Merrie Boerner on tue 13 apr 99
Hello Friends,
I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing this
weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
Craving the dancing white flame.......
L.P. Skeen on wed 14 apr 99
Merrie Boerner wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Friends,
> I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing thi
> weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
> Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
> chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
> arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
> Craving the dancing white flame.......
Hey Merrie,
I have glazed pots by dipping/brushing and traveled with them, no problem. Just
wrap each one in a nice dry sheet of bubble wrap and you should be fine.
--
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Frank Cormier on wed 14 apr 99
Merrie,
I have wrapped my pots in bubble wrap and put them in a box with shredded
paper around them, this works fine of you wrap them tightly.
I have also packed my compressor, glazes, spray gun, turn table, mask and
all the other gear and have sprayed on site, I prefer the wrapping technique.
It's a lot less hassle.
If you use the bubble wrap technique bring a little of your glazes to
repair any chips if necessary.
--Good luck and have fun,--
Frank Cormier
Cormier Pottery LLC.
http://www.cormierpottery.com
Edmund B Burke on wed 14 apr 99
Merrie Boerner wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Friends,
> I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing thi
> weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
> Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
> chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
> arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
> Craving the dancing white flame.......
Hi merrie, i just returned last night from a trip to a woodburning site
to deliver my glazed pots. i had to glaze my pots beforehand as there
was no place to do so on-site.
I was told that sprayed-on glaze was extremely fragile, so did not take
any sprayed pots. however, all dipped pots arrived without a chip (to my
amazement!) i wrapped the pots very loosly. the pots with no glaze on
the outside got a bubble wrap of plastic cover over the lip. any pots
with outside glaze were wrapped first in plastic. newspaper sections and
sheets of newsprint were placed around pots and then boxed.
good luck! lynne in atlanta where spring is in FULL, beautiful,
wonderous bloom!
Kris Bliss on wed 14 apr 99
Hi, my friend Al Tennant shared a tip with me, go ahead and spray
your pots then bisque them, when traveling, the glaze won't come off
and the bisquing will not change anything.
Kris in Anchorage, where we got 2 inches of snow last night.
Paul Lewing on wed 14 apr 99
Merrie Boerner wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Friends,
> I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing thi
> weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
> Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
> chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
> arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
> Craving the dancing white flame.......
Merrie,
You could try mixing some gum into your glazes to make them tougher, or
you could spray something over them, or both. I wouldn't suggest
adhesive, though. Maybe spray starch, or acrylic medium. I spent nine
months working in a makeshift studio once and transporting glazed pots
to a kiln where we could not glaze on site. We dipped the rims and
edges of handles in hot wax after they were glazed, and just took along
small containers of glazes to touch up with. But if they have all the
necessary equipment and room, you'd really be better off doing it there.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Jacquelyn Lumsden on wed 14 apr 99
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello Friends,
> I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing
>this
>weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
> Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
>chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
>arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
> Craving the dancing white flame.......
Hi Merrie-
Some of our potters here in Waterloo prefer to work at home, as you do, and
transport work to our Workshop to the gas kiln, for firing. Some have
found that spraying with a gum and water mixture helps to keep the glaze in
place. I believe that there was also a suggestion rather recently , to use
liquid starch in an atomizer bottle for the same purpose. Haven't tried
that one yet. However, we only have about a 5 to 20 minute drive -- not 3
hours. I wrap my work VERY carefully in old towels, cloths, bubble pack
etc and make sure that they are tight enough in the boxes so as not to move
around. Good luck.
Jacquelyn Lumsden
in southern Ontario where the Sunday snow is history!
Pamala Browne on wed 14 apr 99
I move back and forth between homes and have carried my glazed pots , three
children,three dogs and three cats many miles! I wrap them well ( but
loosely ) with dry cleaner plastic; then set them in a box that is tall
enough to protect them ;then set ( gently) thin sheet foam--you know the
kind they use to put on top of matresses?--around the pots to keep them from
moving. I never had any loss of glaze and they fired fine---Good Luck!
-----Original Message-----
From: Merrie Boerner
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 4:47 AM
Subject: traveling w/glazed pots ?
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello Friends,
> I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing
this
>weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
> Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
>chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
>arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
> Craving the dancing white flame.......
>
Barbara Lewis on wed 14 apr 99
Merrie: I've used plastic dry cleaning bags to wrap glazed pots. Works
like a dream. Doesn't scratch the glaze off and captures enough air between
the folds of the plastic to provide a nice cushion. Good luck with your
firing. Barbara
At 07:45 AM 4/13/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello Friends,
> I will be taking some pots for a three hour drive to a wood firing this
>weekend. I'd really prefer to glaze here, since I usually spray them on.
> Can I glaze them , and apply some type of adhesive to keep the glaze from
>chipping off ? Or, should I just mix up the glazes and apply them when I
>arrive on the site ? Thanks, Merrie
> Craving the dancing white flame.......
>
Wellspring Clayworks
5412 Well Spring Road
La Plata, MD 20646
blewis@crosslink.net
Sue&Jon on thu 15 apr 99
I haul glazed pots around town a lot and haven't had much trouble. I wrap them
individually in something VERY soft, such as paper towel or fabric or bubble
wrap, then pack them gently into boxes with newspaper so they won't shift. Then
I position the boxes in the car so that THEY won't shift either. I used to
bring a paint brush and a little of each glaze along to retouch chips, but
haven't had to do much repair. I know there are additives that lessen the
likelihood of chipping but I haven't tried them. Hope this helps.
Sue Christensen, in Minneapolis, where crocus, pasqueflowers, violets, dutch
iris and one daffodil are blooming.
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Sue Christensen and/or Jon Simpson
Nameless Wildness
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Jan McQueary on thu 15 apr 99
Hair spray works great as a fixative. Even over oxide brushwork which
may tend to smear with careless handling.
Adding CMC to glazes and washes also works.
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