celia hirsh on sun 10 jan 10
Hi,
In response to Marcia's question, my experience was that the aluminum
developed what looked like metal scabs. Varied in size and depth, they
would flake off the barrel and end up in the clay. Some pieces were as
large in diameter as the eraser on the end of a pencil. A misery when
throwing or trimming and if they were inside a piece when it was
fired, they melted and were black and lumpy. Not exactly the effect
I'm going for.
Tomorrow, Tucker's Pottery Supply is bringing me back my barrel, newly
lined by Bailey with stainless steel. I really hope this works.
I think I was at Supermud in 1976. The one thing I remember is an
exuberant demo by Don Reitz, where he took a clump of frit, wet it,
and shoved it onto the shoulder of a piece he was glazing in order to,
"create a window into the clay". It was lyrical.
It's funny, I've remembered that line for 33 years, but I have yet to
try to try doing that myself.
Cheers,
Celia Hirsh
www.hirshpottery.com
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