Jeanne Wood on mon 12 jun 00
Hello,
I have agreed to help a high school student complete a
ceramic sculpture. We have several questions for which
I hope to get advise from Clayart.
The sculpture is in the bisque state, due to bad
feelings between him and his former teacher we don't
know what clay was used or at what cone it should be
fired. There are no ceramic supply businesses within
several hundred miles so it must have been shipped in.
It looks like a gritty, commercial, sculpture clay;
white to pinkish in the bisque state. There are no
small bits of bisque that can be experimented with.
Given this lack of information, what would be the best
glaze to use and safest firing temperature?
Part of the sculpture is 40 lbs. on a base of about 1
sq.foot. Will this concentrated weight stress the
floor of my electric kiln? If firebricks are stacked
from the floor of the studio to the base of the kiln
to support it, will that help?
The student wants to make, then add some additional
pieces to the main form in a "gravity defying" manner
after the glaze firing process is complete. What would
be the best bonding glue to use?
I really want to help this young man complete his
sculpture. For months his energy went into it, then it
was dropped cold. I think it deserves to be fired.
Thanks in advance for your generous help.
Jeanne W.
In beautiful, rainy Moscow, Idaho
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Rod, Marian, and Holly Morris on mon 12 jun 00
1. You could hardly go wrong with ^06 commercial glazes, and you could
certainly do a trial run with a small section glazed. It would probably
survive a few firings at low heat.
2. Since its so large, you would want to have a slow heat rise, I would
assume.
3. You could distribute the weight of the thing by setting in on a kiln
shelf which is supported with a number of small legs around the edges and
inthe middle (you could lay the legs on edge if you don't have 8-10 1"-ers)
I know I have loaded my small kiln with more than 40 pounds, and when I load
it heavy like that, I distribute the weight over the bottom of the kiln.
Mine has a steel support underneath,and I think about placing those legs
above the steel beams so that most of the weight has support below the
bottom too.
good luck!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanne Wood"
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Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 1:27 PM
Subject: help with student sculpture
> Hello,
> I have agreed to help a high school student complete a
> ceramic sculpture. We have several questions for which
> I hope to get advise from Clayart.
>
> The sculpture is in the bisque state, due to bad
> feelings between him and his former teacher we don't
> know what clay was used or at what cone it should be
> fired. There are no ceramic supply businesses within
> several hundred miles so it must have been shipped in.
> It looks like a gritty, commercial, sculpture clay;
> white to pinkish in the bisque state. There are no
> small bits of bisque that can be experimented with.
> Given this lack of information, what would be the best
> glaze to use and safest firing temperature?
>
> Part of the sculpture is 40 lbs. on a base of about 1
> sq.foot. Will this concentrated weight stress the
> floor of my electric kiln? If firebricks are stacked
> from the floor of the studio to the base of the kiln
> to support it, will that help?
>
> The student wants to make, then add some additional
> pieces to the main form in a "gravity defying" manner
> after the glaze firing process is complete. What would
> be the best bonding glue to use?
>
> I really want to help this young man complete his
> sculpture. For months his energy went into it, then it
> was dropped cold. I think it deserves to be fired.
>
> Thanks in advance for your generous help.
> Jeanne W.
> In beautiful, rainy Moscow, Idaho
>
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miriam on mon 12 jun 00
If the sculpture is already bisqued, and the information on temperature
at maturity not available, why not forgo the glaze fire completely and
use "cold" finishing treatments, i.e. paint, stains, waxes and other
patina finishes? Mimi
Jeanne Wood wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have agreed to help a high school student complete a
> ceramic sculpture. We have several questions for which
> I hope to get advise from Clayart.
>
> The sculpture is in the bisque state, due to bad
> feelings between him and his former teacher we don't
> know what clay was used or at what cone it should be
> fired. There are no ceramic supply businesses within
> several hundred miles so it must have been shipped in.
> It looks like a gritty, commercial, sculpture clay;
> white to pinkish in the bisque state. There are no
> small bits of bisque that can be experimented with.
> Given this lack of information, what would be the best
> glaze to use and safest firing temperature?
>
> Part of the sculpture is 40 lbs. on a base of about 1
> sq.foot. Will this concentrated weight stress the
> floor of my electric kiln? If firebricks are stacked
> from the floor of the studio to the base of the kiln
> to support it, will that help?
>
> The student wants to make, then add some additional
> pieces to the main form in a "gravity defying" manner
> after the glaze firing process is complete. What would
> be the best bonding glue to use?
>
> I really want to help this young man complete his
> sculpture. For months his energy went into it, then it
> was dropped cold. I think it deserves to be fired.
>
> Thanks in advance for your generous help.
> Jeanne W.
> In beautiful, rainy Moscow, Idaho
>
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Mike Gordon on tue 13 jun 00
Hi,
Use some low fire (C06) underglaze with a clear glaze over it. Any color
in the rainbow is avaiable, gloss can be controlled with the amount of
glaze applied. I have used it this way for a long time. Epoxy 2 ton glue
is good, too.Mike
Jeanne Wood on sat 17 jun 00
Hi,
I want to thank the people who sent suggestions on how
we could glaze and fire this student's sculpture. It
sounds like a ^06 is the winner, hands down. I'm
anxious to see how it will turn out.
I would have liked to thank everyone individually, but
I accidentally deleted some posts.
Please know, you're appreciated.
Jeanne W.
--- Jeanne Wood wrote:
> Hello,
> I have agreed to help a high school student complete
> a
> ceramic sculpture. We have several questions for
> which
> I hope to get advise from Clayart.
>
> The sculpture is in the bisque state, due to bad
> feelings between him and his former teacher we don't
> know what clay was used or at what cone it should be
> fired. There are no ceramic supply businesses within
> several hundred miles so it must have been shipped
> in.
> It looks like a gritty, commercial, sculpture clay;
> white to pinkish in the bisque state. There are no
> small bits of bisque that can be experimented with.
> Given this lack of information, what would be the
> best
> glaze to use and safest firing temperature?
>
> Part of the sculpture is 40 lbs. on a base of about
> 1
> sq.foot. Will this concentrated weight stress the
> floor of my electric kiln? If firebricks are stacked
> from the floor of the studio to the base of the kiln
> to support it, will that help?
>
> The student wants to make, then add some additional
> pieces to the main form in a "gravity defying"
> manner
> after the glaze firing process is complete. What
> would
> be the best bonding glue to use?
>
> I really want to help this young man complete his
> sculpture. For months his energy went into it, then
> it
> was dropped cold. I think it deserves to be fired.
>
> Thanks in advance for your generous help.
> Jeanne W.
> In beautiful, rainy Moscow, Idaho
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints!
> http://photos.yahoo.com
>
>
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> reached at melpots@pclink.com.
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