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All rights reserved June/July/August 1984 3 4 Ceramics Monthly Ceramics Monthly Volume 32, Number 6 June/July/August 1984 Feature Articles Artpark by Mary Roehm............................................................ 31 How to Sell Your Pots Profitably by Ross Murphy........................................................... 35 Oasis by Evelyne Porret......................................................... 41 Clay Spectrum......................................................... 46 Graham Marks by Matthew Drutt........................................................ 47 Portfolio: Jun Kaneko by Ree Schonlau and Jun Kaneko............................... 49 Iceland’s Borghildur Oskarsdottir........................ 59 The Water Jars of Cocucho by Jens Morrison ......................................................... 62 Hobart Cowles Blue and Green Glazes by Lili Krakowski......................................................... 66 Salzbrand International Competition 67 A $10 Million Stove by Donald Fletcher....................................................... 102 Departments Letters....................................................................... 7 Itinerary.................................................................... 9 Suggestions 15 Questions ................................................................. 17 Where to Show 21 Comment: What Makes a Pot Beautiful? by William Hunt .......................................................... 25 News & Retrospect.................................................. 75 Classified Advertising 100 Index to Advertisers 104 The Cover Japanese-born ceramist Jun Kaneko (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) amid his 7-ton sculptures in a kiln at the Omaha Brick Works, Nebraska. Jun rented the old beehive kiln last year to build and fire eight monu­ mental works, a project that lasted nine months. The artist and his work are subjects of a portfolio begin­ ning on page 49. June/July/August 1984 5 6 Ceramics Monthly Letters April Comment They have given me two wrong numbers for February issue. I wish that all of CM’s cov­ “No Custom Orders” by Richard Peeler their regional sales office in Cincinnati, and erage were this thoughtful and informative. was wonderful. I found myself laughing out refused to take my order from the main office Too bad Randy Cook was so threatened by loud. It was a pleasure to read something so in Amesbury. Finally, after numerous long Eileen Black’s well thought-out piece on mail down-to-earth; he brought sunshine into a distance calls, they openly admitted that they order. Too bad CM wasted valuable maga­ rainy, dreary Ann Arbor day. had been “giving me the run-around,” and zine space on his put-down. Pat Ballard gave me the name of a company right here Jim Lane Ann Arbor, Mich. in Louisville where I could purchase the duct Farnham, Va. in 10-foot lengths. Infinite Kiln Switches Aren’t If you are thinking about venting your kiln Valuable Space CM readers should be aware of the mis­ in this way, call the main office in Amesbury I feel too much valuable space is wasted nomer that pervades the industry with regard and ask them if the ducts are sold in your in letters: last year’s pansy pots and this year to “infinitely variable” switches that are em­ city or area, and if so where. You will prob­ the sexism of Randy Cook. I’d rather be a ployed on a large number of electric kilns. ably have to buy 10 feet to get the 6 or 7 basement potter than work in some of the To be fair to the industry, I have only had you need, but you won’t have a two-page chicken coops I’ve seen. personal experience with two makes of kilns, phone bill to boot. Donna Kulibert but at least three other popular brands are Amy Will Medical Lake, Wash. equipped with identical switches. These Louisville switches pass 100% of the current through a The Business of Art bimetallic element which makes up one side Randy Cook/February Letters That art is a business is no longer a notion, of the contacts. The resulting heat pulls this Pottery through mail order (“Mail-Order it has become a necessity. To survive art school contact away from the “fixed” contact whose Marketing,” by Eileen Black, October ’83) one must go about the serious business of position is set by the switch knob. is not unique to women potters. Let’s see treating the production of art as a daily focus. The power output of my kiln, as a percent Randy Cook’s criticism for what it is: a gra­ In the business of art, one must go about the of maximum, through the range of switch tuitous venting of misogynistic feelings. serious business of producing quality art settings is shown below: Lotte Melman (product) as a daily focus. It must be pleasing Minneapolis to the artist’s aesthetic sensibilities as well as be salable in order to sustain the artist. It Randy neglected to describe the bachelor’s is a priority that excellent art schools begin pinnacle that he works on. to incorporate into their curriculum survival Marjorie Beynon courses in basic business procedures. Novice Camlachie, Ont. artists must also be willing to prepare a professional-looking portfolio, present well- I resent the “basement little-wife potter” taken slides upon request, have a clear, well- crack made by Randy Cook. I was not aware stated resume, know how to approach gallery Approximately the last 40% of the power that CM was just for “professional” potters. dealers and shop owners, know how to pro­ appears when the control is moved from the (Professional in this sense meaning one who tect their art work when it is out of their highest variable setting to “high.” Typically, has ascended from the realm of craft to one hands and still unsold, and know how to pre­ only a bisque temperature can be attained of art.) I thought it was for anyone interested pare a self-protecting contract for commis­ on the highest variable setting, and then only in pottery and ceramic art. sioned art work. after a very long approach time. The most I know that from the great pinnacle on Schools can and should help in these areas. important part of the power, which is re­ which Randy Cook obviously places himself, Georgeanne Carlisle Gass quired for glazing, soaking, crystal growth, we basement little-wife potters look insig­ Manchester, Mo. etc., can only be controlled in a very pro­ nificant. But even Randy must have started nounced saw-tooth fashion by alternately somewhere. I don’t believe he was born with Subscribers’ Comments turning on and off the top 40% of the power. clay under his nails, and his feet on a kick As a potter not bogged down on either end Thinking that the switches on my kiln might wheel. Articles on a level for beginners and of the funk/functional spectrum, I appreciate be defective, I contacted the vendor and was advanced beginners help us toward the goal articles that let me breathe mud and fire. Let told that this was the expected behavior for of professionalism. the pot say the thing, not the mouth con­ this type of switch as provided by their sup­ Where does he get off with the “little-wife”