T. Howard on thu 10 aug 00
Hi Clayarters,
I am new at this listserve business so hope this is the way to proceed!
I am planning a paper kiln building workshop in mid Sept. and am looking for
potters that have built one to find out what do's and don'ts they've
discovered and what chemicals they have added to it. I have used Copper
sulfate,cobalt salt, pickling salt, and borax(pots soaked in it as well as
in Iron sulfate). Please send info to thoward@the.link.ca
Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Thelma Howard
L. P. Skeen on mon 14 aug 00
Milton,
I suspect she means paper kiln. The one I have seen a picture of (not made
myself, mind you), works like a giant sized version of Dannon's paper bag
saggers. You make a Chernobyl shaped ;) form out of chicken wire, leaving a
little tunnel shape for the stoking box. Stack ware and put Chernobyl over
it. Mix up a wheelbarrow full of clay slip, and use strips of paper to "clay
mache" the wire frame. When dry, set kindling to burning in the little
tunnel part, adding more and more wood. Eventually the whole thing burns
mostly away, according to the pics I have seen.
I say again that I have never done this, but do want to try it at some
point.
----- Original Message -----
From: Milton Markey
To:
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: Building a Paper Kiln
> In a message dated 8/10/00 12:35:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, thelma
writes:
>
> > I am new at this listserve business so hope this is the way to proceed!
> > I am planning a paper kiln building workshop in mid Sept.
> ========================
> Hi Thelma!
>
> I'm uncertain about what you're requesting. A paper kiln sounds dangerous!
Do
> you mean "paper clay?"
>
> Thanks, and welcome to Clay Art!
>
> Milton NakedClay@AOL.COM
>
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Milton Markey on mon 14 aug 00
In a message dated 8/10/00 12:35:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, thelma writes:
> I am new at this listserve business so hope this is the way to proceed!
> I am planning a paper kiln building workshop in mid Sept.
========================
Hi Thelma!
I'm uncertain about what you're requesting. A paper kiln sounds dangerous! Do
you mean "paper clay?"
Thanks, and welcome to Clay Art!
Milton NakedClay@AOL.COM
Michael Mandaville on tue 9 oct 01
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:58:24 -0400, L. P. Skeen
wrote:
>Milton,
>
>I suspect she means paper kiln. The one I have seen a picture of (not made
>myself, mind you), works like a giant sized version of Dannon's paper bag
>saggers. You make a Chernobyl shaped ;) form out of chicken wire, leaving
a
>little tunnel shape for the stoking box. Stack ware and put Chernobyl over
>it. Mix up a wheelbarrow full of clay slip, and use strips of paper to
"clay
>mache" the wire frame. When dry, set kindling to burning in the little
>tunnel part, adding more and more wood. Eventually the whole thing burns
>mostly away, according to the pics I have seen.
>
>I say again that I have never done this, but do want to try it at some
>point.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Milton Markey
>To:
>Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Building a Paper Kiln
>
>
>> In a message dated 8/10/00 12:35:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, thelma
>writes:
>>
>> > I am new at this listserve business so hope this is the way to proceed!
>> > I am planning a paper kiln building workshop in mid Sept.
>> ========================
>> Hi Thelma!
>>
>> I'm uncertain about what you're requesting. A paper kiln sounds
dangerous!
>Do
>> you mean "paper clay?"
>>
>> Thanks, and welcome to Clay Art!
>>
>> Milton NakedClay@AOL.COM
Hello, L.P.
I confess to being intrigued by the idea of building a paper kiln,
especially since I have already thought about building something similar to
this myself. I will explain.
There is a building technique which is known as "ferro cement", in which
metal reinforcing bar is bent to make a frame, several layers of chicken
wire are stretched over the frame, and then a cement mortar is pushed
through the wire with a trowel. What would concern me though would be the
differing rates of expansion and contraction of the wire and clay during
the heating and cooling cycles of the kiln. I therefore have considered
the following alternative.
First, a basket would be woven in the shape of a dome. Then the cement
mortar would be pushed through the basket. After the mortar has air-
hardened, the kiln would be slowly fired to drive out the water, and burn
out the basket. I think it would work.
Michael Mandaville
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