Jan Parzybok on tue 1 dec 98
Hi Veena. I've been a ladle-making potter for years. There is no way to
fire a ladle without a "bald spot". I've hung them off shelves by the cup
lip, but that has to be bald then.
The only other way to do it is with a small plate under the ladle. Then,
customers complain about the little plate attached to it. Sometimes, you
just can't win.
Regards, Jan
Tom Wirt on wed 2 dec 98
>>>Hi Veena. I've been a ladle-making potter for years. There is no way to
fire a ladle without a "bald spot". I've hung them off shelves by the cup
lip, but that has to be bald then.
The only other way to do it is with a small plate under the ladle. Then,
>>>customers complain about the little plate attached to it.
Here may be another idea. You'll still have a bald spot (nothing wrong with
bald is there now?) but you can keep it small. Betsy invented this trying to
fire a bowl that we wanted glazed all around.
Take a small piece of bisque, or a small dot of clay that's been indented to
keep the ladle from rolling. Glaze the piece and clean a dot just a bit bigger
than your rest on the back of the cup. Use white glue to attach the support dot
to the bare spot. Fire as usual. The glue burns out and the clay support chips
right off.
Try it you'll like it.
Tom
Peggy Heer on thu 3 dec 98
Hi Veena...why not put 3 little feet... like a three legged
stool....actually pulled/pinched from the base of the ladle cup so the
whole bottom of the cup can be glazed...leaving the 3 little feet raised
and free to be waxed. Would also steady the ladle in the fire and on the
table. They ceratainly do not need to be very large...just enough to raise
it a tad. The underside of the handle needs only a small spot unglazed and
hardly noticable...or make another little foot on the handle with a hole
through it to hang the ladle.
Good luck...As Always in Clay Peggy
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>>>Hi Veena. I've been a ladle-making potter for years. There is no way to
>fire a ladle without a "bald spot". I've hung them off shelves by the cup
>lip, but that has to be bald then.
>
>The only other way to do it is with a small plate under the ladle. Then,
>>>>customers complain about the little plate attached to it.
>
>
>Here may be another idea. You'll still have a bald spot (nothing wrong with
>bald is there now?) but you can keep it small. Betsy invented this trying to
>fire a bowl that we wanted glazed all around.
>
>Take a small piece of bisque, or a small dot of clay that's been indented to
>keep the ladle from rolling. Glaze the piece and clean a dot just a bit bigger
>than your rest on the back of the cup. Use white glue to attach the support dot
>to the bare spot. Fire as usual. The glue burns out and the clay support
>chips
>right off.
>
>Try it you'll like it.
>
>Tom
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52120 Range Road 223
Sherwood Park, AB. Canada T8C 1A7
Phone (403) 922-6270
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