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val cushings outdoor clay recipe

updated wed 29 apr 98

 

Cheryl L Litman on mon 27 apr 98

So, what is Lizella clay???

Cheryl Litman
Somerset, NJ
email: cheryllitman@juno.com

On Sat, 25 Apr 1998 11:07:37 EDT Dana Henson
writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>I have used the Cone 6 outdoor sculpture clay body that is published
>in the Val
>Cushing handbook. After I finally figured out what Lizella clay was,
>I was home
>free! I am in Texas and in a single day the temperature can fall from
>80
>degrees to 20 degrees, excluding the wind chill factor. Add in the
>sleet that
>usually accompanies these so-called "blue northers" and I think that
>it is a
>fair test of the clay body. It has worked for me so far. I don't
>know a thing
>about whether or not low-fire glazes would work. I just used oxides
>on my Cone
>6 outdoor pieces and fired in oxidation.
>Dana Henson
>(in Pilot Point, TX)
>

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Dana Henson on tue 28 apr 98

Well......caught me on this one, which isn't hard! I wrote it down in my notes
in one of many notebooks and I simply don't remember, and I really don't want
to guess. However, what I DO remember is that Redart clay was a very adequate
substitute and worked beautifully. In the meantime, I think I will look
through my notes for the origins of Lizella clay......
Dana Henson
(in Pilot Point, TX)