George Mackie on sat 18 oct 97
Whats so awful about leaving a few blobs on the rims. Le Corbusier told
his workmen to leave minor imperfections in buildings he designed - walls
that didnt quite meet right etc- and even in one case is said to have put
up a sign saying something like " the hand of a human being has passed
this way" ( except he probably said "a man" as he was of the
unreconstructed generation). George
Richard Harris on sun 19 oct 97
well, george, altho i suspect this may be a rhetorical question, i will
give my opinion anyway. of course some glazes are able to absorb those
blobs and still look good, especially those at high firing temps. ^6
clear, ^6 white and ^04 white glazes are glazes that i use that can't
absorb drips on the rim. Why? because the clear will go streaky white
where applied unevenly, not clear anymore; the ^6 off-white matt
contains rutile and the edges of drips turn into a sickly yellow
transluscent, and the earthenware, if it blobs, it is hard to paint over
and the blobs are Very obviously that- blobs. So, there are glazes
which are more/less forgiving of this "problem",
:)
Michelle in (frostry this morning) saskatchewan
Heorot@sk.sympatico.ca
George Mackie wrote:
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> Whats so awful about leaving a few blobs on the rims. Le Corbusier told
> his workmen to leave minor imperfections in buildings he designed - walls
> that didnt quite meet right etc- and even in one case is said to have put
> up a sign saying something like " the hand of a human being has passed
> this way" ( except he probably said "a man" as he was of the
> unreconstructed generation). George
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