Lily Krakowski on sun 8 sep 02
Clifton;
Just being in and from Rochester, the home of the School for American
Craftsmen and the home of the (late) Shop One is enough to impress us all.
clifton wood writes:
> hi, steve.
>
> i'm sure you'll get a quick answer to your glaze mystery, but just in case you
> don't....
>
> i'm a recent convert to ian currie's glaze exploration method.
>
> seems to me (as a rabid novice) that this would be a swell answer to your problem.
>
> the hardest part is making a 35 compartment tile... but you could use 35 test tiles,
> numbered... or just roll out a slab and make a 5x7 grid of 35 thumb prints (damn,
> why didn't i think of this before? o, because i want the PPA to award me the most
> gorgeous original anal tile ribbon.)
>
> just take your original recipe & enter it in ian's web site. it will calculate 35
> variants of your glaze, varying ingredients.
>
> it also gives you 4 "corner" glazes, and the directions to use these 4 to mix the
> other 31.
>
> it sounds like a lot of work... but aside from making the tiles, i find it's a ton of
> fun. all you really need is 35 small containers - i use pee cups... the kind from
> the doctor. and a syring or kiddie liquid medicine dispenser...$2 from the pharmacy.
>
> all the rest of the recommended supplies are helpful if doing lots of experiments -
> graduated cylinder, etc - are nice, but not necessary for your single foray.
>
> i'm probably telling all this to someone who's used ian's method for years. owell,
> as i said, i'm a recent rabid convert.
>
> i'm so glad someone else will come up with a great, short answer, and i can be
> embarrassed and once again slink off to lurker status.
>
> won't someone please ask a question about rochester new york so that i can give a
> brief, correct answer for a change? i long to appear brilliant to my fellow clay
> arters. sigh.
>
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Lili Krakowski
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