CP Dunbar on thu 12 sep 96
Websters New Colligiate Dictionary defines a great wife as one who understands h
husbands expensive hobby and allows him to go for it.
I have a GREAT wife !!
SHE SAYS I CAN HAVE A PUGMILL AND A GAS KILN !!!! (shouted w/ feelin
........ first of all, no one else can have my wife.......:)
But, we have done a great deal of discussion about pugmills..... Not that I mind
discussions, as they are informative. We have discussed size 3vs 4 inch, cost, b
than other brandedness, and regular vs air removal vacuum systems. All this is v
good, but I really would like to know what one actually does with a pugmill. Doe
make your clay easier to throw ?, quicker ? stronger ? decrease arthritis ? dec
bubbles ? help to save money by reclaiming used clay ? help by extruding certain
I have a GREAT wife !!!!
Would love to hear different views on what this obviously popular piece of equip
for before I ask my wife to spring for it. I feel sort of like the guy in While
Were Sleeping who said that he guessed he would marry the woman, cause everybody
him he would love her.
I'll probably buy the fool thing, but would love to know Why i'm buying it ;)
That many ClayArt people can't be wrong.......
People either say they have one and love it , or wish they did.
Question #2
I am currently using a Skutt 1027 kiln. Ihave the feeling that I will never be s
until I have a gas kiln in order to get a reduction atmosphere and to reach cone
without killing the heating elements. I really do not prefer for myself the look
"Ceramics" compared to pottery. In my head the oxidation pieces, though beautif
to be "too perfect" and ergo appear not to have been thrown by hand. Recently s
asked re: gas kilns and was advised to build a car kiln. This sounds great for a
university studio, or a prolific production potter. I however am a hobbiest try
darndest (sp?) to figure out this labor of love. Please do not discount my inter
level merely because this is not my primary source of income. Hobbiests want to
other than "ugly pots" too.
For less than production or institutional ceramics, which gas kiln do most of yo
reccommend ?
Thanx , cp
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CP Dunbar
Leesville, SC USA
address cpdunbar@concentric.net
Elca Branman on fri 13 sep 96
Buy a pugmill...the lack of wear and tear on your wrists will enable you
to hug your wife more firmly.
If you are not a full time potter, it doesn't mean that you don't deserve
to have whatever you can afford...Build the kiln..we had a MinnFlattop
car kiln that we built, and I still regret changing to a smaller size
kiln, so that i could fire more often and see the results faster.....Elca
Branman
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