deborah goletz on thu 3 jun 99
David P George: I occasionally use a mouth sprayer I picked up in Japan.
It's a brass cup with a thin brass vertical (technically it's more at a
diagonal aimed down into the cup) tube extending from the bottom of the cup
up to meet with a second tube which rests horizontally across the top of
the cup. When I blow through the horizontal tube, it draws what ever is in
the cup up and out through the vertical tube. The one Trinity advertises
is just the tube device without the cup attached - but same principle. I
have found it takes some pretty hefty puffing to get anything but the
thinnest of glaze through the tube. My husband plays a brass instrument
and may find this easier, but I've made myself dizzy trying to glaze with
it. On the other hand, it is quite a nice way to spray on a mist of oxide
wash. I suppose you could make one yourself - the trick is to get the ends
of the tubes lined up so the horizontal one is aimed directly across the
top of the vertical one. The inside diameter of the tubes on mine are
fairly small - 1/8" or so - the horizontal tube is about the same diameter
where they meet and widens to over 3/8" to accomodate my mouth. Enlarging
the tubes might mean you could use thicker glaze, but even more puffing!
Karin Hurt on tue 17 sep 02
check this site: www.chineseclayart.com/store/tool-1.html
I just ran across the site today, have no connection to them, never used
their tools.
Karin
www.laughingbearpottery.com
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