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Status Updates posted by terrim8
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anyone have a good patching mix for bisque? Thinking of trying to use paper clay as the patch material but the body is regular clay.
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Yes. For small batches, soak toilet paper over night, squeeze dry, put it into a blender, add powdered clay body to be repaired, Use about 25% paper to clay
about add some vinegar, and a smaller amount of sodium silicate
Blend into a paste. Ad a little water if you need to.
Dampen the bisque well before applying or else the patch will peel away.
Re-bisque before glazing. I have repaired students' handles and some of my own architectural work using this.
Marcia
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Thanks Marcia!
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been trying some mold making. Think I prefer the wheel.
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Your wheel work is outstanding from what I can see on your Instagram site. I like the Raku yarn bowls and tea light holders in particular because I've gotten requests for both recently. Your work is an inspiration for me! As for the mold making, like anything else in ceramics, there is a definite learning curve. It's just a matter of whether or not you want to spend the time on that side road of your journey...
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Thank you ! Got up this morning and had a look at yesterday's disaster & thought of another way to tackle it. You're right about time and having to just do it to learn.
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Mold making for me is not as immediate as wheel throwing. I make lots of mugs, each a little different even thought they start with same amount of clay. Making all the same would be boring on the wheel, but mold making not so much if I could get through the first part to the second part. However, I am not really interested in going with all the slip casting process.
best,
Pres
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bit of hair stuck out from the face shield while raku-ing today - its crispy - good thing I have a hair appt on Fry-day
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See that picture above . That's from heavy reduction at Medalta. That was fun. So's the new kiln
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I kept the avatar because of the similarities.
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Plus I'm cool like that
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Bought a box of Seattle Pottery Supply's cone 8-10 Flameware today! This is a first but I have Sumi von Dassow's book & you guys for advice....(my goose is cooked)
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drying a large slip cast item - still in the plaster form- is it better to leave it upside down to drop out or will it dry faster right side up?
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It seems to dry/absorb so slow- its still in there! It was the right SG too so I'll keep it right side up . I may have complicated it all by having a paper-plaster mix behind the solid wall.
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Can you send some pix?
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with the next try- decided to start again- back to the model to remove any imperfections so it will be totally smooth & then I'll insure its a smooth one-shot pour for the plaster.
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Got my new tiger torch today. There was a problem with the valve on the old one & the regulator was slowing things down. I think its all a-ok now
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I burnt hand in the kitchen again! I'm getting a set of protective raku style gear for the kitchen
Plus its such a bad time to have an injury!
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I hate cookin. Problem is I like eatin.
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I wish there was an easy way to turn a caternary arch kiln into a salt kiln. I'm too lazy to rebuild it so I guess driving across the province to a salt kiln is my only option right now.
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I thought of that but I currently have a brick up (then brick down) style door and part of that is scavenged soft brick. Looks like a few "denaros" would be required to build a door.
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The bricks can be coated on the insides. You can then spray the salt in thru the burners via a garden sprayer.
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the ITC stuff??? Or is there another product? Do you have to be concerned about it falling off into the ware??? Do you use it?
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It's a bit chilly here this week and my wheel is in a shed that is outdoors with a gas heater. -27C so maybe I should think of something else to do.
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should have said "a tad chilly" like the Brits
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just recycled a s___t load of Polar Ice. Its so expensive that you can't toss this stuff. Made out of New Zealand halloysite.
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Speaking of Plainsman, have you used any of their clays in ^10 soda?
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For salt & soda : P700, H570 & H550. I like them all but 570 mixed with 550 is my favourite & it has a few speckles - Callie recommended that mix. The P700 is nice and even translucent a bit in part,even covered with slip when you hold something up to the light! I guess so far I have only used their clay.
Plainsman doesn't get involved in exploration, other than within a short radius around Medicine Hat.
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moved the wheel back into the basement from the outdoor shed.
any other cold weather people starting to get cabin fever yet?
It's a real thing
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Snow and ice here in PA, seems like one storm quits and another is behind it. 4hrs a day shoveling and scraping just isn't fun.
best,
Pres
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Maybe you folks can build snowmen and creative with your carving tools to make it interesting....
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Spend too much time in the snow as it is. The ice is granular, and not very carvable. It does not pack, and is very heavy. What bit of snow is there is between layers of the ice.
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My passive-aggressive neighbour is out cutting the grass after he threw all the pinecones back into my yard. We had some strong winds a few days ago. Thinking of making some clay pinecones, but maybe not- since the real ones are from my pine tree
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One minor wound on my hand from the metal but I'm ok- did the basic construction of the raku kiln frame today then took it to a metal shop for a clean up of my work plus some nice big handles.
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raku'd all morning & then I get into the kitchen tonight and burn my hand from the steam of a microwave dinner. Looks like I should have kept the raku gloves on.
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recycling my clay scraps & using them for my smoked pottery then using the ashes from that to mix up ash glaze This recycling thing is working out!