John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

[Chip]

Best of luck, John. Though I don't think you will need it! Beautiful works!

[Geekgirl]

Nuka glazed dark stoneware yunomi with overglaze painting of flowers.

JCB-NukaYunomiWithOverglazeFlowers.jpg

Oh, I just adore this! So unique!

[JBaymore]

Absolutely STUNNING John! Just love it, thank you for sharing with us!

The opalescent chun blue exterior is just gorgeous, and I love the 'drips'.

Could you also share the inside for us?

Thanks VERY much for the nice comments, Mrs. Chip.

That particular chun glaze really comes alive in the noborigama type of kiln I fire. It's a combination of a bit of fly-ash getting into the glaze melt along with the long heating and cooling cycle. I typically fire two days on the up cycle, and three days coming down. Because the kiln is so large, and because the lining is all hard, dense firebrick backed with a lot of insulation, the hot thermal mass significantly retards the cooling. Particulart in the 2200-1900 F range. This causes tiny phase separations to form in certain glazes..... producing that subtle varigation you see in the chun there.

To get those glaze rolls to stop where I want them, I also have to stiffen the molten viscosity of the melt chemistry for the longer firing cycle I use. The typical cone 10 short gas kiln firing chun formulas end up all over the shelves of the kiln .

Unfortunately, I can't show you the interior of it. I did not shoot that, and the piece is already away at the exhibition.

Maybe when I am there for the artist's reception tomorrow I can sneak a quick "point and shoot" of the inside. But lighting and backdrop will be "less than optimal" . Plus things will likely be kind'a busy that night........ there are four openings in that gallery happening all at the same time; sculpture, watercolor, oil painting, and lil' ole' me.

Anyway...... thanks again.

best,

...........john

[JBaymore]

Best of luck, John. Though I don't think you will need it! Beautiful works!

Thanks, Chip.

And any artist always can use a dose of "luck".

best,

.........john

[JBaymore]

Nuka glazed dark stoneware yunomi with overglaze painting of flowers.

JCB-NukaYunomiWithOverglazeFlowers.jpg

Oh, I just adore this! So unique!

Thank you very much, geekgirl.

Not too many people are using overglaze enamels on stonewares, and particularly on woodfire pieces. When Paul Lewing did his recent book "China Paint and Overglaze" he included my work in it... and told me that I had the honor of being he only person with images in the book doing this kind of thing on dark stoneware pieces. Most people using overglazes are working with porcealin or white lowfire clay.

The influence in using enamels for me is my lifelong study of Hamada Shoji's work. I discovered him in the 60's.

Glad you like that juxtoposition of the elements there.

best,

.............john

[Tead Off]

"Tea and Flowers"
John Baymore solo invitational

Chi-Lin Asian Arts

Selected Works from the Exhibition

Ido-style thrown chawan with opalescent chun blue exterior and nuka interior.

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John, nice work. In China, Jun ware was one of the famous wares of the Song dynasty. Is the spelling 'chun', a western variant of this word? A British potter I know also uses this spelling and when I pointed this out he said it was a Chinese glaze but never knew it was spelled Jun.

[Robert Fornell]

Nice work John.......... I especially like the hanaire.

Best wishes regarding the show.
R

[Robert Fornell]

Hi John,

Shimada-sensei is in town and your name came up...... passing along his best wishes to you.

How did your last show treat you? Please post more pics if possible!

Best from Seattle,
R

[JBaymore]

Please pass my reguards back to him and any others from Gedai who happen to be there that I know. And to Rick as well.

best,

..............john

PS: Have you made any decision? PM is fine.

[togei]

Hello John,
Your glazed work is beautiful.
Do you use saggars for your over-glaze work or your other glazed work in your wood kiln?
Dave

[JBaymore]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the kind words there.

Actually I use a small electric kiln for the overglaze and the occasional burnish gold luster.

I have been wanting to build a small circular updraft saggar-type wood kiln to fire the enamels for over 30 years (ala Hamada Shoji's old one) ...... but still have not gotten around to it. Time flies by....to much to do.

Sometimes I use a saggar or two in the noborigama for some specialized glazed items... but mostly I do not. Stuff I don't want too much flyash on I stack away from the fireboxes. I also frequently fire the last one or two chambers yakishime using the typical Bizen charcoal process for finishing with severe reduction cooling embeded in charcoal.


best,

....................john

[togei]

Hello John,
Thank you.
If you have the time I would love to see a few pieces fired in your nobori. If you have pieces fired in saggars and 'naked' it would be great.
Do you have a link to see your kilns?
Dave

[JBaymore]

Dave,

Everything you see here in the past postings in this thread is fired in the noborigama. That is the way I finish fire everything.


Here's the kiln:

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best,

...........john

[debunix]

This and several posts in other threads inspired me to read more about this type of kiln, starting with a good basic article on wikipedia here, that was fascinating.

Now I even understand the snake kiln built by togei!

Love learning about all of this stuff.

[JBaymore]

Being Wikipedia... there are a few errors in the article.... but overall it is a good overview.

best,

.............john