Sheron Roberts on mon 30 aug 99
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Chris,
I too have ware sitting around waiting to be fired. Not because of the heat=
but
because I work 40 hours a week and work in the studio at night. Sometimes =
it
takes a while for me to produce a kiln load. I noticed some of my pots =
doing
the same, after they were bone dry brown patches appeared randomly on the
surface of some. This clay is a white stoneware. I asked my potter
friend/teacher what this was. He seemed to think it had something to do =
with
the water in our area which is heavy with iron. Once I bisque fired the =
ware
and then glazed and fired to cone 10, the spots were no longer visible. The
clay he used at the college, which is a buff clay, does the same thing, if =
the
ware sits for any length of time. So, I don't usually worry when I see =
them, at
least, not yet.
Sheron =22battening down the hatches=22 in NC (45 miles inland from =
Wilmington and
45 miles from Myrtle Beach. So anyway you look at it, if the storm hits the
coast, =22we're getting wind=22)
gemini53=40weblnk.net
Chris Schafale on thu 28 oct 99
Hi Sheron,
I'm just back in NC after nearly two months in NH taking care of my
mom. How did you fare in the hurricanes/floods? Is there anything I
can do (or the local potter's guild)?
Chris
> Chris,
> I too have ware sitting around waiting to be fired. Not because of the heat b
> because I work 40 hours a week and work in the studio at night. Sometimes it
> takes a while for me to produce a kiln load. I noticed some of my pots doing
> the same, after they were bone dry brown patches appeared randomly on the
> surface of some. This clay is a white stoneware. I asked my potter
> friend/teacher what this was. He seemed to think it had something to do with
> the water in our area which is heavy with iron. Once I bisque fired the ware
> and then glazed and fired to cone 10, the spots were no longer visible. The
> clay he used at the college, which is a buff clay, does the same thing, if the
> ware sits for any length of time. So, I don't usually worry when I see them,
> least, not yet.
> Sheron "battening down the hatches" in NC (45 miles inland from Wilmington and
> 45 miles from Myrtle Beach. So anyway you look at it, if the storm hits the
> coast, "we're getting wind")
> gemini53@weblnk.net
>
>
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, NC
candle@intrex.net
Sheron Roberts on sun 31 oct 99
Hi Chris,
I have just had to restore and reformat
my hard drive, so I haven't been able to
read mail since the 19th. I have spent
the day sifting through 689 messages
and just found yours. Glad you are back.
I am sorry to hear about your mother and
hope that all is as well as can be with her.
A lady in our church is going through the
same thing.
We fared OK, my daugther totalled her
Explorer the day Hurricane Floyd hit, but
thank God she was not hurt too bad.
We had a few trees down. We were
fortunate enought to be out of the way
of the flooding. It did affect our businesses
though.
And our Arts Center which was in the process
of being remodeled will not re-open on
schedule, but that's not a problem.
Thanks so much for your offer of help,
Take care,
Sheron
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