dannon@ns1.koyote.com on thu 11 apr 96
Russel,
Farenheit. To fire in a paper saggar: Put whatever combustables you wish
in and around the piece. Put a piece of newspaper over the whole thing.
Then, dip paper in slip and form it around the piece. The dry paper is to
protect the piece from slip drips. I use several layers of the slip dipped
paper. It is messy, but very effective and I started doing it because my
work was too large to use other pots as saggars very conveniently.
Necessity is the mother, etc. I don't wait for it to dry, but just go ahead
and start the firing. When it is finished, just break open the thin clay
shell that remains, remove your piece - voila! I have noted that the inside
of the shells, which are thinner than the most delicate eggshells and
therefore extremely fragile, are often beautiful in terms of color. But too
thin to salvage. Pity.
Does that help?
Dannon Rhudy
dannon@koyote.com
Peter and Samantha Tomich on sun 14 apr 96
Dannon,
You wrote, "Then, dip paper in slip and form it around the piece. The
dry paper is to protect the piece from slip drips. I use several layers
of the slip dipped paper." I was just wondering (actually, my 10 year
old, the one with the common sense, just asked me), does this slip shell
have/need a hole for the air to escape so it doesn't blow? I haven't the
slightest idea, so I thought I'd bounce it back to you.
Thanks,
Samantha, who BTW has gloated enough about the weather here and is
envious of people with spring bulbs in bloom.
P.S.
A'a i ka hula waiho i ka hilahila ma ka hale
or... Dare to dance , leave shyness at home.
(a Hawaiian saying on my new t-shirt I bought at the Merrie Monarch
Festival here today, which honors King Kalakaua who revived the Hawaiian
culture after the missionaries (bless 'em) converted them.
dannon@ns1.koyote.com on sun 14 apr 96
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Dannon,
> You wrote, "Then, dip paper in slip and form it around the piece. The
>dry paper is to protect the piece from slip drips. I use several layers
>of the slip dipped paper." I was just wondering (actually, my 10 year
>old, the one with the common sense, just asked me), does this slip shell
>have/need a hole for the air to escape so it doesn't blow? I haven't the
>slightest idea, so I thought I'd bounce it back to you.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Samantha, who BTW has gloated enough about the weather here and is
>envious of people with spring bulbs in bloom.
>
>P.S.
>A'a i ka hula waiho i ka hilahila ma ka hale
>
>or... Dare to dance , leave shyness at home.
>(a Hawaiian saying on my new t-shirt I bought at the Merrie Monarch
>Festival here today, which honors King Kalakaua who revived the Hawaiian
>culture after the missionaries (bless 'em) converted them.
>
>I sometimes remember to put a hole in and sometimes not. I have never had
one blow up, but perhaps there are small leaks that I wot not of. In fact,
probably are.
On the other hand, when one builds a regular saggar in a kiln (of brick or
kiln shelf or whatever), the idea is to seal it, and I've never left a
(deliberate) vent for one of those either....
I have been giving further thought to those who want to try firing this way
in an electric kiln, and all I can say is I have not done that. Clean up is
substantial as it is, and I don't like the idea of standing on my head to
get gunk out of the bottom of a tall narrow space. And then there is the
possibility of salt vapor getting out, for those who use salt in saggar
fires. I don't want it in MY kiln.
Dannon
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