Nils Lou on thu 17 mar 11
Twenty or forty years ago I was interested in clay
bells. My clay was Minn.Clay with sand. Lousy sound.
Tried clay with grog and achieved musical results.
Surmised that sand was the culprit.
nils lou, professor of art
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Nils Lou on thu 17 mar 11
I think that explains the deadening phenomenon. =3D20
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Beumee [mailto:dtbeumee@wildblue.net]
Sent: Thu 3/17/2011 12:05 PM
To: Nils Lou
Cc: Clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
Subject: Re: sand v. grog
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Nils,
I remember a comment from Zack Pool, owner of Mile Hi Ceramics in =3D
Denver,
that silica sand leaves microscopic pockets around the sand grains in =3D
fired
clay bodies, as apposed to grog. I wonder if anyone has done any =3D
research on
this, and if so, if the voids deaden the ring the fired pot might =3D
otherwise
have?
David Beumee
Porcelain by David Beumee
Lafayette, CO
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Nils Lou wrote:
> Twenty or forty years ago I was interested in clay
> bells. My clay was Minn.Clay with sand. Lousy sound.
> Tried clay with grog and achieved musical results.
> Surmised that sand was the culprit.
>
> nils lou, professor of art
> http://nilslou.blogspot.com
>
David Beumee on thu 17 mar 11
Nils,
I remember a comment from Zack Pool, owner of Mile Hi Ceramics in Denver,
that silica sand leaves microscopic pockets around the sand grains in fired
clay bodies, as apposed to grog. I wonder if anyone has done any research o=
n
this, and if so, if the voids deaden the ring the fired pot might otherwise
have?
David Beumee
Porcelain by David Beumee
Lafayette, CO
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Nils Lou wrote:
> Twenty or forty years ago I was interested in clay
> bells. My clay was Minn.Clay with sand. Lousy sound.
> Tried clay with grog and achieved musical results.
> Surmised that sand was the culprit.
>
> nils lou, professor of art
> http://nilslou.blogspot.com
>
ivor and olive lewis on sat 19 mar 11
Sonority is a quality dependent on the continuity of the fabric of a
percussion instrument which is expected to ring like a bell.
If the temper, in Nils's case a silica sand, is not incorporated into a cla=
y
percussion instrument through vitrification the instrument will not "ring
like a bell"
Visitors to Keswick in Cumbria should seek out the Museum. Displayed there
they will find a Xylophone. Instead of wooden bars, the sonorous material
is dressed Borrowdale Slate. Despite having "Parting Planes" the stone is
sufficiently dense to allow transmission of the energy through its fabric
allowing it to make a pleasant sound..
Regards,
Ivor Lewis,
REDHILL,
South Australia
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