barbara arner on thu 15 aug 02
Hello to all-
Without a pugmill, can someone tell me what the best way to recycle clay is? To let it dry out and then add water, and then what?
And on that note, does anyone recycle glaze? I have learned that if you rinse the glaze off the bottoms of your pots (and for whatever else) and use a continual water bucket for this, the glaze accumulates. Then can you add some sort of chemicals to make a new glaze? I'm using Minnesota Clay Glazes to ^6 oxidation.
Thanks for your feedback. Have fun potting!
-Barbara (:
Snail Scott on fri 16 aug 02
At 04:10 PM 8/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
I have learned that if you rinse the glaze off the bottoms of your pots
(and for whatever else) and use a continual water bucket for this, the
glaze accumulates. Then can you add some sort of chemicals to make a new
glaze? I'm using Minnesota Clay Glazes to ^6 oxidation.
If all your glazes are ^6, then the resulting 'scrap glaze'
will be, too. Just test some on a tile, to get some idea of
how it will act. Sometimes scrap glazes look great! I
wouldn't do a line of production ware with the stuff,
though, since the composition will vary depending on what
goes into it.
-Snail
Christena Schafale on fri 16 aug 02
Barbara,
For recycling clays, I find it works best to dry the scraps out, then cover
with water to rehydrate. Then I leave the mixture to dry uncovered in a
shallow container, piling it up as it gets stiff enough. When it is
approaching throwing consistency, I wedge and bag it.
I also recycle glazes. I have three glaze rinse buckets in my studio --
one for high-iron glazes, one for blues and greens, and one for
clear/white. I rinse all my glaze-covered tools, sponges, hands, etc. in
these buckets. Every so often, I decant the clear water, and put the
settled glaze material into a bucket. When the mood strikes, I sieve and
test the recovered glazes. I've gotten some very nice glazes this way,
without adding anything extra. It depends what you put in, of course, but
sorting the recycle by color this way prevents me from getting the yucky
mud brown-green that can happen when you put it all in the same bucket.
Chris
At 04:10 PM 8/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello to all-
>Without a pugmill, can someone tell me what the best way to recycle clay
>is? To let it dry out and then add water, and then what?
>And on that note, does anyone recycle glaze? I have learned that if you
>rinse the glaze off the bottoms of your pots (and for whatever else) and
>use a continual water bucket for this, the glaze accumulates. Then can you
>add some sort of chemicals to make a new glaze? I'm using Minnesota Clay
>Glazes to ^6 oxidation.
>Thanks for your feedback. Have fun potting!
>-Barbara (:
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Evan Clifford on fri 16 aug 02
What you can do is let the clay dry out in buckets. Then add water.
The clay will turn into kind of a pulpy mess. Take this slip and pour
it onto a big plaster tile (Ours is a 2.5 inch thick, 2 foot wide disk).
When it thickens up, take it off of the tile and wedge it.
-Evan
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Subject: recycling clay and glaze
Hello to all-
Without a pugmill, can someone tell me what the best way to recycle clay
is? To let it dry out and then add water, and then what?
And on that note, does anyone recycle glaze? I have learned that if you
rinse the glaze off the bottoms of your pots (and for whatever else) and
use a continual water bucket for this, the glaze accumulates. Then can
you add some sort of chemicals to make a new glaze? I'm using Minnesota
Clay Glazes to ^6 oxidation.
Thanks for your feedback. Have fun potting!
-Barbara (:
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vince pitelka on fri 16 aug 02
> Without a pugmill, can someone tell me what the best way to recycle clay
is? To let it dry out and then add water, and then what?
Barbara -
If you can find a copy of my September 2001 Claytimes column, called "Mixing
Metaphors," I give the complete rundown on how to recycle clay or mix clay
from raw materials on a budget. You can set yourself up with a hell of a
claymixing operation for a few hundred bucks, and you will end up with clay
that is much more plastic than when produced with an expensive claymixer.
If you cannot find a copy, email me and I will send it as an attachment.
Best wishes -
- Vince
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Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
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Lisa-Marie Serafin on mon 19 aug 02
At the Blue Door Clay Studio in Winnipeg where I worked for 3 years, we
never dried out the recycled clay. Everyone simply chucked their scrap clay
into a big 5 gallon bucket, water and all. When the bucket was full (within
6 inches of the top) we simply blunged the clay using a drill with a mixer
end attached, adding water while we went, getting it smooth like cake
batter. (It can take a real long time to mix smooth, but it's much less
dusty this way. ) Then we poured the clay onto plaster slabs and let it dry
up a bit (takes about 5 - 14 days depending on the weather/humidity/temp in
the studio) to the point where we could grab a corner and the clay would
peel off the slab easily. Then we'd wedge it and store it in big Rubbermaid
storage buckets. Worked for us.
Lisa-Marie Serafin
Buckingham, Quebec
-----Original Message-----
From: barbara arner
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:19 AM
Subject: recycling clay and glaze
Hello to all-
Without a pugmill, can someone tell me what the best way to recycle clay is?
To let it dry out and then add water, and then what?
And on that note, does anyone recycle glaze? I have learned that if you
rinse the glaze off the bottoms of your pots (and for whatever else) and use
a continual water bucket for this, the glaze accumulates. Then can you add
some sort of chemicals to make a new glaze? I'm using Minnesota Clay Glazes
to ^6 oxidation.
Thanks for your feedback. Have fun potting!
-Barbara (:
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