressorMounted on: OptionalFloor Stand w/ExternalExtruding Fixtures The fact is, Bailey Extruding Systems are a Extrusion Capacity:4"& 6" breakthrough which makes all other diameterx Limited Length extruders inferior by comparison. To investi- I) gate more of the advantages of using Bailey Bailey Pottery Equipment, an innovator in slab Equipment, write or call us, or contact your machines, has designed a new standard in local dealer and ask them for a demonstration. clay extruders by which all others will be Find out why Bailey Pottery Equipment is measured. Up to now, extruders have been hailed as "the Professional's Choice". considered a useful tool for making handles and not much more. Bailey Extruders create For more information on Bailey Slab Rollers, new dimensions in forming clay that were refer to the September '79 issue of Ceramics never before possible at a low cost. The Monthly. possibilities are endless! Bailey Pottery Equipment Corporation C.RO. 1577 Kingston, NY 12401 914 339-3721 November 1979 3 Almost ng on Yes. We have just about all our pottery equipment on our Free Freight program. We have almost all our glaze chemicals on free freight. We have all our Kemper tools on free freight, over 45 books and Ohaus scales. We are willing to ship any of our listed products anywhere within the con- tinental USA free of any shipping charge and at discounted prices. Use our toll-free phone number to ask for any price. It is 1-800-241-1895. Free Freight Equipment: Crusader electric kilns, with or without optional kilntronics; Wrap gas kilns; Shimpo-West ~' Bantam, RK-2 Basic & RK-2 Super wheels; Brent models A, B,C & CXC wheels; Crusader 101 & 102 wheels; Brent SR-14, SR-20 & SR-36 slabrollers; Brent hand- extruders; Ohaus scales & books. All at discounted prices. KemperTools: All kemper tools listed in our catalog with a minimum tool order of $15.00. Glaze Chemicals: All chemicals listed below with a minimum order of $15.00 and a maximum weight of 40 pounds. All chemicals are of the highest quality available and suited to pottery uses. I-,800-241-1895(Plastic Vitrox) Free Freight GhazeChemicals: Dolomite Lead-Chromate(Yellow) PV Clay Albany Slip Flourspar Monosilicate Pyrophrolite Alumina Hydrate Frits--3134 (P54) (H14) Oxide-Litharge Rutile-Powd Alumina Oxide 3819 (P25) (H25) Red Rutile-Gran. Antimony Oxide 3110 Lepidolite Silicon Carbide(FFF) Barium Carbonate 3124 (P311 ) (H90) Lithium Carbonate Sodium Carbonate-SodaAsh Barnard Blackbird Slip Gerstley Borate Macaloid Spodumene-ChemicalGrade Bentonite-Western Grog-20 Mesh Magnesium Carbonate Superpax Bone Ash Gum Arabic ManganeseCarbonate Talc-Ceramic Grade Borax Ilemenite-Granular Manganese Dioxide-Powd. Titanium Dioxide Boric Acid Iron-Chromate ManganeseDioxide-Gran. Tin Oxide Cobalt Carbonate Oxide (Black) Nepheline Syenite Ultrox Cobalt Oxide Oxide (Red) Nickel Carbonate Umber-Burnt Chrome Oxide Oxide (Spanish) Nickel Oxide-Black Umber-Raw Copper Black Oxide Jordon Clay Ochre (Yellow) Vanadium Pentoxide Copper Carbonate Kiln Wash-High Fire Petalite Wollastonite Cornwall Stone Lead-Bisilicate Potassium Carbonate-Pearl Ash Zinc Oxide (Calcined) Cryolite (Synthetic) Carbonate(White) Pumice-VolcanicAsh Zircopax Throwing Apron: Please send the following: $ 8..~l plus [] New catalog--S1.50 $1.50 handling KICKWHEEL & shipping [] Throwing apron Duck C,anva~ []T-Shirt S, M, L, XL r-Shirt: POTTERYSUPPLY® $3.00 plus O (Orders outside continental USA: $1,50 handling $3.50 shippingand handling) & shipping 1428 Mayson St. N E S,M,L.XI. ~ Atlanta,Georgia 30324 Name 1 (404) 873-3366 Address ,EwP,0,E~/,Toll Free, out of state: 241-1895 (Please Print) 1-800. 4 CERAMICS MONTHLY IIIM O II~l 1" IHI II. W desigri PRE-COLUMBIAN DESIGNS FROM PANAMA: Volume 27, Number 9 November 1979 591 Illustrations of Cocl6 Pottery, Samuel Kirkland Lothrop. A collection of illustrations showing the imagination, power and charm of the ceramic artists of Cocl6. This book also covers Letters to the Editor .............................. 7 the unique shapes of Cocl~ vessels, long praised Where to Show ................................... 9 for imagination, technique and synthes~s with Answers to Questions exterior decoration. .............................. 11 Soft cover $3.50 Suggestions ...................................... 13 Itinerary ........................................ 15 DESIGNER,NATURE Bertel AS II ~ Comment by Eudorah Moore ....................... 23 Bager. A unique visual Animal Imagery .................................. 32 pleasure - Bager's excit- ing collection of close-up Contemporary Salt-Glazed Ceramics ................. 34 photographs of plant life Exhibition at The University of Kansas illustrating the beauty by William Bracker ............................. 36 and fascinating forms of organic objects. John Fassbinder by Elaine Levin ..................... 38 Soft cover $7.95 North German Folk Pottery ........................ 46 POTTERY Chris Unterseher: Porcelain ........................ 51 DECORATION, James Lovera .................................... Thomas Sharer. An 53 inspirational and in- Ceramics Southeast ................................ 54 HOW TO WRAP 5 MORE formative book about EGGS: TRADITIONAL Laura decorative applica- Wilensky .................................. 56 JAPANESE PACKAGING, Once tions with an May Not Be Enough by Charles Lakofsky ........ 57 Hideyuki Oka. This book s emphasis on how to Building and Firing an Alfred Wood Kiln 244 exquisite photographs do each process. by Larry Lubow ................................ present the beauty in the The techniques 61 look and feel of ordinary Fundamentals of Fund Raising by Diane J. Duca ...... 64 covered are: decor- humble things. It is a visual ation in the forming News & Retrospect ................................ 75 delight, revealing the rela- process; carved tionships between hand Index to Advertisers ............................... 98 decoration; im- material, use and shape pressed decoration; made clear through the added decoration; Cover remarkable ingenuity of slips, underglaze and Japanese packaging majolica; Iowfire White porcelain bottle with underglaze blue decoration, Yi $17.50 dynasty (late 18th century A.D.), 14 inches in height. This glazes and lusters. $17.50 form was among 345 objects presented in "5000 Years of Korean Art," through September 30 at the Asian Art Mu- seum of San Francisco. Organized by the National Museum of Korea, other works in the show are presented in an article beginning on page 91. COMPLETE SUMI-E TECHNIQUES, Sadamt Yamada. This book contains directions for paint- ing over 200 examples of sumi-e including flowers, trees, animals, fish and landscapes. It also offers concise background information on Publisher and Acting Editor: SPENCER L. DAVIS such topics as how to view sumi-e, its history, Managing Editor: WILLIAM C. HUNT sumi-e and Zen and sumi-e and white spaces. Art Director: ROBERT L. CREAGER Soft cover $9.95 Copy Editor: BARBARA HARMER TIPTON JAPANESE DESIGN MOTIFS, compiled by the Matsuya Piece-goods Store. A collection of over 4,000 individual designs representing the Assistant Editor: CAROL LEFEBVRE HAOELEE 900-year old tradition of Japanese family crests. This is an unabridged Circulation Manager: MARY RUSHLEV republication of the catalogue originally compiled around 1913 bY the Advertising Manager: CONNIE BELCHER Matsuya Piece-goods Store. Soft cover $5,00 DESIGNS ON PREHISTORIC HOPI POTTERY, Fewkes. A collection Editorial, Advertising, and Circulation O][ices: 1609 Northwest of illustrations