Alistair Gillies on tue 2 jul 02
Hi each,
Having just joined this group I have been very interested in this thread
as I live in Shropshire, England on the hill above the Ironbridge Gorge
which was a centre of tile making in the 19th century.
Notable amongst the companies were Maws & Co and Craven Dunhill but
there were other smaller predecessors and it is not uncommon to find
bits of tiles in the garden.
Anyway, the early makers [before dust pressing took over] used a
sandwich of clay to make their tiles - a thicker grogged layer between
two finer layers with the tension presumably being taken up by the
middle layer [filling?!].
I have an example from my garden which has been conveniently broken to
expose the layers and which has some other quirks which aid drying - I
would happily describe if there is interest.
All the best,
Alistair Gillies
About me:
I went to Art College in south Wales and worked in a couple of potteries
there. In 1982 moved to Shropshire to work for the Ironbridge Gorge
museum and my role was to carve models from which they would dust press
tiles for their conservation/restoration service. I also ran a small
slip casting workshop making reproductions of Maws slip ware.
From then its been a degree and then 12 Yrs teaching
Ceramics/Art/Graphic Design which I have recently resigned from -
wanting my life back, with the intention of doing what we call supply
teaching and starting to use clay again.
Wanda Holmes on tue 2 jul 02
Alister, please do describe in detail. Wanda
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Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 2:40 AM
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Subject: Warped Tiles [new member]
Hi each,
Having just joined this group I have been very interested in this thread
as I live in Shropshire, England on the hill above the Ironbridge Gorge
which was a centre of tile making in the 19th century.
Notable amongst the companies were Maws & Co and Craven Dunhill but
there were other smaller predecessors and it is not uncommon to find
bits of tiles in the garden.
Anyway, the early makers [before dust pressing took over] used a
sandwich of clay to make their tiles - a thicker grogged layer between
two finer layers with the tension presumably being taken up by the
middle layer [filling?!].
I have an example from my garden which has been conveniently broken to
expose the layers and which has some other quirks which aid drying - I
would happily describe if there is interest.
All the best,
Alistair Gillies
About me:
I went to Art College in south Wales and worked in a couple of potteries
there. In 1982 moved to Shropshire to work for the Ironbridge Gorge
museum and my role was to carve models from which they would dust press
tiles for their conservation/restoration service. I also ran a small
slip casting workshop making reproductions of Maws slip ware.
>From then its been a degree and then 12 Yrs teaching
Ceramics/Art/Graphic Design which I have recently resigned from -
wanting my life back, with the intention of doing what we call supply
teaching and starting to use clay again.
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