Eleanora Eden on tue 15 may 12
Mel's kiln advice reminds me that when I taught throwing I always
insisted that students use quality clay.
I remember in the recreational studio at UC Berkeley where I learned
to throw there were trash clay buckets and you could gather peoples'
discarded lumps for free. Of course as beginners we didn't have the
experience to make those lumps into good throwable clay. This was
a strategy designed for throwing failure.
The learning thrower needs good clay, not the worst around.
Best,
Eleanora
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Bellows Falls Vermont
www.eleanoraeden.com
Steve Mills on tue 15 may 12
When I was first in production I was making up my own body to a recipe give=
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me by a friend.=3D20
It was an extraordinary body which could be thrown Very fast, with no plast=
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c memory and very comfortable at cones 9/10.=3D20
The cost was however 25% more than high quality Porcelain, but this was NOT=
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n issue as it behaved so well and was very strong indeed.=3D20
The ideal production clay.=3D20
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 15 May 2012, at 15:05, Eleanora Eden wrote:
> Mel's kiln advice reminds me that when I taught throwing I always
> insisted that students use quality clay.
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> I remember in the recreational studio at UC Berkeley where I learned
> to throw there were trash clay buckets and you could gather peoples'
> discarded lumps for free. Of course as beginners we didn't have the
> experience to make those lumps into good throwable clay. This was
> a strategy designed for throwing failure.
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> The learning thrower needs good clay, not the worst around.
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> Best,
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> Eleanora
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> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
> www.eleanoraeden.com
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