Doris Dutch Jun glazed bowl

**TimCaulton** Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:32 pm

I picked up this Doris Dutch jun glazed bowl today. Quite amazing!

**collectiques** Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:01 pm

oh thats a gorgeous glaze... Smile

What is a jun glaze for us not so knowledgable ones Embarassed

**TimCaulton** Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:33 pm

Well a potter could probably give you a better description....but here goes...It's a stoneware plant ash glaze that in itself has no coloured pigment. The colour is formed by the optical properties of the glaze...compare this to cobalt blue glaze which is a blue oxide pigment.

There are three names for this glaze, Jun, Chun, and optical blue. A good ash to use is pampas grass or toetoe. In Asia straw ash or other grasses are used.

There are a number of NZ potters who have used this sort of glaze....just off the top of my head...Helen Mason, Doris Dutch, Len Castle, Lawrence Ewing, Ennis Oliver.....and many others.

Not all jun glazes are blue.....you can get shades of green-blue-purple and white.

Anyway that's my quick description of it...think opals and you have a naturally occurring version.

ev Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:52 pm

That bowl is splendid Tim !!
Chun requires high stoneware temperatures to achieve it's brilliance.
I know people who still use it with excellent results.

**collectiques** Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:20 pm

Thanks guys for the explanation flower

I wonder if one day when you have time ...could you create a topic explaining some of the glaze technics ... its something I really know little about ...

I can recognise salt glaze and thats about it ... Embarassed

There was another I saw the other day...I was meaning to ask... temou something? umm too late at night ...

Anyway just thought other people might be very interested in the different glaze technics as well... not just joe blogss me Wink

**TimCaulton** Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:29 pm

collectiques wrote:Thanks guys for the explanation

I wonder if one day when you have time ...could you create a topic explaining some of the glaze technics ... its something I really know little about ...

I can recognise salt glaze and thats about it ...

There was another I saw the other day...I was meaning to ask... temou something? umm too late at night ...

Anyway just thought other people might be very interested in the different glaze technics as well... not just joe blogss me

I will have to look into my X files on that one Jo...there are many secrets....but it can be done.....the truth is out there...oh yeah....trust no one.

spot20 Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:04 pm

Who made that pottery man with the cork in his head ????? I like the cut of his jib!! Bet he knows the truth alien

**TimCaulton** Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:48 pm

spot20 wrote:Who made that pottery man with the cork in his head ????? I like the cut of his jib!! Bet he knows the truth

Those are salt glazed Bottle Men made by John Roy, there are 3 in the set

Doris Dutch Jun glazed bowl Saltglaze

golden_kiwi Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:16 pm

I like your bowl Tim, the colour is amazing! Could you please tell me what that piece in the background of the pic is & who made it? Thanks Very Happy

spot20 Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:30 pm

Wow - fantastic - love those men!! cool

And that bowl - the colour is something else!! I can just imagine a spare room at your place Tim - you must have an outstanding collection!!

**TimCaulton** Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:34 pm

golden_kiwi wrote:I like your bowl Tim, the colour is amazing! Could you please tell me what that piece in the background of the pic is & who made it? Thanks

To the left there is a Len Castle goblet and lipped bowl, and to the right two John Roy bottles. Not sure which piece you mean?

**TimCaulton** Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:42 pm

spot20 wrote:Wow - fantastic - love those men!! And that bowl - the colour is something else!! I can just imagine a spare room at your place Tim - you must have an outstanding collection!!

Well I have two large bookcases with pots spaced so it's not cluttered, then a small china cabinet totally full of things...but you know most of the pots are stored away....I just couldn't cope with the ceramics overload.....its been like a yo-yo at times trying to sort things out.

Madbrit Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:14 pm

TimCaulton wrote:I picked up this Doris Dutch jun glazed bowl today. Quite amazing!

Simply Stunning

golden_kiwi Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:03 pm

TimCaulton wrote:
To the left there is a Len Castle goblet and lipped bowl, and to the right two John Roy bottles. Not sure which piece you mean?

The goblet was what I meant-with the long stem cheers

**TimCaulton** Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:05 pm

golden_kiwi wrote:
TimCaulton wrote:
To the left there is a Len Castle goblet and lipped bowl, and to the right two John Roy bottles. Not sure which piece you mean?

The goblet was what I meant-with the long stem

That's a Len Castle piece, a set of six goblets, and about 3 sets were made in total.

golden_kiwi Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:08 pm

Crikey sounds rare then!! Does Len Castle's work normally have that flowery circular pattern on it? (referring to goblet) Think I may have seen something like this in the local Op shop Smile

**TimCaulton** Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:12 pm

Well the only LC pots I have seen with that pattern are on the goblets, it is a cookie cutter/decorator from Japan. I can't see why it couldn't have been used on other pots.... What does the op shop piece look like?

golden_kiwi Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:15 pm

It's bottle shaped. I will go check again next time I'm in town, I think the design piece on the front is partially broken.

golden_kiwi Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:32 pm

I saw the bottle again yesterday Tim, & it has a mark on the base of three triangles sort of joined so I guess it's not Len Castle's..has the decoration & colouring though, but the base is also cracked (during the firing process?). What do you think?

**TimCaulton** Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:37 pm

Probably just another of the hundreds of mystery pots out there.....can you get a photo of it? How much is it anyway? I'm not too sure where the cracks all come from.....some from time in the kiln, some outside the kiln, and some in the making....deliberate or error. All the pots I have played with in my tiny fire box get there cracks in the kiln...

golden_kiwi Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:42 pm

Yes true there are a lot of mystery ones out there. This one is cracked on the base in a circular? shape & has the decoration on the base of the handle.
It's only $2 Shocked

but it is damaged.

ev Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:01 pm

It's not worth getting if it's damaged sunshine kiwi....
Cracks appear to remind us that we are human and not machines....
though most appear from poor workmanship and it is like a slap in the face!

**TimCaulton** Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:52 pm

ev wrote:It's not worth getting if it's damaged sunshine kiwi....
Cracks appear to remind us that we are human and not machines....
though most appear from poor workmanship and it is like a slap in the face!

Yep thats true ev..but if its a significant piece for some reason then sometimes its damage is not a problem. I was looking at a pot today with some damage and thought well I can't afford a perfect one but this one might be affordable....and it could be worth repairing.......cracks I dont mind are ones where the glaze has flowed over the area like in salt glazed pieces.....and highly textural pieces where a firing crack has occurred....I am a machine by the way....a T888...... Very Happy

ev Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:27 pm

A friend knocked the knob on an Ian Firth state of the art teapot and a 'chunck' parted company with the said knob..... she is getting it professionally repaired at Wrightways and it's costing $250 but to her it's worth it Shocked

I love the Barry Brickell - Len Castle - Ian Smaill cracks that poke their tongues out at you Razz

**collectiques** Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:53 pm

ev wrote:A friend knocked the knob on an Ian Firth state of the art teapot and a 'chunck' parted company with the said knob..... she is getting it professionally repaired at Wrightways and it's costing $250 but to her it's worth it
I love the Barry Brickell - Len Castle - Ian Smaill cracks that poke their tongues out at you

yep wrightways do a good job...but they charge an arm and a leg ... they took me on a wee tour once of the studio.... fascinating ...

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