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Bob Coyle

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  1. It will probably vary. Depends on how much iron gets dissolved. It doesn't have to be quantitative to work.
  2. Make your own if you have a little experience playing with chemicals. All of the safety things you have seen about handling and cleaning up after ferric chloride and Muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) apply. Especially rubber gloves and Eye protection If you have no experience working with toxic chemicals DON'T DO IT! or get help from someone with some experience. Get some muriatic acid at the hardware store, In a well ventilated area, fill a glass jar 1/4 full of water then add the acid (slowly) till it is half full. Put in a bunch of rusty iron things that fit inside. DON'T PUT IN GALVANIZED PIPE !! Let it sit with a piece of plastic screen wired around the top. DO NOT SEAL THE LID! ( it gives off fumes that probably wont kill you but are not very nice to breath. they will also corrode metal things in their vicinity). Store it preferably outside somewhere where it won't be in the way or get filled with rain or snow. If all of the rusty iron has dissolved, add more till it doesn't. Let this evaporate down till the solution looks dark brown-red. now you have impure ferric chloride. You can filter this through a pant filter and plastic funnel. don't let it touch metal. All of the safety things you have seen about ferric chloride apply. If all the warnings have not scared you 0ff, There are YouTube vids al over the place that show you how to do this. I never spray ware for a pit fire. I get some not too fine saw dust (not sander dust) and use it to absorb a solution of the unfiltered ferric chloride, until it is damp but but dripping. I sprinkle this over the pot as it is placed in the pit. It's not quite like spaying but it gives interesting effects.
  3. It was a delight touring your gallery, not only artistic, but exceptional execution of the craft. Most impressive!! Bravo!!

  4. Very nice, basic, functional vessels. Did you throw them off the hump?.
  5. I like to combine other elements with the ceramic form in a way that compliments both
  6. The shaft on that spear isn't clay... is it? Your idea of loweing them into the kiln on a pre-bisqued platter sounds like it would prevent breakage. Getting them out is another matter. I would just bite the bullet and use the tongs to grab them by the torso rather than any wires that might break or tip them over. Good luck to you!
  7. Nice forms Firefly... what is the band at the top third of the piece?
  8. Take a look at my new post in aesthetics Doc...TIG welding!

  9. Electroforming is like electroplating. It take place in a tank containing copper sulphate. It is done after the pot is glazed and fired. The only difference is that the piece is left in the plating bath for several days, so the copper deposit is very thick.

  10. I do tig welding but what is electroforming?

  11. Multiple turquoise gem stones electroformed on the pot
  12. look at in the studio forum "Anyone else doing electroforming out there?" and you get some idea how it works

  13. Wow! Nice stuff! Electro-forming is not familiar to me. Does this happen before, after, or instead of glaze firing?

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