Snail Scott on wed 18 sep 02
At 05:29 PM 9/18/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Can a claybody be mixed like a glaze or must a pugmill be used...
No pugmill needed. No mixer, neither. Just add enough
water to make a slip of it, and use a drill mixer.
(Actually, put the water in the bucket first, THEN
add the clay. I like to dry-mix the recipe first.)
Then put it into canvas slings to drain the excess
water, or leave it in the buckets 'til it turns into
clay. Not as immediate as a pugmill, but well-slaked -
nice and plastic! And not really much more work.
There are many other low-tech methods out there, too.
I ran into a student from the local university
recently. She said "I want to set up my own studio
but I can't, because I can't afford a pugmill yet."
AAAARGH!!! (whimper...)
-Snail,
who wanted to make some art today, but can't, 'cuz
I haven't got a super-duper computer-controlled ^15
downdraft car kiln, or a 500-amp TIG welder, or
a 200-ton hydraulic ram press, or a comprehensive
selection of all the pigments and binders known to
man, or a 3000-square-foot studio with north light
and a 10-ton bridge crane and a loading dock and 5
full-time assistants to do all the actual work...
I haven't got a pugmill, either. Guess I'll just
sit here in the dark.
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