Phoenix Rising Farm on wed 22 dec 10
Mel:
To heck with that!
Glue that sandpaper onto a bat. Put the bat on the wheel,
set the speed as fast as it can go. About 900 rpm should do, 7200 is better=
.
Now, with a gentle, loving touch, lightly grasp that pot with just two
fingertips from each hand
and forcefully press the bottom of the piece to that whirling dervish.
Having sent the pot careening off into space, and that poor abused dog
of yours into hiding
from all the cursing and smashing noises...go make another damn pot and tri=
m
it the right way this time so you don't get that scruffy crap on the bottom=
!
Someone who will remain nameless told me at an NCECA once, in the
Clayart room
"If you have to sand your pot, use a hammer. Then go make another one."
Wonder who that wise man was...hmmmmmmm? Good advice.
ROFL,
Wayne
On 12/22/2010 12:00 AM, Mel wrote:
> you can buy a course sanding paper for an
> angle grinder...(paper backing) at
> any hardware store...like a 4-6 inch...glue it with epoxy (or gorilla glu=
e)
> on a board, just rub your pots on that. you can pick any
> grit that suits you..
> mel
>
--
Phoenix Rising Farm
393 on the Houlton Road
Waite, Maine 04492
A proud member of the
Washington County Food Alliance
Sandy miller on wed 22 dec 10
years ago I bought a sanding sheet for a floor polisher from the Depot. It
fits a bat perfectly! and it's cheap!
They come in various grits too.
wear your mask!!
Sandy Miller
www.sandymillerpottery.com
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Phoenix Rising Farm wro=
te:
> Mel:
> To heck with that!
> Glue that sandpaper onto a bat. Put the bat on the wheel,
> set the speed as fast as it can go. About 900 rpm should do, 7200 is
> better.
> Now, with a gentle, loving touch, lightly grasp that pot with just two
> fingertips from each hand
> and forcefully press the bottom of the piece to that whirling dervish.
>
> Having sent the pot careening off into space, and that poor abused dog
> of yours into hiding
> from all the cursing and smashing noises...go make another damn pot and
> trim
> it the right way this time so you don't get that scruffy crap on the
> bottom!
>
> Someone who will remain nameless told me at an NCECA once, in the
> Clayart room
> "If you have to sand your pot, use a hammer. Then go make another one."
> Wonder who that wise man was...hmmmmmmm? Good advice.
>
> ROFL,
> Wayne
>
> On 12/22/2010 12:00 AM, Mel wrote:
>
>> you can buy a course sanding paper for an
>> angle grinder...(paper backing) at
>> any hardware store...like a 4-6 inch...glue it with epoxy (or gorilla
>> glue)
>> on a board, just rub your pots on that. you can pick any
>> grit that suits you..
>> mel
>>
>>
>
> --
> Phoenix Rising Farm
> 393 on the Houlton Road
> Waite, Maine 04492
> A proud member of the
> Washington County Food Alliance
>
Lee Love on wed 22 dec 10
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Phoenix Rising Farm wr=
=3D
ote:
> Someone who will remain nameless told me at an NCECA once, in the
> Clayart room
> "If you have to sand your pot, use a hammer. Then go make another one."
> Wonder who that wise man was...hmmmmmmm? =3DA0Good advice.
Wayne.
There are different levels of necessary smoothness
and/or ability to tell the difference. Like when at the Nikko show,
when they had to ship in 2 Mashiko potters to polish the bottoms of
the pots of all 13 potters from the Midwest.
At the pottery festivals in Mashiko, the ringing of the
stone on the foot of the pot was a ritual, that announced to the other
potters that you have made a sale.
I remember at my first festival, asking a potter why he didn't do
that before he brought his pots to the festival. He told me, "I do
polish the pots at the studio. But the customers like the ritual, so
I do it for them."
--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
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