Olivia T Cavy on sat 23 jan 99
Hello all,
There is a very nice article in the current issue of Pottery Making
Illustrated by the illustrious DIY (do-it-yourself) Clayarter David
Hendley on how to make your own extruder from an auto bumper jack, with a
follow up article on dies. I haven't made one but the instructions with
photographs make it look (almost) easy.
Bonnie
Bonnie D. Hellman
Pittsburgh, PA
work email: bdh@firstcaptl.com or oliviatcavy@juno.com
home email: mou10man@sgi.net
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:07:47 EST Harry Verkooyen writes:
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>Break clay into small chunks, toss in a bucket of water, put in
>something to
>activate it, beer, yeast, white wine anything to get it fermenting
>then
>after a month dry on plaster bats, wedge up and ta da clay.
>
>I make lots of coil pots and all out of scape clay. However I also
>use an
>extruder. If you can use someone elses extruder, you can all the
>coils at
>once, wrap them well in plastic and they will stay good for quite a
>while,
>just mist them once in a while.
>
>An extruder not only makes coils, but thousands of other things .
>It's a
>great investment. And if you are clever, you can build your own out of
>pvc,
>boards and pipe. My first extruder was homemade and it worked as well
>as
>the one I have now. The home made one took a day to build and about
>$15
>worth of materials. If you do that remember to slat the notches upward
>or
>the arm is forever popping out. My commercial one does that and it's
>quite
>irritating.
>
>Michelle
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>Datum: woensdag 20 januari 1999 22:31
>Onderwerp: old clay
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>Hi y'all
>I am new to this list but I really like what I have seen so far. I
>have
>a question, when I was cleaning up for Christmas I found some bags of
>old terra cotta clay. This clay is hard but I wondered if there was
>any
>hope for using it for anything other than a door stop.
>Also, I use the coil method a lot in sculpture and would like to know
>if
>anyone has found a fast way of making coils, right now I use a play
>dough toy.
>Thanks for any thoughts
>
>Sherill
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