Sheldon Bieber on thu 3 may 01
Hello,
I would also like to use a Shigaraki type clay. How or where does one
get a high mesh or lumpy feldspar as suggested by Rick Mahaffey? I know
that peop[le do bvut I can't learn where.
Shelly Bieber
Tony Ferguson on thu 3 may 01
Try wetting the feldspar and spread it out on a cookie
tray. Let it dry and then break it up. Wedge it into
your clay body like grog. Throw and bake just like
cake.
Tony Duluth MN
--- Sheldon Bieber wrote:
> Hello,
> I would also like to use a Shigaraki type clay. How
> or where does one
> get a high mesh or lumpy feldspar as suggested by
> Rick Mahaffey? I know
> that peop[le do bvut I can't learn where.
> Shelly Bieber
>
>
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Matt MacIntire on thu 3 may 01
Shelley wrote:
>> How or where does one get a high mesh or lumpy feldspar
There was a recent thread here about granular feldspar that is probably i=
n
the archives. Many people posted suggestions, ranging from grinding your
own, to salvaging tailings from a stone cutter, to buying prepared granul=
ar
feldspar or granite.
Granite chicken grit may be available at some feed stores and could be
purchases inexpensively. Granite, as you know, is part feldspar.
Another obvious option is to order a bag of granular Custer feldspar
directly from Pacer minerals.
look here:
http://www.pacerminerals.com/chips.html
I bought a bag from Pacer, and the feldspar is reasonably priced. BUT...
the shipping and handling costs were much more than I expected. Be sure =
to
find out these costs first.
What Pacer sells is -6 mesh and is a bit too coarse for normal size work,
but does produce that Shigaraki look at cone 9-10. I am currently screen=
ing
this to about 12 or 15 mesh and it looks better. Doesn't ooze out so muc=
h.
A window screen is a bit to fine. A little bit goes a long way. Don't
wedge in too much or it looks goofy.
If I had it to do over, I'd look more carefully at the granite chicken gr=
it
=66rom a feed store. If that worked it would be much cheaper to acquire
something locally.
good luck
Matt
Karen Sullivan on thu 3 may 01
I live in the west...california...and there
are granite outcroppings everywhere...
let's see decomposed granite is feldspatic...and
will melt at stoneware temps....so go hunting for
granite....don't know what you would do in kansas...
seems that 80% of the earth's surface is clay/silica
related...there should be some rocks somewhere near your
house...test them...
pinch pot...place a local rock in a pinch pot and fire to cone 10
and see what happens...I bet it will melt into
a glasslike bead...
bamboo karen
on 5/3/01 8:01 AM, Sheldon Bieber at shelybie@OPTONLINE.NET wrote:
> Hello,
> I would also like to use a Shigaraki type clay. How or where does one
> get a high mesh or lumpy feldspar as suggested by Rick Mahaffey? I know
> that peop[le do bvut I can't learn where.
> Shelly Bieber
>
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Stephen Grimmer on fri 4 may 01
If you email Pacer Minerals, producers of Custer feldspar, they can (will=
)
send you samples of 10 mesh and pebble spar. The 10 mesh may even be too =
big
for most hands. Other things to try are chicken scratch (local feed store=
)
and white 'play sand.' Wedge some in and fire a tile to see what happens.=
Be
careful, though, some sand contains considerable calcium, which will caus=
e
pop outs after firing.
Steve
--
Stephen Grimmer
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
> From: Sheldon Bieber
> Subject: Shigaraki+feldspar
>
> Hello,
> I would also like to use a Shigaraki type clay. How or where does one
> get a high mesh or lumpy feldspar as suggested by Rick Mahaffey? I know
> that peop[le do bvut I can't learn where.
> Shelly Bieber
>
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