Susan Schultz on thu 13 jan 00
Hi,
I sent Rosette Gault a few of the posts on paperclay spoilage and am
forwarding her reply, as she is not on Clayart.
Susan Schultz
Scsclay@aol.com
Dear Susan-
Regards the paperclay preservative question for studio uses.. no pat answer
however a few thoughts to keep in mind which may be useful... the rate of
starting to smell/mold depends alot on the type of paper you added--faster
spoilage for inked papers as you might imagine-slower for some brands of
white tp
for example, the rate of starting to smell/mold in water also depends on what
kind of clay you are using--high organic clays such as certain ball clays will
set it off quicker, also the type of water-hard or soft can affect it,
another
retardant factor is the air exposure-covered batched of p'slip laset longer
without smell...Using fresh made for studio made is better-theres no benefit
whatsoever of aging that I can see at this point in time.... The suggestions
contributed for preservatives sound good to me.....but I dont bother with it-
since I work as fresh as I can.......what I advise for the commercial blend
(trademarked P'Clay) is not appropriate for home use at all.. and more or less
equivalent to what has already been suggested.... I am open to suggestions and
comment about this and thank you so much for your forward. O I have stored
batches from 1991 which smelled at first but then the smelll went
away...odd..semes to work fine...some of my tests lasted for years without
changing color or smell--so so see it really does vary and thats one reason
why I
wasnt very specific about it in my book on this point.
Would you please post this to the clay art with my best regards- Im in the
mddle
of an intense work period and haven,t hardlycome up for air, much less the
computer!! Im hoping to go to Denver ... Hope you are enjoying our new
millenium--hard to believe!
Best,
Rosette Gault
Earl Brunner on fri 14 jan 00
Another thought on this, without actually freezing it, I bet you could retard th
spoilage rate significantly simply by putting it in the refrigerator.
Susan Schultz wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi,
> I sent Rosette Gault a few of the posts on paperclay spoilage and am
> forwarding her reply, as she is not on Clayart.
>
> Susan Schultz
> Scsclay@aol.com
>
> Dear Susan-
> Regards the paperclay preservative question for studio uses.. no pat answer
> however a few thoughts to keep in mind which may be useful... the rate of
> starting to smell/mold depends alot on the type of paper you added--faster
> spoilage for inked papers as you might imagine-slower for some brands of
> white tp
> for example, the rate of starting to smell/mold in water also depends on what
> kind of clay you are using--high organic clays such as certain ball clays will
> set it off quicker, also the type of water-hard or soft can affect it,
> another
> retardant factor is the air exposure-covered batched of p'slip laset longer
> without smell...Using fresh made for studio made is better-theres no benefit
> whatsoever of aging that I can see at this point in time.... The suggestions
> contributed for preservatives sound good to me.....but I dont bother with it-
> since I work as fresh as I can.......what I advise for the commercial blend
> (trademarked P'Clay) is not appropriate for home use at all.. and more or less
> equivalent to what has already been suggested.... I am open to suggestions and
> comment about this and thank you so much for your forward. O I have stored
> batches from 1991 which smelled at first but then the smelll went
> away...odd..semes to work fine...some of my tests lasted for years without
> changing color or smell--so so see it really does vary and thats one reason
> why I
> wasnt very specific about it in my book on this point.
> Would you please post this to the clay art with my best regards- Im in the
> mddle
> of an intense work period and haven,t hardlycome up for air, much less the
> computer!! Im hoping to go to Denver ... Hope you are enjoying our new
> millenium--hard to believe!
>
> Best,
> Rosette Gault
--
Earl Brunner
http://coyote.accessnv.com/bruec
mailto:bruec@anv.net
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