elizabeth priddy on wed 8 dec 99
In chinese painting, we use wheat paste
to mount the work.
We make it this way:
mix a one to one slurry of water and
nonbleached regular wheat flour.
heat on low heat until thick and the wheat
has formed a very thick consistency "gravy".
This sets the wheat makes it basicly inert.
You can thin it at this point to the consistency
you need.
Keep stirring the whole while. You can add
more wheat if too thin, more water if too thick.
It takes about 10 minutes to make. If you are
using it for kiln wash , you don't need the alum
to preserve it. if you are keeping it for
mounting, you add 1 teaspoon of alum per 2
cups and it will keep in the fridge indefinitely.
Other CB painters will have variations on this
recipe.
less fun but, Walmart still carries the paste.
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Elizabeth Priddy
email: epriddy@usa.net
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
Clay: 12,000 yrs and still fresh!
On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 09:21:21 Rafael Molina wrote:
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>Clayarters:
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>Does anyone know of a source for wheat paste. A former student of mine needs i
>as an ingredient for kiln wash for wood-firing. At one time many of the local
>hardware stores carried this product in their wall papering supplies. It seems
>as though now they are using another type of material. As a result, wheat past
>is non existent in our area.
>
>Is it possible that another material could be substituted for wheatpaste in the
>wash?
>
>John Britt convinced me of the efficacy of this type of wash. After a
>wood-firing, the kiln wash simply falls right off of the shelf taking ash
>accumulation and/or glaze run off with it.
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Rafael
>
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