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All rights reserved 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY March 1993 3 4 CERAMICS MONTHLY VOLUME 41, NUMBER 3 • MARCH 1993 Feature Articles Low-Fire Redware Bodies by Jonathan Kaplan ................................................27 Carmen Dionyseby Fons De Vogelaere .............................................................32 Andrea Gill ..................................................................................................36 Merging Cultural Diversities by Marvin Sweet.................................................40 Anne Hirondelle ......................................................................................... 41 Third Swiss Triennial by Frank Nievergelt........................................................42 Cheops by Frans Henk Hoekstra ....................................................................... 44 Andrea Gill (associate professor of art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Royce Yoderby Rick Malmgren ....................................................................... 46 Alfred University) applied vitreous engobes for figurative, floral and abstract imagery on Tibetan Potteryby Barbara Nimri Aziz............................................................ 52 earthenware vessels shown at Swidler Gal­ Martin Smith................................................................................................57 lery in Royal Oak, Michigan; page 36. Syd Carpenter and Steven Doneganby Robin Rice...................................................... 58 A Pollution-Free Salt Kiln Janet Mansfield shares complete plans for an ecological stack A Pollution-Free Salt Kiln by Janet Mansfield................................................... 89 scrubber and kiln; see page 89. Up Front In Prayse of Potts ................................................................................................................... 12 How “Green” Is Your Coffee Cup? ................................................................................... 12 Ariane Lei ter by GuylaAmyx ...................................................................................................... 12 Ruggles and Rankin ................................................................................................................ 14 Ancient Japan .......................................................................................................................... 14 Tom Smith ............................................................................................................................... 14 Rene Murray ............................................................................................................................ 16 Fran Scott ................................................................................................................................ 16 Roger Honey ........................................................................................................................... 16 Service in Style ........................................................................................................................ 18 Renate Hahn ............................................................................................................................ 18 California Collegiate Ceramics Competition ..................................................................... 20 Royce YoderHow does a potter working alone without special equipment make a Sachiko Kawamura ................................................................................................................ 20 good living from quality functional ware? Carrie Anne Parks .................................................................................................................. 22 As many have discovered, talent and hard Suzanne Volmer ..................................................................................................................... 22 work are not always enough. To these traits Richard Garriott-Stejskal ...................................................................................................... 22 Yoder adds efficient production methods and good business practices to achieve suc­ cess; see page 46. Departments The cover Philadelphia artist Syd Carpen­ ter (photographed with a twisted root form Letters ....................................................... 8 Suggestions .............................................. 86 in progress) draws inspiration from many of Classified Advertising ............................ 92 the same sources as Steven Donegan, but Video ........................................................ 24 that’s where the similarity in their daywork Call for Entries ....................................... 65 Comment: ends, though they’ve been together for over The Year of American Craft? 16 years. An article about this enterprising Questions .................................................70 by Paulus Berensobn .............................. 94 couple begins on page 58. Calendar ...................................................72 Index to Advertisers.............................. 96 March 1993 5 Letters mance raku to “Clayton Bailey and his stu­ that it is possible to work safely with glazes dents,” and a rave review credited Bailey forincorporating a raw (white or red) lead, provided video I produced and edited. For a 1992 that the ceramist is well informed and practiced geyser bottle performance, Bailey physically in glaze formulation, materials handling, firing Crate Credited for CM Cover Citation stole one of my steam engines and had copiesand studio hygiene. Just wanted to write and share my excite­ of some others made to display at that show. Some very fine glazes simply can *t be made ment. Thank you so much. After making I have complained many times toCSUH without the inclusion of materials considered ceramic work for over 25 years, something ofover the last five years or so, trying to get potentially hazardous to the ceramist. In addi­ mine made the cover ofCeramics Monthly Bailey straightened out, but he continues tion, the issue of materials toxicity is more [January]. Dan Keegan is sitting on one of making false claims and harassing me. So far, complex than individual compounds being my crates and, what’s more, is using it as a two department chairs, two deans and a vicelabeledgenerically toxic, then avoided in order pedestal for his work. president have heard this complaint. The to eliminate risk. It is possible to mix toxic I have made these crates for my large result is a very serious investigation in processcombinations of individually nontoxic materi­ plates for years and always demanded that at CSUH, and it is inappropriate for NCECA als, as well as nontoxic combinations of toxic galleries send them back or pay me the close- to let this event happen now. However, the materials. Those working in a state