tinypieces Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 This is a shot in the dark and I should probably just let it go to the clay gods but it doesn’t hurt to ask you beautiful, more experienced ceramicists. I accidentally broke the edge of a small dish I made and wonder is there any way I could repair it before I bisque fire it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Nothing worth trying in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Make a new one and move on is the best way to fix this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Time better spent making a new piece than putting in the time to fix the old one. best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyK Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Just last week I picked up a leather hard bowl by the edge and broke a piece off. my choices were: trash it; trim it down to half its size: or break the rest of the edge of the bowl and call it art. I chose the last option. For grins, I'm going to Raku glaze and fire it and see who might be willing to buy it as a piece of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnhar Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hate it so much! Just broke another handle on a bone dry mug yesterday, it was on my bisqued shelf and I grabbed it by the handle to load it in the kiln, whoops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinypieces Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thank you. I totally get that and I most definitely will continue making new things but I am still curious to know if and how one would repair damage to leather hard or even bone dry work. Is it even possible? Is there a way? What is it? I wanted to attach a photo of this broken piece but there is a size limitation on the photo . I assume it too big (taken with my iPhone) but I don't know how to reduce it :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, tinypieces said: Thank you. I totally get that and I most definitely will continue making new things but I am still curious to know if and how one would repair damage to leather hard or even bone dry work. Is it even possible? Is there a way? What is it? I wanted to attach a photo of this broken piece but there is a size limitation on the photo . I assume it too big (taken with my iPhone) but I don't know how to reduce it :-( Look up spooze, it can work sometimes, but on leather hard mostly. Bone dry is not worth it at all in my opinion, the clay has already shrunk so far that adding anything wet to it will shrink out of the way again, so you might repair the same crack multiple times over the course of a week and still have it crack in the bisque firing. On an elaborate sculpture you've been working on for weeks it's worth it... On a dish you can throw again in a few minutes, not worth it at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Congratulaions! You now have a most excellent test tile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnhar Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, liambesaw said: Look up spooze, it can work sometimes, but on leather hard mostly. Bone dry is not worth it at all in my opinion, the clay has already shrunk so far that adding anything wet to it will shrink out of the way again, so you might repair the same crack multiple times over the course of a week and still have it crack in the bisque firing. On an elaborate sculpture you've been working on for weeks it's worth it... On a dish you can throw again in a few minutes, not worth it at all Same here, I've gotten a couple of leather hard pieces to attach, and some not, but once they are fully dry, none of them stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Spooze does work but dont uese on handles on mugs etc For less shrinkage i use paper added to spooze. Make sure the join is totally dry before bisquing, can sand iff roughness prior to firing. May have better results rebisquing prior to glaze fire If unfired piece is totally dry, can spray or zponge to redampen area . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 tiny, if the broken part and the pot have only separated with a jagged edge, you might try to repair it. BUT only if the broken part is very small. to try it, put the two bone dry pieces together and support the pot with a nest of towels or some other thing so the broken part is straight above, vertically perfectly above the pot. here is the magic that might work. take a paint brush, at least a number 6 round camelhair or sable brush full of water and touch it to the very top of the broken part. let the water run onto the piece and the pot so that the break is visibly wet. then walk away for at least 24 hours. do not touch it until you can see that the entire thing is absolutely dry. it might work. if it does not, you have learned to toss something that breaks. BTW, this is a good way to add sprigs or other decorative additions . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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