Carl Cravens on wed 26 may 10
On 05/26/2010 08:53 PM, Eric Hansen wrote:
> I'd have a piece of chamois but it ends up in the reclaim, not just
> occasionally, but everytime. I have ended up using the webbing between
> fingers or fingers and thumb as a chamois.
One of my instructors gave me a piece of bicycle inner-tube to use on the r=
ims. Seems to work well, though I've never actually had a piece of chamois=
to compare it to. But the piece of rubber cleans easily and doesn't fall =
apart (and leave bits in my reclaim), and may never need replaced... so I'm=
not in a big hurry to try a chamois.
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mel jacobson on wed 26 may 10
i don't make my own hammers.
i don't make my own table saw.
tools that work are what we need.
i think you missed the point..it is the
fancy studio, filled with every trick in the world.
and, no pots worth anything.
it is the cover of cm for your next idea.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
alternate: melpots7575@gmail.com
Robert Harris on wed 26 may 10
Mel - I didn't really misunderstand you. It was this paragraph
>>
remember, making tools is a process that is a part of making pots. it is
never
waste time, it is problem solving time. your brain grows when you make
tools. it is why i love simple kilns. just a box, a stack, two
burners...good
specs. works every time. it makes pots.
and, there is nothing like tools that are hand made, that fit
your hand and body.
i like the feeling of being in charge of every phase of the craft.
(again, don't whine at me that you can't do that, you don't have
space, it is impossible...or i will send you to ann's house and have
her show you what craft is about.)<<
That got my attention. I just wanted to make the point that as long as you
make good pots it doesn't matter how, or where you get the tools to do so.
I think we fundamentally agree, but I occasionally come across postings to
this list where people think they are "better" because they're simpler or
more frugal. As long as you make good pots it doesn't matter how it's done.
On the other hand collectors of tools who think that tools will be a
shortcut to good pots - well they're fooling themselves.
Robert
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:28 PM, mel jacobson wrote:
> i don't make my own hammers.
> i don't make my own table saw.
>
> tools that work are what we need.
>
> i think you missed the point..it is the
> fancy studio, filled with every trick in the world.
> and, no pots worth anything.
>
> it is the cover of cm for your next idea.
> mel
> from: minnetonka, mn
> website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
> clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html.com/%7Emelpots/clayart.html>
> new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
> alternate: melpots7575@gmail.com
>
Robert Harris on wed 26 may 10
Oh and incidentally, I use
1 Electric wheel.
1 Electric kiln (now I definitely wish I had access to a gas kiln)
3 ribs
4 loop tools
2 solid tools
a power drill for mixing glazes
a piece of chamois
a couple of natural sponges
2 hands
1 foot (for controlling said wheel)
and that is it. So I'm not precisely a tool junkie. :)
Robert
Eric Hansen on wed 26 may 10
I'd have a piece of chamois but it ends up in the reclaim, not just
occasionally, but everytime. I have ended up using the webbing between
fingers or fingers and thumb as a chamois. I actually use mostly the same
tools that come with the junior high kit
h a n s e n
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Robert Harris wro=
te:
> Oh and incidentally, I use
>
> 1 Electric wheel.
> 1 Electric kiln (now I definitely wish I had access to a gas kiln)
> 3 ribs
> 4 loop tools
> 2 solid tools
> a power drill for mixing glazes
> a piece of chamois
> a couple of natural sponges
> 2 hands
> 1 foot (for controlling said wheel)
>
> and that is it. So I'm not precisely a tool junkie. :)
>
>
> Robert
>
Ric Swenson on thu 27 may 10
Many years ago I had the same problem...losing chamois in the slip/water bu=
cket. Solved it by tucking one end of the small cahmois piece into a 35 mm=
film container and snapped the lid shut. It floats...can't get lost and t=
he cannister fits into my left hand nicely. A finished lip has always been=
important to me
Happy potting!
Ric
Richard H. ("Ric") Swenson, Teacher,
Office of International Cooperation and Exchange of Jingdezhen Ceramic Inst=
itute,
TaoYang Road, Eastern Suburb, Jingdezhen City.
JiangXi Province, P.R. of China.
Postal code 333001.
Mobile/cellular phone : 86 13767818872
< RicSwenson0823@hotmail.com>
http://www.jci.jx.cn
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 21:53:33 -0400
> From: eric.hambone.hansen@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: robert/tools
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>
> I'd have a piece of chamois but it ends up in the reclaim, not just
> occasionally, but everytime. I have ended up using the webbing between
> fingers or fingers and thumb as a chamois. I actually use mostly the same
> tools that come with the junior high kit
> h a n s e n
>
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Robert Harris w=
rote:
>
> > Oh and incidentally, I use
> >
> > 1 Electric wheel.
> > 1 Electric kiln (now I definitely wish I had access to a gas kiln)
> > 3 ribs
> > 4 loop tools
> > 2 solid tools
> > a power drill for mixing glazes
> > a piece of chamois
> > a couple of natural sponges
> > 2 hands
> > 1 foot (for controlling said wheel)
> >
> > and that is it. So I'm not precisely a tool junkie. :)
> >
> >
> > Robert
> >
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Robert Harris on thu 27 may 10
I definitely lose a chamois every now and again. I cut mine so they're a
strip about 6 or more inches long and about an inch wide (I only use it for
rims etc) and I drape it over my water bucket (when I remember). If I do
lose it in the slop I can usually find it just by fishing around with my
fingers.
When you do lose them they add a nice pungent odour (and nice black colour)
to the reclaim - nice bit of organic matter and bacteria always gives the
body a nice bit of plasticity, no?
Robert
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Eric Hansen
wrote:
> I'd have a piece of chamois but it ends up in the reclaim, not just
> occasionally, but everytime. I have ended up using the webbing between
> fingers or fingers and thumb as a chamois. I actually use mostly the same
> tools that come with the junior high kit
> h a n s e n
>
>
Cheryl Fisher on thu 27 may 10
I use a fishin bobber. floats in water. cheryl fisher=3D=
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------Original Message------
From: Eric Hansen
To:
Date: Wed, May 26, 9:53 PM -0400
Subject: Re: robert/tools
I'd have a piece of chamois but it ends up in the reclaim, not just
occasionally, but everytime. I have ended up using the webbing between
fingers or fingers and thumb as a chamois. I actually use mostly the same
tools that come with the junior high kit
h a n s e n
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Robert Harris wro=
=3D
te:
> Oh and incidentally, I use
>
> 1 Electric wheel.
> 1 Electric kiln (now I definitely wish I had access to a gas kiln)
> 3 ribs
> 4 loop tools
> 2 solid tools
> a power drill for mixing glazes
> a piece of chamois
> a couple of natural sponges
> 2 hands
> 1 foot (for controlling said wheel)
>
> and that is it. So I'm not precisely a tool junkie. :)
>
>
> Robert
>
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