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updated thu 21 feb 08

 

marci Boskie's Mama =^..^= on wed 20 feb 08


At 11:00 PM 2/19/2008, you wrote:
>From: Tom Sawyer
>Subject:
>
>I have two questions; one local and the other general.
> I've been using paper clay and get them dried without much
>warping but when I fire them [lying flat], I get an inordinate amount of
>cracking;


This might be an all too obvious answer but , I do paper
thin porcelain plaques ( not paper clay though ) and fire
them flat on my shelves
with a thin sprinkle of alumina hydrate powder on the shelf ..
The porcelain rolls on that as it shrinks..

Marci Blattenberger
DEFINITELY NOT a Princess Potter ... more of a serf ... :o)

http://www.marciblattenberger.com
marci@ppio.com
Porcelain Painters International Online http://www.ppio.com


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