WebMaster@ParagonWeb.com on wed 3 feb 99
PARAGON QUIKNEWS
Volume 1
Welcome to the first Paragon newsletter on firing and
maintaining electric kilns. We hope this information will
be so useful that you will copy the newsletter for future
reference. Past issues will be available at http://www.paragonweb.com/newsletter
Please email your suggestions for future issues or questions
we can answer in this newsletter to
WebMaster@ParagonWeb.com.
REPEATED KILN REPLACEMENT PART FAILURE
Sometimes a heating element, switch or other part fails
each time it's replaced. Below are some of the causes of
repeated parts failures:
1. Loose connectors on a switch. Loose connections burn
the switch terminals and melt the plastic of the switch.
2. The wrong element has been installed, subjecting the switch
to too much amperage. This causes the switch to burn out.
3. Contamination is hidden in an element groove. Each time
a new element is installed, it burns out from the contamination.
4. Sand from the shelf filters into the switches or contaminates
the elements. When using sand to prop porcelain pieces,
be careful not to spill the sand into the kiln.
ART CLAY ANNOUNCEMENT
Art Clay is a clay that, when fired properly in a kiln to
1600 deg. F., becomes fine silver or 22k gold. Paragon is
a distributor of Art Clay Silver and Art Clay Gold in America: http://www.parago
MaryAnn Devos, a studio jeweler in Ft. Myers Beach,
Florida, has been appointed as consultant and approved
as the first certified Art Clay teacher in the USA by Aida
Corporation, the creators of Art Clay Silver and Art Clay Gold.
MaryAnn recently spent 10 days in Japan at Aida Corp.,
mastering Art Clay Silver and Gold techniques and learning
about new Art Clay products planned for 1999 release. She
will be responsible for conducting classes to certify other Art
Clay teachers.
Plans are underway for Art Clay Silver teacher certification
workshops. The first workshops will be held in March 1999.
Tentative locations are Dallas and Los Angeles.
The workshops will be taught by MaryAnn and instructors
from Aida Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Check our website at http://www.paragonweb.com/workshops/silver.html for
future Art Clay Silver and Art Clay Silver Teacher workshops.
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