Timothy J. Loftus on sun 8 dec 96
I followed the "cats in studios" string of posts with much amusement, and
now have a technical, what-to-do cat question for the list.
For a grandmother's birthday I have been decorating a vase at home, with
Duncan E-Z stroke underglazes. We wondered what chipped up the lip of the
pot! It had been a mystery up until this afternoon. One definite fang mark
and a few lttle nibbles in the lip have been detected, but they can't be
fixed, I guess.
Now, the problem is, there are several smudged areas, most obviously where
the yellows are now coated thinly with blue, and blue over the white clay
body. I am assuming it is the result of a kitty tongue. What can I do to
clean this up? I tried "sanding" it down with a tissue, but to no avail.
Should I chip it off with a knife? Or use water? Or would that mix the
yellow and blue? I really don't want green!
We usually fire cone 10 and raku, and I have little experience with
underglazes. I don't think any of the books we have contain much info on
underglazes, or I would remember it from reading them. This isn't a life or
death situation, but any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Lauren Loftus
The Loftus Gallery and Pottery Studio
Timothy J. Loftus and Rita Lauren Loftus, artists
405 Natchitoches St
West Monroe LA 71291
phone:(318)387-0290
e-mail: blade@linknet.net
Diane S. Zubrick on mon 9 dec 96
Lauren,
You should be able to sand off the blue smudges very carefully with a
light touch with a fine grained scrubber pad. The greenware stores sell
these pads, sometimes mounted on an ice cream stick or on a fingernail
file shape. I believe they use them for sanding out the seam marks.
If you cannot find these, you can also find scrubber pads in the
housewares department of a discount store or maybe your local grocery.
Be sure to sand dry and lightly...use a soft brush to brush away to dust
to see your progress. But the sanding could also take the yellow off
too! If I were you, I would recreate the damage on a scrap piece of
clay, and see what works.
Diane Schwob Zubrick
Applecreek Pottery
Centerville, Ohio
dianezubrick@juno.com
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