elizabeth priddy on mon 10 apr 00
I have a very large slab roller that I am
keeping, btw, but I have a comment on what
Morris said in their post.
I have about a million uses for my slab roller,
including as an assembly surface for when I am
putting a lot of things together, the bed makes
a nice extra canvas table (brent model, OLD)
and to make quick beginning clay canvases for
kids to mar and mark in
and to make production runs of various
handbuilt bottles and jars
I won't list them all, but you get it...
On the other hand, I rarely use it to make tile.
For tile, I use an extruder because the higher
pressure makes better tile. And for free form
slab tiles that I paint on, I throw them across
a table, because the slab roller is too even.
And for anything highly decorated with relief,
I press them out from plaster molds.
So it truly is a SLAB roller, not a tile maker.
If you are thinking it will save your arms
from the tile work, you may be in for a
dissappointment.
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Elizabeth Priddy
email: epriddy@usa.net
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
Clay: 12,000 yrs and still fresh!
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:04:58 Rod, Marian, and Holly Morris wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I think it depends totally on your goal. Are you making many tiles and need
>the work savings for high output production? Do you need to control the
>compression process and even out the stretching of the clay by turning the
>slab as you roll it several times with the pin (as you would in some
>hump/slump work?) The slab roller has limited applicabilty, but it is a
>definite work saver for some applications.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ilene"
>To:
>Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 10:55 PM
>Subject: slab roller
>
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> HI,
>> I was wondering what you guys thought about a slab roller.... is it
>> worth the expense? I'm making slabs with a rolling pin currently. Does
>> anyone have one they want to sell? Arms getting tired...
>>
>> Ilene
>>
>
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