mel jacobson on wed 8 oct 08
we did that when we re/built the farm salt kiln.
if it does any good....ok, but it sure is pretty.
(i think it makes a barrier.) hard to prove.
jon.
basic clay and glaze materials are non/toxic.
non.
non.
clay on the flowers is just more dirt on the flowers.
there is already lots of iron in the soil.
it has been there for a million years.
if i add calcium carbonate, it is lime added
to the lime that is already there.
if i add silica, flint it adds to what has been
there for a million years. it is the soil we live with
every day of our lives.
when we mine silica, clay, feldspar it is
a natural thing.
it is not toxic...unless we breath the silica
that is tiny.
it is like the lady that would not buy dirt at
the store unless it was marked...`natural organic dirt`.
dirt is organic. we live in a world of really stupid.
how many things do we eat every day that is clay
or a silicate?
any pill you take is about 80 percent china clay.
it is like dumping pure water in a lake.
`god, don't do that...it is foreign water.`
we need more people to walk in a woods an pee outside
once in their life.
from minnetonka:
website http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart site:
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Elizabeth Priddy on wed 8 oct 08
I disagree mildly with Mel on this.
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When I said you could fire=A0dried glaze=A0and make it inert, I was referri=
ng to a
slop bucket of whatever glazes=A0with some raku, which can have some nastie=
s in it.
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If the person Knows there is nothing bad in it, go ahead and pour it out on
the ground, dress your sald with it and have it for lunch!
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But if you don't know, the sure fire way to make it harmless is to fire it
in a waste bisque pot and hammer the whole thing into pretty inert rocks.
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Do what makes sense.=A0=20
or
Use the good sense god gave you, as my grandma would say...
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
Workshops and pottery online at:
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
Natural Instincts Conference Information:
http://downtothepottershouse.com/NaturalInstincts.html
Kiln pictures and such:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7973282@N03/
--- On Wed, 10/8/08, mel jacobson wrote:
From: mel jacobson
Subject: shino in a salt kiln
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 5:29 PM
we did that when we re/built the farm salt kiln.
if it does any good....ok, but it sure is pretty.
(i think it makes a barrier.) hard to prove.
jon.
basic clay and glaze materials are non/toxic.
non.
non.
clay on the flowers is just more dirt on the flowers.
there is already lots of iron in the soil.
it has been there for a million years.
if i add calcium carbonate, it is lime added
to the lime that is already there.
if i add silica, flint it adds to what has been
there for a million years. it is the soil we live with
every day of our lives.
when we mine silica, clay, feldspar it is
a natural thing.
it is not toxic...unless we breath the silica
that is tiny.
it is like the lady that would not buy dirt at
the store unless it was marked...`natural organic dirt`.
dirt is organic. we live in a world of really stupid.
how many things do we eat every day that is clay
or a silicate?
any pill you take is about 80 percent china clay.
it is like dumping pure water in a lake.
`god, don't do that...it is foreign water.`
we need more people to walk in a woods an pee outside
once in their life.
from minnetonka:
website http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart site:
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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