jrgpots Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I would love to see any pictures of extruded colored clay. Any hollow extruded tubes using colored clay would be of great interest. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 So particular! I only know of one video I saw of dude extruding tubes for pitchers. Pretty dope. I've stained a porcelain blue, and saw a video on it the other day. Why must it be a colored extrusion? Sorce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Sorcery said: 2 hours ago, Sorcery said: Why must it be a colored extrusion? Sorce I normally extrude extrude stoneware. I also have had good success extruding Dixon scultping clay. I just wanted to try something different. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Johnson Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 The cross section of extrusions are generally the most interesting. Assembled extrusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted May 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 thanks for your pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChloeElizabeth Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 @Bryan Johnson Hi there! I just posted a thread in another section asking for advice on making earrings. Specifically, what types of clay work better? How do such small earrings fire in the kiln? How do you handle the wiring? Any advice would be helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Johnson Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 hour ago, ChloeElizabeth said: @Bryan Johnson Hi there! I just posted a thread in another section asking for advice on making earrings. Specifically, what types of clay work better? How do such small earrings fire in the kiln? How do you handle the wiring? Any advice would be helpful! Since I use colored porcelain some techniques might not work with stone ware. This is a short form of process. 1 make earring (I use a very white cone 6 porcelain) 2 put in holes for wire or cord while wet 3 dry 4 fill quart bowls with pieces. 5 010 bisque 6 tumble polish for 2-12 hours, til edges rounded and surface smooth 7 clean & adjust holes with diamond bit 8 high fire laid flat on kiln shelf 9 tumble polish (no grit needed) 10 sort 11 wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChloeElizabeth Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 @Bryan Johnson Thank you! This is super helpful. One other question, what is tumble polish? I've never heard that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Johnson Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 rock polisher. I use the rotary ones, some use vibratory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnnaj Posted May 20, 2020 Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 5/5/2020 at 8:44 PM, jrgpots said: I would love to see any pictures of extruded colored clay. Any hollow extruded tubes using colored clay would be of great interest. Jed Unfortunately I do not have photos. The school I work in has a red cone 6 clay and a white cone 6 clay. I have used the two clays together and extruded them as a hollow 6 sided tube. This is what I recommend; -let the two clays be in the same bag for at least a week to get to the same moisture content. -make 2 logs of each clay to slam/roll together, stack them like a checkerboard. - put in the extruder , don't mix the clays too much or it will be one color. Good luck - most of the color changes were in stripes, they didn't move around on the bias. One of my students made her extrusions solid, then cut them like coins and built a tray out of them, she put them through the slab roller to even them out. Turned out great. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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