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grog-free body

updated sat 30 nov 96

 

Dave and Pat Eitel on sun 3 nov 96

At the Utilitarian Clay conference Val Cushing mentioned using calcined
alumina in a stoneware body in place of grog or sand to give the body good
thermal shock resistance. And Gini Marsh mentioned using kyanite. Does
anyone have a well used stoneware ^10 body for utilitarian pottery, such as
casseroles, teapots, pie plates, etc that is grog/sand free?

Later...Dave

Dave Eitel
Cedar Creek Pottery
Cedarburg, WI
daveitel@execpc.com
http://www.digivis.com/CedarCreek/home.html

Bob Hanlin on wed 6 nov 96

Dave:
I use Mile High's Dover. It's a white stoneware and is very smooth. I like
it very much. I came to it from using porcelain-it responds to glazes much
like porcelain but without the limitations in form that I found their Zen
procelain to have. Also, I noticed that my fluid glazes ran less on this
body than on porcelain. For what it's worth....

Mile High always has an ad in CM.

Bob Hanlin, Okla. City
bhanlin@ionet.net
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>At the Utilitarian Clay conference Val Cushing mentioned using calcined
>alumina in a stoneware body in place of grog or sand to give the body good
>thermal shock resistance. And Gini Marsh mentioned using kyanite. Does
>anyone have a well used stoneware ^10 body for utilitarian pottery, such as
>casseroles, teapots, pie plates, etc that is grog/sand free?
>
>Later...Dave
>
>Dave Eitel
>Cedar Creek Pottery
>Cedarburg, WI
>daveitel@execpc.com
>http://www.digivis.com/CedarCreek/home.html
>
>
Bob Hanlin
3504 N. Tulsa
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

e-mail bhanlin@ionet.net

Jennifer Rhinesmith on fri 8 nov 96

Bob, I'm interested in this clay, is there anyway that you could get a
recipe for this body. It would be wonderful to try it out. Thanks,
Jennifer Alpine, TX.

On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Bob Hanlin wrote:

> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Dave:
> I use Mile High's Dover. It's a white stoneware and is very smooth. I like
> it very much. I came to it from using porcelain-it responds to glazes much
> like porcelain but without the limitations in form that I found their Zen
> procelain to have. Also, I noticed that my fluid glazes ran less on this
> body than on porcelain. For what it's worth....
>
> Mile High always has an ad in CM.
>
> Bob Hanlin, Okla. City
> bhanlin@ionet.net
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >At the Utilitarian Clay conference Val Cushing mentioned using calcined
> >alumina in a stoneware body in place of grog or sand to give the body good
> >thermal shock resistance. And Gini Marsh mentioned using kyanite. Does
> >anyone have a well used stoneware ^10 body for utilitarian pottery, such as
> >casseroles, teapots, pie plates, etc that is grog/sand free?
> >
> >Later...Dave
> >
> >Dave Eitel
> >Cedar Creek Pottery
> >Cedarburg, WI
> >daveitel@execpc.com
> >http://www.digivis.com/CedarCreek/home.html
> >
> >
> Bob Hanlin
> 3504 N. Tulsa
> Oklahoma City, OK 73112
>
> e-mail bhanlin@ionet.net
>

Emily Pearlman on sat 9 nov 96

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Bob, I'm interested in this clay, is there anyway that you could get a
>recipe for this body. It would be wonderful to try it out. Thanks,
>Jennifer Alpine, TX.
>
>On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Bob Hanlin wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> Dave:
>> I use Mile High's Dover. It's a white stoneware and is very smooth. I like
>> it very much. I came to it from using porcelain-it responds to glazes much
>> like porcelain but without the limitations in form that I found their Zen
>> procelain to have. Also, I noticed that my fluid glazes ran less on this
>> body than on porcelain. For what it's worth....
>>
>> Mile High always has an ad in CM.
>>
>> Bob Hanlin, Okla. City
>> bhanlin@ionet.net
>> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> >At the Utilitarian Clay conference Val Cushing mentioned using calcined
>> >alumina in a stoneware body in place of grog or sand to give the body good
>> >thermal shock resistance. And Gini Marsh mentioned using kyanite. Does
>> >anyone have a well used stoneware ^10 body for utilitarian pottery, such as
>> >casseroles, teapots, pie plates, etc that is grog/sand free?
>> >
>> >Later...Dave
>> >
>> >Dave Eitel
>> >Cedar Creek Pottery
>> >Cedarburg, WI
>> >daveitel@execpc.com
>> >http://www.digivis.com/CedarCreek/home.html
>> >
>> >
>> Bob Hanlin
>> 3504 N. Tulsa
>> Oklahoma City, OK 73112
>>
>> e-mail bhanlin@ionet.net
>>
HI:

Standard Clay has a grog free body that I have been using for about a year.
Its wonderful, just like the same body that I used to use that Had grog in
it. It does take a little longer to dry.(Its denser). Anyway, its 205
without grog. As I said before it also comes with grog.

Emily Pearlman-Pottery (clayfeat@echonyc.com)
http://humanarts.com/emilypearlman
http://www.craftweb.com/org/pearlman/pearlman.htm
(in NYC)