clennell on sat 7 aug 99
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>i use a mixture of bees wax (i keep bees) some paraffin, and
>cheap olive oil...set at about 350...and it works just great for me.
>now that i am using `american shino, and trying to be like tony and sheila,
>i do not use very much wax.
>mel/mn
>tony and sheila use canadian shino.
>http://www.pclink.com/melpots
>from minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a.
Mel:
We have taken to not waxing shinos but glaze and then wipe off with water
and sponge. It is a pain but the clay looks like its salt glazed. Nice
dark rich shiny brown. If there is a hard way to do something I will find
it.
Although we use Cdn nep sy, dolomite, local red clay and such for our
Canuck she- knows I must give credit to Tom Wirts sister (Virginia?).
Every combo I've ever used seems to be a variation of Wirts Carbon trap.
She sure started something.
When asked for a shino glaze Tom answers go see my sister she- knows.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King St.
Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
Joyce Lee on sun 8 aug 99
Tony/Mel,
Are you guys talking about waxing the bottoms of the shinoed pots? I
haven't since six months into pottery, and I think one of you, or both,
passed on that suggestion to me some time ago. Newbies might want to
know: when I waxed the bottoms of my pots in order to control the glaze
line, I got a hard line I didn't like and when I zigged when I meant to
zag, hated it ... inexperience, I know, but I'll never catch up to the
Experience Cavalry, so I just stopped using wax except as a resist
medium. I'm much happier with the look, especially on my shino pots ...
Joyce
In the Mojave still a shino freak even though I'm branching out a bit
more ... love Jack Troy's Angel Eyes, too. Do get carbon trapping, I
think.
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