Arial Enterprises on mon 19 oct 98
I am wondering whether anyone has claybody receipes that they would be willing
to share.I am getting back to mixing my own bodies and have managed to use
clay materials in the past which are no longer availavle that i had purchased
in huge volume in the past but which are now nearly depleated( namaely pine
lake fire clay calvert and jordan) and several fireclays and feldspars long
gone too.
if anyone else is interested in doing a testing and exchange of the results
maybe we could colaborate.What materials would be best to begin with in todays
market that are readily available , inexpensive and have good contributing
characteristics?Besides the usual shrinkage,absorption and fired color
testswhat are other helpful directions to investigate?Maybe some college
professor has the possibility of a class taking this on and sharing the
results.It seems we all depend on the suppliers a lot for clay bodies these
days and at least some knowledge could be gained by this kind of
investigation. Any feed back online or off would be appreciated.
Margaret Arial
crazy to be on the computer on such a gorgeous day in S.C.
Betsy Wilding on mon 26 oct 98
hi Margaret, I am very interested in getting onto this discussion; I mix
my own clay and am always looking for the Perfect 10 claybody. And sure
enough, I get caught using supplies that are no longer available; right
now I am using a combination of Bob Briscoe's stoneware, Warren
MacKenzie's and Eastern Market Pottery's (in Washington, DC). So you
see I can't even settle down to one recipe yet.
Betsy Wilding
Arial Enterprises wrote:
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> I am wondering whether anyone has claybody receipes that they would be willing
> to share.I am getting back to mixing my own bodies and have managed to use
> clay materials in the past which are no longer availavle that i had purchased
> in huge volume in the past but which are now nearly depleated( namaely pine
> lake fire clay calvert and jordan) and several fireclays and feldspars long
> gone too.
> if anyone else is interested in doing a testing and exchange of the results
> maybe we could colaborate.What materials would be best to begin with in todays
> market that are readily available , inexpensive and have good contributing
> characteristics?Besides the usual shrinkage,absorption and fired color
> testswhat are other helpful directions to investigate?Maybe some college
> professor has the possibility of a class taking this on and sharing the
> results.It seems we all depend on the suppliers a lot for clay bodies these
> days and at least some knowledge could be gained by this kind of
> investigation. Any feed back online or off would be appreciated.
> Margaret Arial
> crazy to be on the computer on such a gorgeous day in S.C.
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