Maria Elaine Lanza on mon 11 oct 99
Yesterday while preparing a bisque teapot for final glazing the lug popped
off... does anyone have a suggestion that will keep this upright piece in
place during the final firing at ^5 oxidation?
A few months ago ITC 100 was discussed as a good filler for cracks... have
never used this material... would it work for this purpose too? The lug's
location is on the pots shoulder... standing at a slight angle... I'm hoping
that I can reattach the lug... let the joining material dry and then follow
up with the final glazing... once again hoping that the glaze itself will
aid in making the seal tight.
Do you have any other ideas or know of a particular mending agent that can
be used to save this pot? This is one that has (of course) many hours of
work already invested in it... looking forward to a solution(s)... thanks!,
Marie Elaine
Cindy Strnad, Earthen Vessels Pottery on tue 12 oct 99
Marie,
Glaze will hold pieces in place which have no stress placed on them. I'm not
sure I'd feel comfortable reattaching the lug for a teapot in this
way--unless it was for my own use, and ornamental only. That said, you might
try paper clay. I've heard it works for reattaching bisque as well as raw
clay.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
Custer, SD
Catherine Jarosz on tue 12 oct 99
Hi Marie ... you could try mixing your glaze with some glue and
attaching that way ... I'm not real sure where your attaching but if its
on top this should work ... its worked for knobs on some pots ... if not
you could try using liquid paper clay and attaching then rebisque ....
be real careful with it after you rebisque though gentle is the word ..
this should save ya ... hope it works for you ... Cat
John K Dellow on tue 12 oct 99
Maria Elaine Lanza ,
I hate to be a spoil sport ,but turf it
,throw it out , hit with a hammer, and make another. There should
be many more where it came from.
You can never be shore that it will not break
again while being used .
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
Paul Lewing on tue 12 oct 99
Maria,
It's one thing to patch a crack around a mug handle or patch a crack in
the bottom of a pot, but quite another to reattach a lug that will have
a handle connected to it. Do you really want to trust a patch to hold
up the weight and torque of pouring a full pot of hot tea? I don't
think I would.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
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