claybair on thu 16 jan 03
Just remember to wash or at the least dampen your wedging surface
if you are cutting & slamming. On a clay encrusted surface you
will be kicking up an awful lot of dust.
A while back a clayarter suggested slamming bagged clay on the floor.
I have wacked stiff & not so stiff clay with a rolling pin... also good
therapy...
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jenny Lewis
Hi all/guys/youse/folks/people/mudslingers
I learned the cutting and slamming type of wedging and have used it for
years. It's easiest for me and also, for those of us who go along to an
evening class after a hard day's work, it is great therapy and
relaxation. Boss getting on your nerves? SLAM! Public transport
acting silly? SLAM! Computer network crashed right in the middle of
complicated powerpoint thingy? SLAM! It's better than valium.
The other great advantage - and this is actually to do with making
pots: if the clay is a bit too hard to use, then do some cuttin n
slammin with a wodge of the hard clay and about the same amount of very
very soft, even sloppy goo out of the reclaim bin. After about 4 or 5
cuttings, it is starting to even up. After a few more you have nicely
blended clay just the way you want. And if it is still too hard you can
add some more sloppy.
So there you are, nice and relaxed and with a blob of perfect clay.
Jenny Lewis
in London
where the sun came out today
--
Jenny Lewis on thu 16 jan 03
Hi all/guys/youse/folks/people/mudslingers
I learned the cutting and slamming type of wedging and have used it for
years. It's easiest for me and also, for those of us who go along to an
evening class after a hard day's work, it is great therapy and
relaxation. Boss getting on your nerves? SLAM! Public transport
acting silly? SLAM! Computer network crashed right in the middle of
complicated powerpoint thingy? SLAM! It's better than valium.
The other great advantage - and this is actually to do with making
pots: if the clay is a bit too hard to use, then do some cuttin n
slammin with a wodge of the hard clay and about the same amount of very
very soft, even sloppy goo out of the reclaim bin. After about 4 or 5
cuttings, it is starting to even up. After a few more you have nicely
blended clay just the way you want. And if it is still too hard you can
add some more sloppy.
So there you are, nice and relaxed and with a blob of perfect clay.
Jenny Lewis
in London
where the sun came out today
--
Susan Cline on thu 16 jan 03
Hadn't thought about the cutting/slamming school of stress reduction therapy,
but it makes sense. I have been known to write "issues" or particular "names"
on pieces of paper before sending them through the office shredder. I shall
now transfer this method to my clay and hope I don't invoke any bad karma
along with the "issues" and "names." Clay is much more alive than paper, and
it has a memory, so I'd better be careful what kind of spirits I trap between
the slamming slabs......
Sue Cline
Cincinnati, Ohio -- where the anticipation of 2-3" of snow cripples the city .
. . .
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:51:28 +0000 Jenny Lewis wrote:
> Hi all/guys/youse/folks/people/mudslingers
>
> I learned the cutting and slamming type of
> wedging and have used it for
> years. It's easiest for me and also, for those
> of us who go along to an
> evening class after a hard day's work, it is
> great therapy and
> relaxation. Boss getting on your nerves?
> SLAM! Public transport
> acting silly? SLAM! Computer network crashed
> right in the middle of
> complicated powerpoint thingy? SLAM! It's
> better than valium.
>
> The other great advantage - and this is
> actually to do with making
> pots: if the clay is a bit too hard to use,
> then do some cuttin n
> slammin with a wodge of the hard clay and about
> the same amount of very
> very soft, even sloppy goo out of the reclaim
> bin. After about 4 or 5
> cuttings, it is starting to even up. After a
> few more you have nicely
> blended clay just the way you want. And if it
> is still too hard you can
> add some more sloppy.
>
> So there you are, nice and relaxed and with a
> blob of perfect clay.
>
> Jenny Lewis
> in London
> where the sun came out today
> --
>
>
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