elizabeth priddy on mon 8 mar 99
>Or am I relay after all ignorant?
>
>Cliff
>
no. i am currently test firing a "glaze" made solely
of organic sludge that is dredged up on the beach
here from time to time. If there are sea salts and
minerals as well as decomposed sea weed, it could be
gorgeous, or look like muck. I can't know until I
try. if you want to know what happens to something,
fire it and see. I would warn you away from copper
wire, though, in electric kilns. It seems to stay in
there someway and wind up on future firings in most
unfortunate ways. And I don't know of any way to
purge it. Anyone know what I mean and can explain
this for me?
With regard to organics in lichen. the colors are not
mineral inclusions as I understand it. The colors
are chlorophyll and other organic compounds that do
burn out. A dessicated human would only have miniscule
amounts of minerals left over. It stands to reason
that moss/lichen would not leave much of this residue.
I have never heard a stupid question.
Only stupid answers.
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Elizabeth Priddy
I speak from sincerity and experience, not authority...
email: epriddy@usa.net
www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 23:53:28 De Witt wrote:
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>Or am I relay after all ignorant?
>
>Cliff
>
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