Lili Krakowski on wed 29 jun 11
Haunt the streets on Trash Night! Many places have a special day for =3D
picking up TRASH instead of/along with regular garbage!
Anyway. Diverse food sellers, such as Omaha Steaks, ship their frozen =3D
stuff in wonderful Styrofoam containers with tight fitting lids. People =
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throw out picnic coolers which are well insulated (I speak of the hard =3D
ones, not the collapsible cloth ones) Construction sites will discard =3D
piece of foam. =3D20
Your food market might have useful boxes. (Some boxes, as those for =3D
grapes, have little portholes at the sides. Can be left open, or =3D
closed with duct tape at need...Marvelous for slow drying tiles.)
The boxes and coolers are self-evident damp or drying boxes. The =3D
Styrofoam needs to be cut, squared, and duct taped.
For a damp box I find it best to put my pieces in, and add a wet sponge =3D
or cloth that is in a dish. So that extra water cannot drip onto the =3D
bottom of the container and get to your pots.
For sculpture and big things I make Styrofoam cloches. I have precut =3D
pieces of Styrofoam, I assemble them "to size" and put them together for =
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a particular piece. The piece itself sits on a board or bat on a piece =3D
of Styrofoam and the cloche fits over the whole thing.
A caution: Damp boxes can get moldy. People with allergies take =3D
notice.
Personal note: I dislike wrapping stuff in plastic as the evaporation =3D
from the piece will form a film of water between the pot and the =3D
plastic. Boxes are better.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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