mel jacobson on wed 31 may 00
i use a great deal of wax as i layer my glazes.
a pound of wax from the grocery store goes a long way.
no sense running around and gathering up tons of wax.
i set my old presto electric fry pan at about 320 and
let her melt the wax.
i keep a set of brushes for waxing right in the pan, when i
shut it off, well, they just freeze in the pan. have used the
same dog hair brushes for about 40 years.
a couple of old flat square ended brushes are in there too.
i like the idea of using veg oil in the wax to smooth it out..good
idea.
when you turn on the wax, well it is like an aphro d zee ac.
makes a potter smile.
art time.
the reason wax is such a wonderful process is that you just get
one chance...can't erase the marks...if you screw up, so be it.
(some people re/bisque the screw ups...i don't.) the world gets
what i lay on with wax. i love long golden retriever hair for my
wax brushes...limits your control.
slow wheels. i cannot agree more with tony about slow wheels.
when i go out and teach most of the wheels go about 3,000 rpms.
hard to control.
i have both my production wheels turned way down. really slow.
get into that foot pedal, turn the rpm way back. you will learn to
love it.
i am off to vince's place this weekend. i will moderate clayart
from the tiny computer that i will take along. of course i will have
to slow all of vince's wheels down. if we glued feathers on those
wheel heads they would fly.;)
mel
FROM MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA, USA
http://www.pclink.com/melpots (website)
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