Craig Clark on thu 19 sep 02
Snail, do I detect a note of sarcasm? Really, what on earth is any self
respecting grad to do if they don't have what they truly need!?!? I mean, I
mean, ain't nothin but a $5000 hunk of machinery between her and art
stardom. The pain and angst that the poor soul is going through must be
overwhelming. The horror of it all! What on earth will she do?
If you're gonna describe the "what I'll do if I win the lottery or some
really rich guy gives me a bazillion dollars for a piece" type studio don't
forget the full time massage therapist for those lower back pains and the
personel trainer. Not to mention the janitorial staff.
I'd go for closer to ten thousand square feet of indoor space, vaulted
ceilings, state-o-the-art ventilation and air conditioning, my own clay
processing facility complete with self motivated, skilled attendants, an
anagama (on a hill side over looking some spectacular panarama either in the
Pacific Northwest, The Grand Tetons, or the Northern California coast), all
the refractories I could ever use to play and experiment with in multiple
kiln constructions, specific (fully outfitted of course) areas for hot
glass, a foundry, wood working, metal fabrication, sauna, sweat lodge, cold
pool, and a partridge in a pear tree.........
Guess I too will just have to set right here, in the dark, in the heart
of the 2nd or 1st most polluted city in the country (we really do love it
for some twisted reason that is beyond me).
Just waitin for those lottery winnings come rolling in
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 st
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Snail Scott"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: pugmill?
> 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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