Jeremy/Bonnie Hellman on tue 25 jun 96
Howdy all.
The post on red slate reminded me that I will soon have free access to
black slate slabs. I've made trivets and coasters as (non-ceramic) gifts by
gluing felt on the backs, but there have been several mentions of using
slate with ceramics, I would appreciate any suggestions of how slate
(non-pulverized) has been used by ceramic artists. TIA
Bonnie who will shortly be on vacation in southwest Colorado for 3 whole weeks.
Is anyone on clayart located within a few hours of Ouray, CO?
Valice Raffi on fri 28 jun 96
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>I will soon have free access to black slate slabs. I would appreciate any
>>suggestions of how slate (non-pulverized) has been used by ceramic
>artists.
Lucky you! Sometimes when hiking in the mountains, I find nice pieces of
slate, but normally I have to buy them!
I use slate as a "mount" for some of my slab work. I roll out slabs, &
when fairly dry, I break them around all the edges to create a shard. I
use underglazes, stains and oxides very thinly, layering and firing in
between (usually several times) for a background. The image is laid on
top, also with a combination of underglazes, stains and oxides, then fired
again. I sometimes lay another layer of "wash" over the top of the *fired*
image when I want a softer effect.
The shard is then mounted on the slate. I normally use 2-ton epoxy for the
mounting. On the back side of the slate, I use a sawtooth hanger. I drill
holes *measured for the hanger*, place some PC-7 (an epoxy) in the holes,
and attach the hanger with screws to the slate. I use additional PC-7 over
the screws.
Valice
Louis Howard Katz on sun 30 jun 96
Slate makes good wedging surface.
*Louis Katz lkatz@falcon.tamucc.edu *
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