Marie Gibbons on mon 16 jul 01
I am in process of building a studio, and am thinking of cement counter
top... i do alot of slab work, and like throwing on cement, I will also have
a pad of probably 4' square outside on the ground for throwing larger slabs,
I can do 25 lbs at one time, and get a slab about 28 or 29 inches high and
about 15inches wide...
for cement countertop you would have to have a good solid frame work for it,
as it would be heavy but it wouldn't chip like plaster... you could finish it
smooth so it didn't leave texture, or as i prefer broom it and have a rough
texture to the clay that you can always smooth out if you don't want it.
marie gibbons
www.oooladies.com
Snail Scott on tue 17 jul 01
At 11:23 PM 7/16/01 EDT, you wrote:
>I am in process of building a studio, and am thinking of cement counter
>top...
How 'bout that cement backer board that's
sold for tile-setting? Quick, convenient,
and lightweight, though you'd have to
anchor it.
-Snail
Latka Land on wed 18 jul 01
Snail,
For a wedging table cement backer board would be good. For a working
surface slicker is
better, clean is good and slick is easy to clean Formica or ideally glass.
Sincerely,
Tom Latka
latka@fone.net
http://www.ceramicsite.com
From: "Snail Scott"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: work surface
> At 11:23 PM 7/16/01 EDT, you wrote:
> >I am in process of building a studio, and am thinking of cement counter
> >top...
>
> How 'bout that cement backer board that's
> sold for tile-setting? Quick, convenient,
> and lightweight, though you'd have to
> anchor it.
> -Snail
>
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ASHPOTS@AOL.COM on thu 19 jul 01
in my studio i have a table that ia made up of plywood 2x4s, 4x4s. On the
surface i have dry wall . I have taped the edges. I also use it for writing
messages if nothing else is available. Like when the phone rings and you are
really into something and you dont want to look for a piece of paper.
Also once it is trashed it is easy to replace. It last for years and i find
it the perfect clay surface
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Snail Scott on thu 19 jul 01
At 08:20 PM 7/18/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Snail,
>For a wedging table cement backer board would be good. For a working
>surface slicker is
>better, clean is good and slick is easy to clean Formica or ideally glass.
>Sincerely,
>
>Tom Latka
I use those pre-made four-foot sections of
formica countertop with the built-in backsplash
as workbenches on one wall of my studio, but
I don't use them for clay, just other stuff.
(Wax bench for bronze casting, and metal-chasing
and fabrication bench for general metalwork.)
I don't do much tabletop work in clay.
I build all my sculpture on knee-high wheeled
stands in the middle of the floor. I put lazy-
susan turntables (two-foot diameter) on top of
those, and put a piece of wallboard on top of
that. I cover the wallboard with thin fabric,
and the clay goes on top of that. (For really
heavy work, I'll put plywood under the wallboard
when transporting.)
The drywall lets the bottom of the piece dry
more evenly than a non-porous surface would, and
the fabric allows for shrinkage during drying.
After I'm done working, I generally move the
piece (on the drywall) to a milk crate or an old
kiln stand, to let the drywall ventilate from
underneath.
-Snail
Russel Fouts on fri 20 jul 01
About concrete work surfaces, If I built a frame around a current table top,
then mixed and put in the "reddy mix", how thin could the concrete be and
resist cracking if, say, a 10 kilo weight (a bag of clay) were repeatedly
thrown down on it?
Would something like nylon fiber or paper fiber or some kind of
re-enforcement mixed into the concrete help?
I think the flexibility/flexibility of the table top might also be a factor.
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
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