Timothy & Lauren Loftus on tue 31 dec 96
A friend and I are wondering if anything besides actual horsehair will work
for Horsehair Raku. Like maybe the coarse tail hairs from her Golden
Retriever mix? I have a friend with a Siberian Husky, would that work? Would
long human hair work just as well as the dog hair?
I do have a small hunk of horse-tail hair, and the diameter of the
individual hairs is quite impressive, is that the key? We are in Louisiana,
and I don't know of any meat packing plants around here, I guess I'll look
under "rendering" in the yellow pages!
Also, I have never seen an example of horsehair raku, but we do want to try
it, so I am grasping at straws, (or hairs as the case may be.) Does anyone
have a gif or jpg of it they could send me privately as an e-mail attachment?
Thanks in advance...
Lauren Loftus
ret on tue 31 dec 96
If you soak certain very high-silica grasses (usually grown in sloughs) in
heavy brine, they will work, but the pattern is less fine and detailed.
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Darrol F. Shillingburg on tue 31 dec 96
Hi Lauren,
you wrote.
>I do have a small hunk of horse-tail hair, and the diameter of the
>individual hairs is quite impressive, is that the key? We are in Louisiana,
>and I don't know of any meat packing plants around here, I guess I'll look
>under "rendering" in the yellow pages!
Look under "taxidermist" in the yellow pages. Some of them are very resourceful
and well connected to the "dead animal" world. Could be a supply of other animal
hair as well as horsetail without that "disgusting bloody stump".
Good luck,
Darrol in Elephant Butte NM.
Toni Martens on wed 1 jan 97
Horses don't belong in meat packaging plants. Flame me if you will,
but I bite.
Toni M
Timothy & Lauren Loftus on thu 2 jan 97
Oh, my, my, my, did I say meat packaging plants? Tsk, tsk, I guess I meant
rendering. But what else does one do with dead horses?
I am not flaming you, by the way, and I don't bite. So please no more bashing.
Lauren
At 11:50 AM 1/1/97 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Horses don't belong in meat packaging plants. Flame me if you will,
>but I bite.
>Toni M
>
Polonia Schroth on thu 2 jan 97
On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Toni Martens wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Horses don't belong in meat packaging plants...
I've been following this thread with interest (and a little amusement.)
But, after reading this response wish to offer a different perspective:
Equine tail hair is renewable. It's not unusual as part of the grooming
process to "pull" (thin) a horse's mane and/or tail. The degree depends
upon the breed of horse and the perferred grooming style of it's
caretaker. If you live in an area where there are stables or boarding
facilities contact them and explain your need. More than likely the
results from "pulling" a tail end up in the trash, manure pile or bird
nests! Worth a try.
Cobalt1994@aol.com on sat 4 jan 97
Work horses often have manes and tails cut very short. Work horse owners
might be happy to save the clippings for someone. A great resource for where
to find work horse owners would be the local black smith(farrier).
Jennifer in Vermont, fondly remembering the stable of 3 horses she traded in
for a mountain bike. Miss the lovely taste of sweet feed......took pockets of
it on trail rides as a kid(yuck!)
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