Gayle Bair on tue 25 jul 00
A hairdryer... does a better job
on my clay than my hair!!!
Gayle Bair- Bainbridge Island, Washington
snip> But alas, alack-what does one put the
freshly made handle on to stiffen into the graceful curve that I aspire to?
Karin Abromaitis on tue 25 jul 00
Hi all,
I mostly lurk and benefit from all the tons of wonderful info and insights
you all provide. Thank you! Now I have a specific technique I need help
on. I've started making large soup tureens and I want to make ladles with
pulled handles to go with them. But alas, alack-what does one put the
freshly made handle on to stiffen into the graceful curve that I aspire to?
Your input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Karin
Kabromaitis@msn.com
"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that
we are powerful beyond measure."
Mayssan1@AOL.COM on tue 25 jul 00
Karin
What I do is stick the stub end of the pulled handle on my wedging table with
the handle dangling for a couple of hours until somewhat stiff then shape it
in whatever shape I want, which is normally a basket handle.
I hope that helps
Good luck
Mayssan
Gregory D Lamont on tue 25 jul 00
At 10:11 AM 7/25/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>I mostly lurk and benefit from all the tons of wonderful info and insights
>you all provide. Thank you! Now I have a specific technique I need help
>on. I've started making large soup tureens and I want to make ladles with
>pulled handles to go with them. But alas, alack-what does one put the
>freshly made handle on to stiffen into the graceful curve that I aspire to?
>Your input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>Karin
>
>Kabromaitis@msn.com
>
>"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that
>we are powerful beyond measure."
>
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Hi Karin,
I'll try to describe what I've done. (I also use this apparatus for
setting up my other handles for mugs and such):
Find a sturdy corrugated cardboard box, rectangular in shape. Mine's about
18" X 12" X 8". Cut off the flaps, and cut a semi-circular portion out of
each of the short ends at the rim and centered. Mine is cut about 2.5"
wide and about 2" deep to accomodate a 3" diameter cardboard tube. The
tube is suspended across the box, resting in the cut-outs, and extends
about 3" past the ends of the box. The tube is covered with the leg of an
old pair of nylon hose which keeps the clay from sticking. When I pull a
handle, I drape ithe thicker end over the tube, letting the thinner end
hang down into the box. There it stays until it reaches the stiffness
desired. I can make multiple handles at a time with this setup, the
handles are uniform and the tube doesn't suddenly roll over, squashing the
handles. The diameter of the tube can be reduced for a tighter curve in
the handle.
Hope this makes sense. If not, let me know and I'll try to draw you a picture.
Greg
For
Cat Jarosz on tue 25 jul 00
I use a large Sam's club size mayonnaise jar thats plastic and have
taped newspaper around it to lay the pulled handle on to set up.... if you
need any more hints on these types of ladles let me know I'll give ya
the skinny :o) I make a mean ladle :o) Cat
Don & June MacDonald on tue 25 jul 00
You could set them up on rolled up dry cleaning plastic and get whatever
curve you want. Firing them will be another story, as presumably you
will want the ladle part completely glazed, which is not eadily achieved
when placing them in the kiln. Ceramic ladles look nice, but are very
impractical, one tap on the side of the pot, and no more ladle,
customers then want another one for free. Been there!
June from B.C.
Karin Abromaitis wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I mostly lurk and benefit from all the tons of wonderful info and insights
> you all provide. Thank you! Now I have a specific technique I need help
> on. I've started making large soup tureens and I want to make ladles with
> pulled handles to go with them. But alas, alack-what does one put the
> freshly made handle on to stiffen into the graceful curve that I aspire to?
> Your input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> Karin
>
> Kabromaitis@msn.com
>
> "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that
> we are powerful beyond measure."
>
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J102551@AOL.COM on tue 25 jul 00
Pringles cans. I put all kinds of stuff upside down over those tall Pringles
cans. Anything tall and skinny will do. Jeri
JODO96@AOL.COM on wed 26 jul 00
I found that if I secure a cardboard "Oatmeal"cylinder to the edge of a table
and then dangle the handle over the cylinder for a while it helps with the
shape. These containers come in various sizes.
Dorothy
Manakin-Sabot, Va.
Cindy Strnad on wed 26 jul 00
Regarding using a hair dryer to stiffen clay (handles), it will work, but
so-o-o-o slowly. If you're going to be doing a lot of this, I'd suggest a
heat gun. You'll find them at the hardware store. They're used to help in
stripping paint, and in drying paint samples quickly. Much, much hotter than
a hair dryer, so be careful with it, and *never* *never* leave it plugged in
and unattended.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
earthenv@gwtc.net
www.earthenvesselssd.com
C. A. Sanger on thu 27 jul 00
Another way to dry stuff pretty fast is to use a handheld propane torch.
Be sure to keep the flame moving, don't just heat one spot. If steam
starts coming off, you're getting it too hot. As with all such things,
take care doing this. By the way, this also works great on the wheel
for things like wide bowl rims, or stiffening the base of forms that
want to collapse.
C. A. Sanger
ShardRock Clay Studio
Kansas, USA
www.ikansas.com/~chuck/
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