In addition to this international recognition, Mr. Kujundzic's
exhibition, mainly of drawings, paintings and wood block prints,

in Lima, Peru, has been taken over by the U.S, Embassy there and
is going to be the inaugural exhibition at the opening of the new
U,S, Cultural Center in the Inca Capital, Cuzco, in September.

The exhibition is also going to be shown in the Art Center of
Arequipa, before it is returned to Pennsylvania in October.

(Picture, page 11)

ASH GLAZES

A friend of mine found a horse skeleton, burnt it, put it on a pot
and the resulting glaze was a beautiful subtle gray-green speckled
matt.

Most ashes are a flux and need a bit more work than that, but are
just as rewarding.

Ashes can be obtained from any wood or vegetable matter and from
any fireplace (unless the fireplace has had a lot of paper burnt in
it. Paper often has a lot of china clay in it which changes things
considerably) but no two batches are the same. They contain
varying amounts of silica, alumina, potash, lime, iron oxide,
phosphorus, magnesia and other elements.

If you are interested in mixing your own ash glazes I suggest you
get quite a lot of ash at one time as each new batch will need to
be tested before use.

The first step in preparing the ash is to sift it dry through a coarse
sieve to remove the large un-burmt pieces. (Caution: always use
gloves when handling ash because of it caustic properties. It
actually contains lye.)

Next you mix it with water and pass it through a 60 or 80 mesh sieve.
Some people wash the ash and decant it until the water is clean but
too much washing will remove the soluble alkalies and potash from
the ash. Others prefer to use the ash un-washed.