mel jacobson on wed 27 dec 00
just for those interested.
(have sweat suit on, and burned the bunny slippers.)
have 85 pots in the kiln with dark blue slip/clear glaze.
just started early reduction. (set of plates for my kitchen.
added some pete's cranberry to those.)
clear night, no wind to speak of. 4.5 degrees f.
kiln at 1750f.
i will post some images, good or bad, tomorrow on the website.
safety issues:
amazing how conscious i am about my eyes. i went to grind some
pots the other day....GOD ALMIGHTY, GET YOUR SAFETY GLASSES!
and i did...felt totally naked on my face. have three pair hanging
in my tool area. won't saw, do anything without them.
my old glasses were tempered...so it gave some measure of good
protection, but now...geez, feel funny without them...cannot touch
a spinning tool without cover. life sure is full of contrast.
i do see my pots on the wheel better than i have ever in my life.
amazing.
it is going to take about six months for all the parts of the puzzle
to come together...focus, distance, brain adjustment...but, it is
doing much better than i ever expected...doctor thinks so too.
after 62 years of thick glasses, well this is a transition. but, without
doubt, a miracle for me.
mel
Cindy Strnad on wed 27 dec 00
Hi, Kevin.
The Opal Blue came from an old friend of mine named Kathy. Haven't heard
from her in a long while. I felt uncomfortable about sharing it until I
found a nearly identical recipe in Zakin's Electric Kiln Ceramics. And I did
change the glaze a bit, too.
About the LASIK surgery--I had it done in July, and have no more than the
ordinary need for sunglasses at this point. Most people have a great
experience. I know I'm extremely pleased. I needed the dark glasses for
maybe a week. After that, it's recommended for a while, so I followed the
advice though I didn't suffer from the light.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com
Elca Branman on wed 27 dec 00
Nice to find you acting on the biblical injuction to"Cast out (forth?)the
scales from your eyes".
Enjoy your nwew found vision.
Elca ..groping blindly for the keys on computer
> after 62 years of thick glasses, well this is a transition. but,
> without
> doubt, a miracle for me.
> mel
>
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Ann Brink on wed 27 dec 00
Hi Mel, glad you told us how your eyes are doing- such a relief to you that
they are much improved, I'm sure.
I know what you mean about "brain adjustment" ; I had cataract surgery done
on both eyes 3 yrs. ago (after years of thick glasses) and got implants
which are about right for reading, and the wheel. At first though, things
seemed to have extra width- like my hand would change in length visually
depending on how I turned it. I would swear my pots were off round, and
realized it was my eyes playing tricks on me when I turned the wheel and
they still looked off a little. But the good news: within several months,
don't remember exactly when, my brain adjusted.
Look forward to seeing the new pot pictures on your site.
Ann Brink in CA, grabbing a few minutes on the computer - visiting
grandsons are playing Tonka Trucks on the other computer. And yes, they
also play Tonka trucks in the dirt.
Mel wrote:
> i do see my pots on the wheel better than i have ever in my life.
> amazing.
>
> it is going to take about six months for all the parts of the puzzle
> to come together...focus, distance, brain adjustment...but, it is
> doing much better than i ever expected...doctor thinks so too.
> after 62 years of thick glasses, well this is a transition. but, without
> doubt, a miracle for me.
> mel
>
>
K Boyle on wed 27 dec 00
I remember getting contacts and feeling the same way, funny how
with glasses I feel, probably, a false sense of safety. I couldn't
do the contacts thing, kept getting too much junk in my eyes.
Hopefully I'll be brave enuff to undergo the lazer, hard to imagine -
sunglasses?!?
Can't wait to see Mel in a pair of those cool mirrored ones!
As far as pots, at my early stage of development I can't imagine this
experiment with colored underglazes and clear overglaze. Can't wait to see
the results.
I've also succumbed to the Blue's,,,tried the opal blue that was posted and
me likes!!!
finally a blue I can live with. Thanx to whoever posted it!
Cheers,
Kevin
nightbird pottery
btw does the sweatsuit have fuzzy little footies on 'em?!?
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> From: mel jacobson
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: firing today/eyes
> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 2:25 AM
>
> just for those interested.
> (have sweat suit on, and burned the bunny slippers.)
>
> have 85 pots in the kiln with dark blue slip/clear glaze.
> just started early reduction. (set of plates for my kitchen.
> added some pete's cranberry to those.)
>
> clear night, no wind to speak of. 4.5 degrees f.
> kiln at 1750f.
>
> i will post some images, good or bad, tomorrow on the website.
>
> safety issues:
> amazing how conscious i am about my eyes. i went to grind some
> pots the other day....GOD ALMIGHTY, GET YOUR SAFETY GLASSES!
> and i did...felt totally naked on my face. have three pair hanging
> in my tool area. won't saw, do anything without them.
> my old glasses were tempered...so it gave some measure of good
> protection, but now...geez, feel funny without them...cannot touch
> a spinning tool without cover. life sure is full of contrast.
>
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