LUSTRE POTTERY

by **philpot** Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:53 am

There's lot out there apparently. Laughter

by **dantheman** Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:14 am

good thread Clap

by **studio-pots** Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:31 pm

..................... and most of it is not very nice! Cheeky

Even in the old days before I stumbled upon studio pottery, factory produced lustre wares were never my cup of tea - I even collected Royal Lancastrian pottery for a time but avoided anything with lustre on and theirs was better than most.

Note: A biased opinion but I had to say it - I feel much better now!

by **Potty** Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:35 pm

studio-pots wrote:I even collected Royal Lancastrian pottery for a time but avoided anything with lustre on and theirs was better than most.

It was their best work! (In my opinion Excellent

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Shows how different peoples tastes can be Happy

by **Potty** Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:38 pm

I do agree that most out there is awful though, but I think some have used the technique brilliantly.

by **studio-pots** Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:00 pm

I accept what you say entirely Potty but I just needed to get my "No Lust for Lustre" off my chest. Happy

by **Potty** Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:15 pm

studio-pots wrote:I accept what you say entirely Potty but I just needed to get my "No Lust for Lustre" off my chest.

I'm just joking with the emotes Big Laughter

Each to their own after all Happy

by **Potty** Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:10 pm

This teapot by Geoffrey Swindell is actually decorated using lustre glazes, but the result is nothing like usual lustre. It's the vein like decoration.

LUSTRE POTTERY Teapot10

by **Potty** Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:15 pm

Willie Carter lustre vase.

LUSTRE POTTERY 1_copy10

by **philpot** Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:34 pm

Lustre can be quite a complicated business.The two principal modern forms tend to be Reduced glaze Lustre which is made by incoporating metal compounds in a glaze and reducing it as it cools after being fired.The glaze tends to cover the whole surface of an item.
The other being the more arty type of Reduced Pigment Lustre,which is the main one historically. Used by potters like Alan Caiger Smith and Sutton Taylor in modern times. Involves a great deal of work and high kiln losses.

by **dantheman** Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:44 pm

I have quite a few Wilkinson Oriflamme lustre pots and the glaze has always impressed me greatly as does the glaze on a lot of the Fairyland Lustre

by **philpot** Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:08 pm

This is an Alan Caiger Smith piece,

LUSTRE POTTERY 002-110

by **philpot** Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:21 pm

Sutton Taylor.
LUSTRE POTTERY 00215

by **big ed** Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:33 pm

philpot wrote:Lustre can be quite a complicated business.The two principal modern forms tend to be Reduced glaze Lustre which is made by incoporating metal compounds in a glaze and reducing it as it cools after being fired.The glaze tends to cover the whole surface of an item.
The other being the more arty type of Reduced Pigment Lustre,which is the main one historically. Used by potters like Alan Caiger Smith and Sutton Taylor in modern times. Involves a great deal of work and high kiln losses.

Losing big items like kilns is just plain Careless Nuh-huh