Karen Mickler on mon 29 sep 97
Hi all,
I've been following the threads on clay mixing and ageing and thought I
would add to the discussion that I mix clay by hand as a slip, then dry out
in plaster forms lined with cloth. Each batch is about about 280# of dry
material. I have two claw-footed bathtubs I can alternate. In Iowa, we
used a stock tank. I don't use a pug mill and the plasticity is
fantastic - aging is not an issue. The clay is stored in spiral shaped
lumps, just right for continuing the wedging process when I get to that
batch.
Karen Mickler
Yellow Branch Pottery
Robbinsville, NC
kinoko@junction.net on wed 1 oct 97
Hey,Karen....Right ON!. D.Morrill>----------------------------Original
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>Hi all,
>
>I've been following the threads on clay mixing and ageing and thought I
>would add to the discussion that I mix clay by hand as a slip, then dry out
>in plaster forms lined with cloth. Each batch is about about 280# of dry
>material. I have two claw-footed bathtubs I can alternate. In Iowa, we
>used a stock tank. I don't use a pug mill and the plasticity is
>fantastic - aging is not an issue. The clay is stored in spiral shaped
>lumps, just right for continuing the wedging process when I get to that
>batch.
>
>Karen Mickler
>Yellow Branch Pottery
>Robbinsville, NC
>
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