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animal or human ashes in/as glaze

updated fri 28 aug 98

 

Russel Fouts on wed 26 aug 98

Lisa,

>> ............animal ash from the pet crematorium. I called 2 funeral homes
and the state cremation service <<

WOW I am impressed! You GO girl!! I really gotta meet you if I ever get to
NC.

I'm curious though, didn't the funeral home think you were a bit "ghoulish"?
;-)

>> What I DO want to hear, is suggestions for how to go about doing glaze
experiments of this type. <<

Sorry, no puppy or kitty glazes but I'm about ready to creamate this pc!

I did a lot of experiments in school with part ash, part earthenware clay.
Try a line blend using the two ingredients, see what you get

Russel

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lpskeen on thu 27 aug 98

Russel Fouts wrote:
> WOW I am impressed! You GO girl!! I really gotta meet you if I ever get to NC.

Come on over; we have a spare bedroom.
>
> I'm curious though, didn't the funeral home think you were a bit "ghoulish"?
> ;-)

Haha. Maybe, but I gave 'em the whole schpiel about the listserv and
the controversy which led to the necessity of experimentation. Those
funeral dudes are trained to be polite as hell no matter WHAT happens
anyway.
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