Eric Suchman on fri 17 may 02
In the late 60's my parents bought a new set of dishes. They were made by
Corning and were made from the same ceramic material that the space craft
nose cones were made from . These plates could be dropped from chest high to
the floor and not break. The set of plates is intact to this day and is
still in daily use. Does any one have any idea what kind of clay or ceramic
material this could be?
Marianne Lombardo on fri 17 may 02
I remember something called melmac dinnerware, made of melamine, a plastic.
It looked like fine china.
Or maybe Corelle dinnerware? I think that was laminated melted glass.
> In the late 60's my parents bought a new set of dishes. They were made by
> Corning and were made from the same ceramic material that the space craft
> nose cones were made from . These plates could be dropped from chest high
to
> the floor and not break. The set of plates is intact to this day and is
> still in daily use. Does any one have any idea what kind of clay or
ceramic
> material this could be?
Hank Murrow on fri 17 may 02
>In the late 60's my parents bought a new set of dishes. They were made by
>Corning and were made from the same ceramic material that the space craft
>nose cones were made from . These plates could be dropped from chest high
to
>the floor and not break. The set of plates is intact to this day and is
>still in daily use. Does any one have any idea what kind of clay or
ceramic
>material this could be?
Dear Wonderer;
These were de-vitrified glass, that is, glass that had been
held at a certain temperature for a time and carefully cooled. The
glass then forms interlocking filamental crystals which toughen it.
Said to be a 'happy' accident in the Corning labs when a tech left
the annealing oven on while on vacation.....well, perhaps.
Best, Hank
Michele Williams on sat 18 may 02
It isn't melmac or corningware. I know the dishes he's referring to, quite
economical, really, compared to fine china--but you can take one of those
babies and throw it against a concrete wall and it doesn't even chip. Drop
the glasses, heck, the demonstrators THROW the glasses on the floor and they
don't crack or chip....impressive, and pretty, too. Company that sells them
frequents fairs, home decorator shows, home improvment shows, flea markets
(once in a while). I can't remember the name of the stuff. (Starts with an
F, I think) I want one of their patterns, too...
Michele Williams
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Subject: Re: Nose cone clay
> I remember something called melmac dinnerware, made of melamine, a
plastic.
> It looked like fine china.
>
> Or maybe Corelle dinnerware? I think that was laminated melted glass.
>
>
> > In the late 60's my parents bought a new set of dishes. They were made
by
> > Corning and were made from the same ceramic material that the space
craft
> > nose cones were made from . These plates could be dropped from chest
high
> to
> > the floor and not break. The set of plates is intact to this day and is
> > still in daily use. Does any one have any idea what kind of clay or
> ceramic
> > material this could be?
>
>
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Earl Brunner on sat 18 may 02
We have had Corel ware dishes (from Corning) for about as long as I can
remember. They are very break resistant. They are to my understanding
a glass material.
I am not sure that they are the same material as space shuttle tiles.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that they are not. The ceramic material used
on the space shuttle was used for its insulative qualities. It prevents
the shuttle from melting on re-entry.
Earl Brunner
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Behalf Of Hank Murrow
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:25 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Nose cone clay
>In the late 60's my parents bought a new set of dishes. They were made
by
>Corning and were made from the same ceramic material that the space
craft
>nose cones were made from . These plates could be dropped from chest
high to
>the floor and not break. The set of plates is intact to this day and
is
>still in daily use. Does any one have any idea what kind of clay or
ceramic
>material this could be?
Jim Murphy on sat 18 may 02
Corning sold its Consumer Products business to World Kitchen in 1998.
This quote from World Kitchen's website: "CORELLE=AE dinnerware is created
through a very special glass lamination process which thermally bonds two
clear "skin" layers of glass to a white or beige "core" layer. This
proprietary technique is unique to CORELLE."
Now if we can just determine what the "core" material is we can try to
reproduce this material in our kilns.
Jim
Kay Howard on mon 20 may 02
I don't know what it was made of, but it sounds like the Corning Centura =
ware that I got when first married in 1966--stark dead white ( I thought =
it would go with everything!) Despite the best efforts of two kids the =
damn stuff was indestructible. 26 years later I cheerfully lost custody =
of it. =20
Kay
Capricorn Clay
It's going to frost again tonight!
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