Joyce Lee on fri 19 may 00
One more extruder question.... answer not found in the archives ... my
Bailey instructions say that the clay should be sticky wet in order to
extrude at its best ...AND that the clay should be wedged just prior to
extruding even with bagged clay. I have a small Bluebird de-airing
pugmill but buy bagged clay normally, using the pugmill for recycling.
Does running the sticky wet clay from the bag through the pugmill count
as wedging? Seems that I've read on the list that some of us use the
pugmill for wedging purposes in order to reduce strain on our wrists, so
appears to me that the situations are similar.
I want to do this right; when I work within technical/mechanical
processes, I often go astray. Help, please. Thank you.
Joyce
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JIMV062@AOL.COM on sat 20 may 00
Joyce..I would think that pugging the clay counts as wedging..If im not
mistaken ( and i have been many times)..Val Cushing uses a de-airing pug
mill instead of wedging.. If It is ok for Val Cushing..then go with it....
Jim
Cindy Strnad on sat 20 may 00
Joyce,
Again, I don't have as fancy an extruder as you do, but I use the clay right
from the pugmill. It sounds to me as though the Bailey people are concerned
that the clay be warm and pliable. Your pugmill, and a sufficiently moist
mix of clay, will do that better than hand wedging could. At any rate, try
both and see which you like best, and if you can tell the difference.
Cindy Strnad
earthenv@gwtc.net
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
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