Pat Southwood on thu 17 oct 02
John Peele ,
( Oh, that name means so much at my age, slightly misspelt in G.B.)
Silicon Carbide is carborundum, so I think its "close enough for folk " It
might have different properties but its mostly the same stuff.
If you or anyone else ever gets the chance to go to Lanzarote in the Canary
Islands, it is fantastic.
Some of it by the beaches is clubland and tourist eugh, but moving out
of the obvious areas, it is where they sent the first astronaughts to get
some idea of the surface of the moon , when the plane lands your jaw drops.
Oh my God, they have left me on a building site!.
Once you get your eye in you can see that lichens and low growing plants are
beginning to establish themselves, One can go on an environmentally o.k.
tour through an entire volcanic valley, the whole island is a designated
unesco biosphere, which means it is protected underwater, on the land and
in the sky.
The best bit is that a sculptor called Cesa/r Manrique who left Lanzarote
and got famous with Picasso and chums, came back and said what dreadfullnes
was happening around the Balearics generally and offered to design the
tourist attractions , which were all of natural origin, "in the best
possible taste" in exchange for some aesthetic bylaws, no hoardings, no
buildings more than 3 storeys high, every building kept repainted yearly
etc....
He has encouraged the notion of a piece of sculpture at the centre of every
roundabout.
Lanzarote is a very windy place and a lot of his sculptures incorporate
movement.
At one, unbelievably tastefull , tourist attraction, amidst the latent
volcanoes, one can have ones steak cooked by volvanically heated barbeque.
We went 2 years ago with me 39, husb. 47, girl, 4, boy 9. best family
holiday ever.
I know that I am gushing but it does things to me at a very basic , almost
geological level. The rest of the family had a really grate time for their
own reasons, but it was the moonscape/landscape that did it for me. WOW.
Best,
wishing I was there now,
Pat.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Peelle"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:42 PM
Subject: Volcanic ash
> Question?--Are Volcanic ash and pumice close enough to be substituted for
> each other in a glaze recipe? I have a recipe that calls for volcanic ash
> and I have pumice-----perhaps they are the same thing??
>
> TIA,
> Lyn
>
>
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