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Curator800
Joined: 24 Mar 2008
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Location: Cowan Pottery Museum at Rocky River Public Library
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 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: Glaze Question |
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Anyone know why the glaze Terra Cotta (as seen in "Europa" by Manship) is spelled as two words throughout Mark and Vicky's book? At the Cleveland Museum of Art it's always written as one word--terracotta.
Carol Jacobs
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Rocky River Public Library
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Rocky River, OH 44116
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roger
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: Terra Cotta |
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| The ceramic material itself is usually referred to as Terra Cotta ("baked earth"), or occasionally as terra-cotta. I am guessing that Mark and Vicki got the Cowan glaze name from some original documentation. Next one to see Mark should ask him and post ! |
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cowanski
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Terra cotta, as clay, is a low-grade fire clay. It was used in the manufacture of large terra cotta pieces. It has an open, coarse grain structure which permits rapid and even drying. (ref. Clay and Glazes for the Potter by Daniel Rhodes) I would guess that this spelling carried over to the coloration in a glaze that closely resembled the fired clay. All of my books on ceramics spell it as two words. |
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