Jeff Longtin on thu 11 sep 08
Gang,
I've created a texture that cries out for a chrome-like finish but I'm not
really interested in losing a lung to lusters.
Does anyone have experience using auto spray paints on cone 6 stoneware?
Or an alternative paint idea?
Lusters are great, but I know too many horror stories, and I want to avoid
the expense.
The form in particular is a vase form so I was thinking I would glaze the
interior, so it will actually hold water without leaking, but paint the
exterior with something bright, shiny, and metalic.
thanks
Jeff
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Frank Gaydos on fri 12 sep 08
Are you serious?
Paint?
Sometimes our students will use when they mismanage their time at finals.
It mostly looks cheap and when it does look good it does not last.
Won't it just scrape off when you bump it?
Go with the lusters in a well ventilated room. Jeepers.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Longtin"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: [CLAYART] chrome-like finish on clay
> Gang,
>
> I've created a texture that cries out for a chrome-like finish but I'm not
> really interested in losing a lung to lusters.
>
> Does anyone have experience using auto spray paints on cone 6 stoneware?
>
> Or an alternative paint idea?
>
> Lusters are great, but I know too many horror stories, and I want to avoid
> the expense.
>
> The form in particular is a vase form so I was thinking I would glaze the
> interior, so it will actually hold water without leaking, but paint the
> exterior with something bright, shiny, and metalic.
>
> thanks
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion
> blog,
> plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.
> (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
KATHI LESUEUR on fri 12 sep 08
On Sep 12, 2008, at 12:12 AM, Frank Gaydos wrote:
> Are you serious?
> Paint?
> Sometimes our students will use when they mismanage their time at
> finals.
> It mostly looks cheap and when it does look good it does not last.
> Won't it just scrape off when you bump it?
>
> Go with the lusters in a well ventilated room. Jeepers.
>
>
Frank,
Though I wouldn't put paint on my pots, there are some big names out
there who've been doing it for years. In the eighties I bought a pot
at the Ann Arbor art fair.. Beautiful little thing with stains and
glazes sprayed on in overlapping patterns. When it broke a few years
later, I decided to replace it. While the pots had the same shapes,
all of the surfaces had been painted rather than glazed. Brilliant
reds, yellows, and blues. The subtly was gone. I didn't buy one but
others were snapping them up like crazy. I've seen lots of non-
functional potters go this route. Their work, as was this potter's,
was and is carried in major galleries throughout the US. As for
lasting, remember those vapor "glazed" raku pots of the seventies.
Just beautiful blushing. People paid big bucks for them. But, five or
ten years later the color was all, or almost all, gone. They were
left with black pots. Nice forms, but no color.
Kathi
Jeff Longtin on fri 12 sep 08
Good Morning Frank,
While I agree "paint" is not the most desirable finish my primary concern is
the consistency of the surface.
Do you know the work of Ken Price? For the longest time I thought he used
glazes on his work, his work from the 80's primarily, until I learned he used
auto paint. The opacity of his colors is what intrigues me the most.
I plan on putting this piece into production, and will use glazes on those,
translucent glazes break really nicely on my textures, but wanted to
experiment on this first casting.
we'll see?
take care
Jeff
In a message dated 9/12/2008 6:23:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
frankgaydos@COMCAST.NET writes:
Are you serious?
Paint?
Sometimes our students will use when they mismanage their time at finals.
It mostly looks cheap and when it does look good it does not last.
Won't it just scrape off when you bump it?
Go with the lusters in a well ventilated room. Jeepers.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Longtin"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: [CLAYART] chrome-like finish on clay
> Gang,
>
> I've created a texture that cries out for a chrome-like finish but I'm not
> really interested in losing a lung to lusters.
>
> Does anyone have experience using auto spray paints on cone 6 stoneware?
>
> Or an alternative paint idea?
>
> Lusters are great, but I know too many horror stories, and I want to avoid
> the expense.
>
> The form in particular is a vase form so I was thinking I would glaze the
> interior, so it will actually hold water without leaking, but paint the
> exterior with something bright, shiny, and metalic.
>
> thanks
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion
> blog,
> plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.
> (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
**************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog,
plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.
(http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
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