Lili Krakowski on sat 28 apr 07
I once read in a book about blindness--probably Peter Putnam--that in
filling glasses or cups a blind person will put her thumb on the rim, then
fill to that point. In other words when the finger senses the cup is full,
the person stops pouring.
Ok. IF that is so--and I do not have a chance to test this right now--the
glaze--thinned a bit extra to permit slower process--could be filled with
glaze which then is dumped out. A glaze trickle down the side should be
detectable with the hand, and wiped off with a sponge.
It the pot then is allowed to dry--that can be tested with the lower
lip --yes, of the mouth--with which I test all greenware if I have doubts
about dryness--the pot then could be covered with a prepared fairly thin
disc. The pot then could be held with the fingers on the bottom the thumbs
across the top. Wearing rubber gloves the potter then could dip the pot in
the glaze,bottom first.
At this point, when dry enough to handle, and if the glaze is a stiffish
glaze that does not run, the bottom can be rubbed across something like that
green stuff used for scrubbing pots.
I do NOT wax the bottom of my pots, wiping them works very well, and I think
a blind person could learn to wipe with a very small sponge and do a good
job.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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