Wade Blocker on wed 1 aug 01
Sara,
Safety depends whether the clay which is left bare is vitrified. Washing
dishes in the dishwasher with very hot water and strong detergent should
keep everything clean. Mia in ABQ
clay.music on wed 1 aug 01
The crackle glaze issue was intensely discussed at the co-op that I =
belong to today. Attention shifted to one of our potters who uses =
Opalescent ( a brand of premix) glazes and intentionally leaves bare =
spaces on the inside of her functional work. The effect of her design =
work is pleasant but just exactly how safe is a patch of bare clay on a =
plate or bowl that ostensibly could be used for food everyday? Needless =
to say the opinions of the potter's was varied and quite vocal. I =
offered to submit this to the group for more opinions. Anyone care to =
comment on this?
many thanks!
Sara O'Neill
Russel Fouts on thu 2 aug 01
Sara,
>> The crackle glaze issue was intensely discussed at the co-op that I belong to today. Attention shifted to one of our potters who uses Opalescent ( a brand of premix) glazes and intentionally leaves bare spaces on the inside of her functional work. The effect of her design
work is pleasant but just exactly how safe is a patch of bare clay on a
plate or bowl that ostensibly could be used for food everyday? Needless
to say the opinions of the potter's was varied and quite vocal. I
offered to submit this to the group for more opinions. Anyone care to
comment on this? <<
Depends on what the underlying body is. It it's properly vitrified
porcelain, I wouldn't give it a second thought. I've heard Lynn Bowers
criticized because her designs include patches of bare porcelain
(bunnies, turnips, sometimes "willies") until she points out that it's
porcelain.
I wouldn't worry about eating out of properly vitrified unglazed
stoneware either.
Personally, I've eaten off of and out of a lot of pottery that most
people wouldn't. But then that's just me.
(donning Carla's flame proof panties once again)
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
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Andie Carpenter on fri 3 aug 01
I have no idea if it's safe or not, but can share a story:
my husband bought me a soup & ladle set from a potter with a nice web store - the ladle handle and back of the ladle cup are unglazed. This worried me a bit, so I called & asked the potter if it was okay for food use. She said yes, I used it - and the first time I dipped it into a tub of gazpacho (a cold tomato soup) it stained. Can't get the reddish stains off - haven't used it since -
Andie
"clay.music" wrote:
> The crackle glaze issue was intensely discussed at the co-op that I belong to today. Attention shifted to one of our potters who uses Opalescent ( a brand of premix) glazes and intentionally leaves bare spaces on the inside of her functional work. The effect of her design work is pleasant but just exactly how safe is a patch of bare clay on a plate or bowl that ostensibly could be used for food everyday? Needless to say the opinions of the potter's was varied and quite vocal. I offered to submit this to the group for more opinions. Anyone care to comment on this?
>
> many thanks!
> Sara O'Neill
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