elizabeth priddy on thu 13 jan 00
several people have written me offline asking
for the sculpture books I mentioned in a post.
They are both published by Watson-Guptill
The one with good written instruction:
Daisy Grubbs-'Modeling a Likeness in Clay'
The one with excellent pictures:
text and photos by Margit Malmstrom
'Modeling the Head in Clay-
sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi'
Both have real merit. The Grubbs work is
instructional and very clear. The Lucchesi
is rather breathtaking.
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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, 11 Jan 2000 11:04:08 John K Dellow wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>What you look for is a white brick that is made with a kaolin and
>or fire clay. Not a red brick which has a white slip on it. We
>have a least 2 brick companies in eastern australia that make
>whit bricks. I have been using an extruded brick ( 3 holes in
>each brick ) as a bag wall in my terra-cotta kilns also for the
>chequered floor . My friend Colin drake built his salt kiln out
>of dry pressed white house bricks and has had 50 firings in that
>kiln to C10 .
>
>elizabeth prissy wrote:
>>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> if you want to know if the bricks will hold up,
>> you could fire it in a saggar in someone's kiln and see what happens.
>>
>> It won't tell you, though, how well it will
>> handle the heat over many firings. Is there
>> any way to check the individual batches of
>> bricks, because house brick does tend to vary.
>>
>> the bricks in my 200+ yr old house are
>> primarily sand as that is what was available...
>>
>> ---
>> Elizabeth Priddy
>>
>> email: epriddy@usa.net
>> http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
>> Clay: 12,000 yrs and still fresh!
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:14:43 Stephen Mills wrote:
>> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> >TC,
>> >
>> >There are House Bricks & House Bricks! My woodfire cone 10 plus kiln is
>> >built out of house bricks, made from a buff burning clay mined just
>> >north of Bristol (UK), They are tough as old boots and seriously cheaper
>> >than "official" fire bricks. I would suggest that if a brick company
>> >sells a buff coloured brick, it would be worth seeing just how high they
>> >will go.
>> >
>> >Steve
>> >Bath
>> >UK
>> >
>> >
>> >In message , clennell writes
>> >>Dear Pat: A friend of mine built a kiln using house brick for the floor of
>> >>the kiln thinking they were hard brick. They were firing the kiln and
>> >>looked in the peeps when Cone 9 should have been tipping. He announced to
>> >>his friends that Cone 9 was going down. No, I really mean it is going down
>> >>and not tipping. The floor was melting and the Cone that should have been
>> >>at the top peep hole ended up at the bottom peep hole. The flood was
>> >>melting.
>> >>I say use house brick for houses and refractory brick for kilns. There is
>> >>really not that much difference in price. Probably the difference in price
>> >>of bricks is about the price of a gallon of ITC. I'd buy the firebricks
>> >>and the ITC. No such thing as over building, if you're in this for the long
>> >>run.
>> >>Cheers,
>> >>Tony
>> >>
>> >>Tony and Sheila Clennell
>> >>Sour Cherry Pottery
>> >>4545 King St.
>> >>Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
>> >>
>> >>http://www.sourcherrypottery.com (website)
>> >>
>> >> 905-563-9382
>> >> fax 905-563-9383
>> >>
>> >
>> >--
>> >Steve Mills
>> >Bath
>> >UK
>> >home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
>> >work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
>> >own website: http://www.mudslinger.demon.co.uk
>> >BPS website: http://www.bathpotters.demon.co.uk
>> >Tel: **44 (0)1225 311699
>> >Fax: **44 (0)870 0526466
>> >"My whole being cries out against the inhumanity of regular employment"
>> > (Wilde)
>> >
>>
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Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on fri 14 jan 00
Daisy's book is strictly for modelling portraits. For that it's really geat,
especially the chart she has for measuring your subject's face and head so that
you can always sculpt the head in the correct proportions.
Sandy
-----Original Message-----
From: elizabeth priddy [SMTP:epriddy@my-Deja.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:38 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: sculpture books
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
several people have written me offline asking
for the sculpture books I mentioned in a post.
They are both published by Watson-Guptill
The one with good written instruction:
Daisy Grubbs-'Modeling a Likeness in Clay'
The one with excellent pictures:
text and photos by Margit Malmstrom
'Modeling the Head in Clay-
sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi'
Both have real merit. The Grubbs work is
instructional and very clear. The Lucchesi
is rather breathtaking.
---
Elizabeth Priddy
email: epriddy@usa.net
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
Clay: 12,000 yrs and still fresh!
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:04:08 John K Dellow wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>What you look for is a white brick that is made with a kaolin and
>or fire clay. Not a red brick which has a white slip on it. We
>have a least 2 brick companies in eastern australia that make
>whit bricks. I have been using an extruded brick ( 3 holes in
>each brick ) as a bag wall in my terra-cotta kilns also for the
>chequered floor . My friend Colin drake built his salt kiln out
>of dry pressed white house bricks and has had 50 firings in that
>kiln to C10 .
>
>elizabeth prissy wrote:
>>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> if you want to know if the bricks will hold up,
>> you could fire it in a saggar in someone's kiln and see what happens.
>>
>> It won't tell you, though, how well it will
>> handle the heat over many firings. Is there
>> any way to check the individual batches of
>> bricks, because house brick does tend to vary.
>>
>> the bricks in my 200+ yr old house are
>> primarily sand as that is what was available...
>>
>> ---
>> Elizabeth Priddy
>>
>> email: epriddy@usa.net
>> http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
>> Clay: 12,000 yrs and still fresh!
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:14:43 Stephen Mills wrote:
>> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> >TC,
>> >
>> >There are House Bricks & House Bricks! My woodfire cone 10 plus kiln is
>> >built out of house bricks, made from a buff burning clay mined just
>> >north of Bristol (UK), They are tough as old boots and seriously cheaper
>> >than "official" fire bricks. I would suggest that if a brick company
>> >sells a buff coloured brick, it would be worth seeing just how high they
>> >will go.
>> >
>> >Steve
>> >Bath
>> >UK
>> >
>> >
>> >In message , clennell writes
>> >>Dear Pat: A friend of mine built a kiln using house brick for the floor of
>> >>the kiln thinking they were hard brick. They were firing the kiln and
>> >>looked in the peeps when Cone 9 should have been tipping. He announced to
>> >>his friends that Cone 9 was going down. No, I really mean it is going down
>> >>and not tipping. The floor was melting and the Cone that should have been
>> >>at the top peep hole ended up at the bottom peep hole. The flood was
>> >>melting.
>> >>I say use house brick for houses and refractory brick for kilns. There is
>> >>really not that much difference in price. Probably the difference in price
>> >>of bricks is about the price of a gallon of ITC. I'd buy the firebricks
>> >>and the ITC. No such thing as over building, if you're in this for the long
>> >>run.
>> >>Cheers,
>> >>Tony
>> >>
>> >>Tony and Sheila Clennell
>> >>Sour Cherry Pottery
>> >>4545 King St.
>> >>Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
>> >>
>> >>http://www.sourcherrypottery.com (website)
>> >>
>> >> 905-563-9382
>> >> fax 905-563-9383
>> >>
>> >
>> >--
>> >Steve Mills
>> >Bath
>> >UK
>> >home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
>> >work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
>> >own website: http://www.mudslinger.demon.co.uk
>> >BPS website: http://www.bathpotters.demon.co.uk
>> >Tel: **44 (0)1225 311699
>> >Fax: **44 (0)870 0526466
>> >"My whole being cries out against the inhumanity of regular employment"
>> > (Wilde)
>> >
>>
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>
>--
>
> John Dellow "the flower pot man"
>Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
>http://digitalfire.com/education/people/dellow/
>
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