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All rights reserved December 1982 3 4 Ceramics Monthly Ceramics Monthly Volume 30, Number 10 December 1982 Feature Articles Functional Ceramics 1982....................................... 28 A Survey of Modern Japanese Pottery,Part 3 by Brian Moeran..................................................... 32 Tim Crane ................................................................. 35 Toby Buonagurio by Jeanne Mackin................................................... 36 Barbara Diduk by Mary Pardo........................................................ 39 National Endowment Winners................................. 40 Portfolio: A Potter’s Journey by Chris Gustin....................................................... 45 Zinc Borate in Oxidation Glazes by Barbara Tipton .................................................. 56 Silicone Clay by Darroll Clark...................................................... 82 Departments Letters to the Editor 7 Questions.................................................................... 11 Where to Show 13 Suggestions 17 Itinerary 19 Comment: Looking Forward, Looking Back by Harriet Cohen.................................................... 23 News & Retrospect.................................................... 65 Classified Advertising 80 New Books 85 Ceramics Monthly Index: January—December 1982 87 Index to Advertisers 88 The Cover Stoneware covered jar, approximately 16 inches in height, wheel thrown, altered, fired to Cone 10, then sandblasted, by Chris Gustin. For more information on this New Bedford, Massachusetts, potter and his work, see the portfolio beginning on page 45.Photo: Anita Vogt. December 1982 5 Letters Produce Rather Than Preach fective. The simplest way is listening to cus­ may consider this letter a negative comment. Bravo! Brian Hayes’s letter (November) tomers. Erik Hertz on the article “NCECA Observations” (Sep­ Positive comments are a dime a dozen; Ocean City, Md. tember) lifted my spirits. I am one of those negative ones are not near as cheap. Very chicken coop potters, too. Ironically, I live in few people will make negative comments un­ CM is the best magazine in all the arts. a university town where the snobbish attitude less something is really bothering them. The consistent high level of editing, format of university-produced potters toward self- Therefore I give such reactions much more and, most of all, color and black-and-white taught potters like myself is incredibly rude consideration while determining whether an photography set the standard. and somehow I have never really understooditem is worth its time and space. Robert Von Neumann it. I apprenticed with a self-taught potter for In my opinion, 8 out of 22 letters printed Homer, 111. three years and have since become a potter in the September issue were negative. CM Continued through reading, listening and experiencing. I am guilty of “damaging the development of pottery” by spending a few days a year at fairs where I get out of the hen house, meet and enjoy the company of other potters, have my work appreciated, and make some good money. I strive for quality and self-satisfac- tion in my work. I will never understand the constant concern over how much emphasis should be placed in the art of pottery or the craftsmanship of pottery and the constant matchmaking of sculpture with pottery. I may be struggling to pay my bills and keep my pottery going, but it is my choice to produce rather than preach pottery. I don’t know why academic potters feel they have a right to accuse “chicken coop” potters of damaging the development of pottery just because we didn’t spend thousands of dollars in a uni­ versity system learning our craft, but used what resources were available to learn at home. I welcome any university-produced or university-employed potter into my coop any time and doubt that they would find my work poor quality or damaging. Brian, I hope you keep your feathers unruffled. An dree Kosak Athens, Ga. October Issue Let’s hear more from John Reeve (“The Craftsman’s Way”). This man’s for real. Rick Berman Atlanta Alice D. T. Rawles’s letter in the October issue is one of those “I wish I’d said that” statements. Her letter is so simple yet pro­ found. Kurt Wild River Falls, Wis. After spending the summer at Alfred, the article about Val Cushing was of special in­ terest. Having seen his work in color, I couldn’t help but wish that at least one photo showed the superb glaze quality of the orig­ inals. Rebecca Jones Riverside, Calif. Negative and Positive Comments Being a production potter with a reason­ able amount of success, I’ve developed ways of determining whether a product is cost ef­ December 1982 7 8 Ceramics Monthly segment of the process would be nice to see. Letters How about an issue on porcelain, with talk The photography of many works is better about the clay itself (research and recipes), than the pottery. It appears to me CM is glaze, throwing techniques, artists and their glorifying junk. styles. Or how about issues devoted to doing John McIntyre things such as glaze calculation? Most people Stroudsburg, Pa. are not part chemist, and making it simple to the layperson—just the starting point, mind I am frequently disappointed with CM’s you—would be helpful for the beginner. Good cover photos and articles featuring works of studio habits and the fundamentals should artists whose talents and aesthetic evalua­ be stressed at least once a year; not all stu­ tions must be questioned. Years of throwing dents have access to past issues ofCeramics experience for some cannot extract that which Monthly. never existed. Marc Fredric Gottula Joe B. Parker South Laguna, Calif. Hilo, Hawaii I enjoy Ceramics Monthly—especially I agree with most of the letter writers who Where to Show. [But] county fairs are good would like to see a wider coverage of per­ places to sell work and are usually not on sonalities. It seems the same people appear CM’s list. too often. I would like to see what the average Alan Kane potter is doing. Little Rock Helen Yaglowski Cromwell, Conn. Sometimes too much valuable space is used up with the Itinerary and Where to Show The balance of CM is very good. I would columns. Perhaps that information could be do more on the advanced technical area andobtained by those interested sending a leave the basic processes to the many books stamped envelope to CM. Then the maga­ on the subject. Equipment tests and in-use zine could include more real pottery infor­ reports would also help. mation. David Wortman Tracy L. King Duson, La. San Diego It is nice to have some place to draw to­ From Revulsion to Investigation gether all ceramists’ ideas and artwork, plus I really wonder at times about the Letters a place to lean in times when we each need section. It seems that the country has an over­ a lot of support. population of down-to-earth potters without Maria Schmidt ideas for “projects.” If they can find no in­ Saint Charles, Mo. spiration from the CM covers (beautiful) and stories inside, then I think they’ve been work­ ing too hard. Come on now