Jeremy/Bonnie Hellman on wed 27 aug 97
Toni-
I used some of my dry trimming scraps because they were already in small
pieces. I useda mortal and pestle because I was making only a small
quantity and needed 1/2 cup of dry powder clay. What you want is to have
your spooze made of the same claybody as your finished pieces. So when I
am using porcelain, I used pulverized porcelain. When I am using a buff
stoneware clay I use that particular clay, trimming scraps, dried and
pulverized. Unless you need large quantities at once, it is probably
better to mix only a small quantity of spooze for each type of clay that
you use. I use a 1/2 lb margarine tub to hold the spooze, and I'm sure to
label the container and the lid with the type of spooze. eg Grolleg
Porcelain Spooze.
Sorry my explanation was clear the first time around. If you still have
questions, please feel free to post directly to me.
Bonnie Hellman (still on vacation in Colorado)
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>Man, when this internet stuff works, life is great, but when your
>internet goes down and you have to get a new operating system and new
>email server then life is complicated. I am sending my first message
>with Netscape email, so I am not at all sure how this will read on
>Clayart.
>Bonnie, I have a question on how to get "dry clay body"? To make
>spooze, do I allow my B-Mix clay to dry out and pulverize it, to mix it
>with the vinegar and syrup? Or can I just use a refined clay like
>Kaolin? I hate to sound so dumb, but the understanding just wasn't
>there. TIA Toni in NM
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