Joanna deFelice on tue 22 sep 98
big thank you here to gavin stair from this list who so gallantly found
info re why my novell groupwise e-mail program won't do a proper word
wrap. now it's up to my office's sysadmin to do a fix. we're hyperbusy
right now, getting ready to ship the software and books that we worked
on this summer, so i'll have to remember to type in a carriage return whenever
i think i've hit my 80 character limit.
my original request was for pointers on removing clay slabs after they've
been applied to a human body. timing, tools, prep (vaseline? oil? what?).
however, fall is upon us, and i think this project will have to wait until
next summer when it's hotter than blazes and getting naked outdoors
a bit more likely to occur!
question i have now is: i made some tiles for my little friend leeanne to
decorate with my handtools, her fingers, toes, whatever. they're wonderful
but they have some cracks i'd like to try spoozing. (half vinegar half
clay slip?). do i spooze before bisque? that seems about right, but i don't
want to experiment too much on somebody else's work, especially a
sweet little girl's.
thanks for all the help. i love the private posts i get from time to
time. this is really a great group of people.
joanna, who finally had her fill of dancing (at least for a little while) this
weekend at the eugene celebration.
Joanna deFelice
Oregon Career Information System
joanna@orcis.uoregon.edu
541-346-2327
Wilsons on thu 24 sep 98
Referring to your clay torso or is that torsos - the way it happened in my
backyard was taking a plaster cast of the body which was vaselined real
well. Then the first slow pour of plaster over the body was done with a
potter's plaster and after you let that set up, you gently pull the 2 to 3
inches of the body. Leaving the top of it a little ruff, so when you pour
the high cal. plaster over the other plaster it has something to grab a
hold of. Then you have a detailed mold that you can press your one or so
inch slabs into the mold. I have not tried using paper clay but it might
be a good idea if you plan to hang the torsos on any walls. And how you
hang them is up to you. This is just the way I have seen it done. Good
luck to you and the person whos body you are using. The potter plaster
gets alittle warm while they lie there staying a still a possible.
Bill Wilson
Montrose, co
Montrose County is where Marie Curie got her Uranium and time studing. Yes
it gets a little hot here.
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>big thank you here to gavin stair from this list who so gallantly found
>info re why my novell groupwise e-mail program won't do a proper word
>wrap. now it's up to my office's sysadmin to do a fix. we're hyperbusy
>right now, getting ready to ship the software and books that we worked
>on this summer, so i'll have to remember to type in a carriage return whenever
>i think i've hit my 80 character limit.
>
>my original request was for pointers on removing clay slabs after they've
>been applied to a human body. timing, tools, prep (vaseline? oil? what?).
>however, fall is upon us, and i think this project will have to wait until
>next summer when it's hotter than blazes and getting naked outdoors
>a bit more likely to occur!
>
>question i have now is: i made some tiles for my little friend leeanne to
>decorate with my handtools, her fingers, toes, whatever. they're wonderful
>but they have some cracks i'd like to try spoozing. (half vinegar half
>clay slip?). do i spooze before bisque? that seems about right, but i don't
>want to experiment too much on somebody else's work, especially a
>sweet little girl's.
>
>thanks for all the help. i love the private posts i get from time to
>time. this is really a great group of people.
>
>joanna, who finally had her fill of dancing (at least for a little while) this
>weekend at the eugene celebration.
>
>
>Joanna deFelice
>Oregon Career Information System
>joanna@orcis.uoregon.edu
>541-346-2327
Joanna deFelice on fri 25 sep 98
well bill, the body to be used is mine, so i'm definitely not too
interested in getting too warm or having the little hairs on my
arms ripped off or any of that! i know there have been discussions
on the different types of plaster, but i didn't pay a whole lot of attention.
how is potter's plaster different and where might i find it?
thanks for your input. i'll review it with my friend gerry and see if that's
how he'd like to go for this. he's the sculptor in this project. i've mostly
had an interest in doing faces only so far. if the project works out then
i might see if he'll let me turn the tables and make some casts of him.
joanna
>>> Wilsons 09/24 11:55 AM >>>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Referring to your clay torso or is that torsos - the way it happened in my
backyard was taking a plaster cast of the body which was vaselined real
well. Then the first slow pour of plaster over the body was done with a
potter's plaster and after you let that set up, you gently pull the 2 to 3
inches of the body. Leaving the top of it a little ruff, so when you pour
the high cal. plaster over the other plaster it has something to grab a
hold of. Then you have a detailed mold that you can press your one or so
inch slabs into the mold. I have not tried using paper clay but it might
be a good idea if you plan to hang the torsos on any walls. And how you
hang them is up to you. This is just the way I have seen it done. Good
luck to you and the person whos body you are using. The potter plaster
gets alittle warm while they lie there staying a still a possible.
Bill Wilson
Montrose, co
Montrose County is where Marie Curie got her Uranium and time studing. Yes
it gets a little hot here.
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>big thank you here to gavin stair from this list who so gallantly found
>info re why my novell groupwise e-mail program won't do a proper word
>wrap. now it's up to my office's sysadmin to do a fix. we're hyperbusy
>right now, getting ready to ship the software and books that we worked
>on this summer, so i'll have to remember to type in a carriage return whenever
>i think i've hit my 80 character limit.
>
>my original request was for pointers on removing clay slabs after they've
>been applied to a human body. timing, tools, prep (vaseline? oil? what?).
>however, fall is upon us, and i think this project will have to wait until
>next summer when it's hotter than blazes and getting naked outdoors
>a bit more likely to occur!
>
>question i have now is: i made some tiles for my little friend leeanne to
>decorate with my handtools, her fingers, toes, whatever. they're wonderful
>but they have some cracks i'd like to try spoozing. (half vinegar half
>clay slip?). do i spooze before bisque? that seems about right, but i don't
>want to experiment too much on somebody else's work, especially a
>sweet little girl's.
>
>thanks for all the help. i love the private posts i get from time to
>time. this is really a great group of people.
>
>joanna, who finally had her fill of dancing (at least for a little while) this
>weekend at the eugene celebration.
>
>
>Joanna deFelice
>Oregon Career Information System
>joanna@orcis.uoregon.edu
>541-346-2327
the Gallagher's on sat 26 sep 98
I've always been concerned about the fact that pottery plaster does get warm,
and could be considerablby uncomfortable for the person who is being cast, if
not down right dangerous.
Plaster bangages such as those used for plaster casts work well, the
impression is not as detailed, but these have been used to do faces without
any problems. After the bandages are three to four layers thick they can be
removed from the body and strengthened with a layer of pottery plaster.
my 2 cents
Michelle
In Oregon
Abro on mon 28 sep 98
Being cast in plaster is or can be rather pleasurable, except of course when
its your face that's being cast and you have to breathe through soda straws
up your nose. Been caster and castee on this.
Karin
-----Original Message-----
From: the Gallagher's
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: a thank you and a tile question (semi-long)
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I've always been concerned about the fact that pottery plaster does get
warm,
and could be considerablby uncomfortable for the person who is being cast,
if
not down right dangerous.
Plaster bangages such as those used for plaster casts work well, the
impression is not as detailed, but these have been used to do faces without
any problems. After the bandages are three to four layers thick they can be
removed from the body and strengthened with a layer of pottery plaster.
my 2 cents
Michelle
In Oregon
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