Jackie.Miller.Clay on thu 9 aug 12
So ceramic engineers out there, does this tell us anything.
Jackie
=3D46rom The New York Times:
OBSERVATORY: For Taller Sand Castles, the Secret Is Less Water
Mixing only 1 part water with 99 parts sand gives a more stable mix, say ph=
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sicists who see applications for their finding across several fields.
http://nyti.ms/P8nT4Z
Lee on fri 10 aug 12
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Jackie.Miller.Clay <
jackie.miller.clay@gmail.com> wrote:
> So ceramic engineers out there, does this tell us anything.
> Jackie
>
Too hard a plastic clay on non-human powered wheels injures the human using
it (we are the weak link.) We do know that our clay becomes stronger
when all the water is driven off.
> --
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
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he land
of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent within
itself." -- John O'Donohue
ivor and olive lewis on sat 11 aug 12
Along the same theme, just one per cent of an organic additive can rob wate=
r
of its fluidity. Three cheers for the Hydrogen Bond. Without it some clay
water systems would not exhibit Plasticity. They would behave as though the=
y
were deflocculated !
Regards,
Ivor Lewis,
REDHILL,
South Australia
John Baymore on sat 11 aug 12
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Jackie.Miller.Clay <
jackie.miller.clay@gmail.com> wrote:
> So ceramic engineers out there, does this tell us anything.
> Jackie
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Been focusing on the skills for throwing dryer for decades with my students=
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. When clay gets wetter... it doesn't tend to "like" vertical.
best,
.................john
best,
.................john
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River Bend Pottery
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