lpskeen on tue 25 aug 98
Hey y'all. Someone wrote me privately about my suggestion that we/I
cremate a chicken and proposed an alternate suggestion: that I obtain
"leftover" human ash from a crematorium, or get some animal ash from the
pet crematorium.
I called 2 funeral homes and the state cremation service, and all of 'em
say that all ashes are returned to the "loved ones"/next of
kin/executor/whatever, and indigent persons' ashes are scattered
whenever possible, so that leftovers are non-existent.
Next, I called a pet crematorium to see what they had to say. I will be
picking up a box of ashes from there this afternoon to do some
experimenting with.
NOW! I love animals and I don't want to hear any animal-hater type
comments from anybody! These animals would have been cremated whether I
asked for ashes or not, as they came from the animal shelter in the
first place. If you want to preach about animals, go talk to the folks
who refuse to spay/neuter.
What I DO want to hear, is suggestions for how to go about doing glaze
experiments of this type. I am working at ^6ox electric, but I do have
access to high-fire gas kilns ^10, so I want suggestions for both temp
ranges. You can send your glaze suggestions privately if you like, but
I think there may be enough interest here to send them to the list as
well. I check my email about 4 times a day, so I'll be sure to get 'em
if you send to my email address.
Thanks in advance, and again, NO ANIMAL HATER COMMENTS!!!
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Lisa Skeen ICQ# 15554910
Living Tree Pottery & Soaps
http://www.uncg.edu/~lpskeen
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful
words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of
the good people." -- Dr. M. L. King, Jr. 4/16/63
lpskeen on tue 25 aug 98
lpskeen wrote:
> Next, I called a pet crematorium to see what they had to say. I will be picki
> experimenting with.
Ok, I've got a bag of ash and bone. Will probably sift it out tomorrow;
the bone is too hard now to crush by hand. FYI, cremation of animals
happens at about 1600 degrees F.
Somebody recently posted the chemical analysis for human ash. If you
have those figures, I'd like to see 'em again.
I have consulted 3 books (Chappell, Rhodes, Nelson) and have gotten 2
different ash glaze recipes, but they call for WOOD ash, so this could
be interesting indeed! (Reckon this could be a Master's Thesis?:
Recycling of Animal By-Products into useful forms)
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Lisa Skeen ICQ# 15554910
Living Tree Pottery & Soaps
http://www.uncg.edu/~lpskeen
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful
words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of
the good people." -- Dr. M. L. King, Jr. 4/16/63
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