claybair on thu 9 jan 03
I've taken a few unused triangular posts & filed some
grooves in the top like so:
/ \""""""U""""""U""""""U""""""/_ \ __________________
They make great supports for bead wire and I am not limited to a fixed form.
Though I haven't tried it, I bet they can be stacked crosswise. If your wire
is too thin and you are concerned about the wire sagging use 3 or 4 of them
for support.
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
Millie Carpenter on thu 9 jan 03
Melinda & Andi
both of you do incredible work! I have one question for both of you.
To what cone do you
fire? what kind of bead tree-bead wire support do you use to glaze so
completly?
thanks
Millie in Md. Last week snow-this week this week sunny and upper 60's,
my poor little
crocuses are going to pop up and then be so confused when it snows again
next week.
Md weather is inconsistant to say the least
melinda willis wrote:
>Hi Andi,
>I just posted some pictures of the tools that I use for carving my beads
>if you are interested in looking at them. They are in the Odds and Ends
>album. All of the work (except the two ginkgo jars) are made with an 04
>imitation porcelain throwing body (Clay And Glazes, James Chappell, )
>that I find, just about as finicky as any porcelain that I have ever
>carved. I made the two wire tools in the middle out of piano wire from
>Ace Hardware and after a little use they get a nice sharp edge on them
>that just shaves that clay right off. I usually buy the thinnest wire
>they have... you may think it's too flimsy but if you bend the end the
>right way, they are good sturdy tips for this delicate work. I'll post
>some pictures of the bent wires before they are epoxied into the tubes.
> I have always stored my small work (even Porcelain) in Tupperware
>containers with a slightly damp rag or paper towel until I am completely
>finished with them.
> I hope something I have said has helped!
>Melinda
>
> http://www.PictureTrail.com/mel61844
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Andi Fasimpaur on thu 9 jan 03
At 01:09 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Melinda & Andi both of you do incredible work! I have one question for
>both of you. To what cone do you fire? what kind of bead tree-bead wire
>support do you use to glaze so completly?
I've been thinking about adding a page off of my tips and techniques page
(haven't done much with it recently) which more or less answers this
question and shows photos of the inside of my kiln after a firing...
I've experimented with a lot of different wires and firing techniques...
I'm fairly happy with the kemper high temperature wires. I actually fire in
all different ranges. My pit-fired work is bisqued and then glazed and
pre-fired in an electric kiln to ^05 (worst case scenario, the thermal
shock of the pit causes the glaze to craze and the crackle gets smoked for
a wonderful finish... actually, *WORST* case scenario, the glaze boils in
the pit and we have to re-fire in the electric kiln...) I also do a lot of
work at ^6 and the new pierced beads are fired to ^9 cause that's what my
new little kiln is rated for... I've actually been suspending the pierced
beads on loops of Kemper's High Temp "Stamen" wire and then stringing the
loops onto porcelain bars that i bought from Axner...
For a bead tree, I use these weird porcelain things that I picked up at a
surplus store... first I broke one of the little points off and fired it to
^10 in a small porcelain bowl to see if it would melt, then I fired a
couple of them to see if they'd warp or anything, and now that they've all
been fired to ^10 with no mishaps, I recklessly use them to support shelves
or whatever I need to do... I also suspend wires between spare posts or
broken posts, etc... (BTW I'm always looking for broken bits of kiln
furniture... if anyone has a box of broken posts laying around, I'd happily
find a way to take it off your hands...)
I'll sit down with frontpage over the weekend some time and try to get a
page uploaded with photos of this stuff so it makes sense.
Well, I'm off to dance my little heart out... More later!
Andi
http://www.mysticspiral.com
Dean Walker on fri 10 jan 03
I saw the fantastic beads by Melinda. They bought me much joy !. I will
need to order some for inspiration. My beads look like crap.
Dean
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