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Posted by DKat on October 26, 2007, 3:36 pm
Please log in for more thread options Photo copy? If you use a printer that has iron in the ink then it can just
be used on top of the glaze I think (I've never done it but
http://www.potters.org/subject78640.htm). Or place the picture over a
cheese hard pot and press into the clay as you draw over the picture for
what you want indented into the clay. You can then bisque fire, wash on
iron or another oxide, wash off of the surface (but kept in the indent) and
glaze over.... Silk screen on the image with glaze or oxide... So many
things go try - so little time.
> Hello, all. Just thought I'd share a gem that I stumbled onto.
> I ordered a book called "Harmonograph - A Visual Guide to the
> Mathematics of Nature" and it turned out to actually be a set
> of 3 books, the others being "Essential Elements - Atoms, Quarks,
> and the Periodic Table", and my favorite: "Li - Dynamic Form in
> Nature" . These are tiny little books, only 5.5 x 6.5 inches and
> 58 pages each.
>
> The Li book is notable because it is filled with examples of
> various natural patterns, like branching leaf veins, mineral
> crystals, microscopic cellular arrangements, fractures, animal
> spots... you name it, all neatly categorized by the general
> pattern type, such as "Vermiculate - Wormlike". My first
> thought when I opened this book was "WOW! Some of these
> would make terrific effects on a pot surface! " Some of these,
> like those shown in the "Crackle" section are already well-known
> pottery surfaces. But others like "Vascular" and "Vermiculate"
> are just crying out to be made. Now, of course, the big project
> will be figuring out how to make them without laboriously carving
> every wiggle and bend... or, if they require hand-carving, how to
> get the pattern onto the clay so that it can be easily followed
> with a tool. So many patterns, so little time...
>
> Anyway, if you think you might be interested, I got this set
> from www.HamiltonBooks.com. Here is the full cite:
>
> **********************************************************
> WOODEN BOOKS: Harmonograph/Essential Elements/Li--Dynamic Form in
> Nature.
> By Anthony Ashton et al.
>
> Blends science with the astonishing beauty of natural forms, to graph
> the various patterns of motion in biology and astronomy, in
> plant-life, and in the sound waves of various types of music. 174
> pages in three volumes. Well illustrated. Size 5 x 6½ inches.
> Published by Walker.
>
> Paperbound · Remainder · Item #6085857
> Your Price $3.95
> *****************************************************
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Bob Masta
>
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