Warren Heintz on thu 3 jul 08
There is a glue called Liquid Nail avaiable at Home Depot. I use it when mo=
unting a piece of sculpture to a base as a secondary means of=A0attachment,=
beside usinf bolts or pegs. I really think that one could glue a car to the=
side of a building with this stuff.
warren
--- On Thu, 7/3/08, Lili Krakowski mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET=20
wrote:
From: Lili Krakowski
Subject: How to glue a sculpture
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 11:38 AM
As I have whined offlist, to some of you at least, our beautiful Farm was
invaded by raccoons this winter. When I came back in mid-April the place
was a wreck, a mess, a total disaster. The house is cleaned up, 10
30-gallon bags of trash taken to the dump, and I am cementing around the
house and fixing this and that so that no animalm bigger than a mouse could
get in. For mice there is warfarin.
Ok. The raccoons broke a lot of stuff, some good pots included. They also
broke a sculpture of mine. This thing is about 24 inches high--the figure
of a woman. Ome small pieces were smashed totally and I will
"replace" with
epoxy putty. But what would be the best glue?
I never repair or glue any pot--but the sculpture I like and want to
"restore"
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage=0A=0A=0A
Lili Krakowski on thu 3 jul 08
As I have whined offlist, to some of you at least, our beautiful Farm was
invaded by raccoons this winter. When I came back in mid-April the place
was a wreck, a mess, a total disaster. The house is cleaned up, 10
30-gallon bags of trash taken to the dump, and I am cementing around the
house and fixing this and that so that no animalm bigger than a mouse could
get in. For mice there is warfarin.
Ok. The raccoons broke a lot of stuff, some good pots included. They also
broke a sculpture of mine. This thing is about 24 inches high--the figure
of a woman. Ome small pieces were smashed totally and I will "replace" with
epoxy putty. But what would be the best glue?
I never repair or glue any pot--but the sculpture I like and want to
"restore"
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Barbara VanSickle on fri 4 jul 08
I suggest LaPage's Bull Dog Grip Construction Glue. Wonderful stuff! Apply
with wooden toothpick or skewer (sp?).
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lili Krakowski"
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:38 PM
Subject: How to glue a sculpture
> As I have whined offlist, to some of you at least, our beautiful Farm was
> invaded by raccoons this winter. When I came back in mid-April the place
> was a wreck, a mess, a total disaster. The house is cleaned up, 10
> 30-gallon bags of trash taken to the dump, and I am cementing around the
> house and fixing this and that so that no animalm bigger than a mouse
could
> get in. For mice there is warfarin.
>
> Ok. The raccoons broke a lot of stuff, some good pots included. They
also
> broke a sculpture of mine. This thing is about 24 inches high--the figure
> of a woman. Ome small pieces were smashed totally and I will "replace"
with
> epoxy putty. But what would be the best glue?
>
> I never repair or glue any pot--but the sculpture I like and want to
> "restore"
>
>
> Lili Krakowski
>
> Be of good courage
>
Susan Fox Hirschmann on sat 5 jul 08
In a message dated 7/4/2008 11:48:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
fvansickle@GLOBALSERVE.NET writes:
I suggest LaPage's Bull Dog Grip Construction Glue. Wonderful stuff! Apply
with wooden toothpick or skewer (sp?).
Barbara
Any kind of construction adhesive does the trick!
Best of luck.
Susan
Annandale, VA
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Kathy Forer on sat 5 jul 08
Lili Krakowski wrote:
> Ok. The raccoons broke a lot of stuff, some good pots included.
> They also
> broke a sculpture of mine. This thing is about 24 inches high--the
> figure
> of a woman. Ome small pieces were smashed totally and I will
> "replace" with
> epoxy putty. But what would be the best glue?
>
> I never repair or glue any pot--but the sculpture I like and want to
> "restore"
I don't know what a museum would do, but why not make it easy and use
plaster for the whole restoration.
If the integrity of the piece as pure offspring of material and
technique has been trashed, no less than by raccoons, you can still
maintain the sculptural idea and form with plaster and white glue.
Instead of epoxy, why not make the smashed bits from plaster. White
glue or epoxy, depending on weight-bearing requirements, holds the
rest together. You may also need to drill anchored posts for support.
I prefer plaster for rebuilt parts as it takes a surface better than
plastic epoxy. "Cold" methods can be used to color or patina the
cobbled-together and resurfaced piece, coloring just the
"inpainting," the repaired parts, or the entire piece if so desired.
Kathy Forer
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