Tracy Shea on thu 17 sep 09
I have a dozen CI plastic bats that I bought years ago..wish I had gotten
more, they are off-the-hook expensive now!! So, I use tar paper bats on
them, slide off plates onto ware boards and I'm good to go with pretty much
1 bat. I hate all the room bats take up anyway, so the tar works well- I
just keep it soaking in a big bowl so it doesn't get wrinkled.
I also made some big bats for large platters out of hardi backer board
several years ago. Those are really great, too. Work like plaster, but no
chips, no pouring. Backer board was pretty cheap, too. I like it.
I like the idea of having students bring their own- instead of buying them,
however, why not give "homework" and have them scrounge up alternative
materials for bats? Potters can be thrifty, imaginative folks. Might be
fun.
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Ellen Currans on thu 17 sep 09
Dear Tracy,
I had never thought to keep a tarpaper bat soaking in a big bowl
so it doesn't get wrinkled. I can't quite picture that. I do find
that if I scrape the bats immediately after I take them off the
pots and stack them back on the bottom of a stack of the same
size, that they do not wrinkle. The larger ones I always put back
under the same size pressed board bats so there is some weight
on them and they dry more slowly.
I've found that they wrinkle when the edges are allowed to dry
while there is still a wet pot sitting in the middle. This seems to
mainly only happen when they are new.
I say "Do whatever works for you" and just keep looking for
new solutions.
Ellen
-----Original Message-----
From: Tracy Shea
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 7:25 am
Subject: Fave bats
I have a dozen CI plastic bats that I bought years ago..wish I had
gotten
more, they are off-the-hook expensive now!! So, I use tar paper bats on
them, slide off plates onto ware boards and I'm good to go with pretty
much
1 bat. I hate all the room bats take up anyway, so the tar works well-
I
just keep it soaking in a big bowl so it doesn't get wrinkled.
I also made some big bats for large platters out of hardi backer board
several years ago. Those are really great, too. Work like plaster, but
no
chips, no pouring. Backer board was pretty cheap, too. I like it.
I like the idea of having students bring their own- instead of buying
them,
however, why not give "homework" and have them scrounge up alternative
materials for bats? Potters can be thrifty, imaginative folks. Might
be
fun.
--
SheaClay Pottery
http://www.sheaclay.com
http://www.sheaclay.etsy.com
http://www.tracyshea.com
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