David Hendley on mon 27 jan 03
I use the "three-bucket" system in my studio. All water is used
3 times before it is finally evaporated away.
Clean fresh water goes into Bucket I, a 5 gallon pickle bucket.
This water is for washing off after throwing and at the end of the day.
From there, the water, now a little muddy, goes to the actual throwing
water container, a 2 gallon bucket that is an exact miniature of a 5
gallon bucket.
When the throwing water gets mucky, or starts to smell, it goes
to Bucket III, another 5 gallon bucket that will receive dried trimming
scraps and broken or deleted pots. Smelly water is a bonus here,
helping to make the resulting slip extra plastic when it is dried back
into workable clay in plaster sinks. This clay is reserved for pulling
handles and extruding.
In the winter, water from Buckets I & II is heated on the wood stove
in large tin cans as clay is prepared for throwing.
Water management, like time management, is not unique to big business.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david@farmpots.com
http://www.farmpots.com
Ann Brink on tue 28 jan 03
I also have a glazing "washbucket" in which hands and any items involved in
glazing are washed, using sponges. After a while, several months, quite a
lot of glaze has accumulated in the bucket, so I start a new clean bucket,
and test-fire the glaze, now named WB4 or 5 or 6. It's usually in the green
family, sometimes with the addition of some zircopax or ultrox I get a
rather decent aqua color. To tell the truth I have too many of these
"remainder" buckets here, and am mulling over ways to use them.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hendley"
> I use the "three-bucket" system in my studio. All water is used
> 3 times before it is finally evaporated away.
> Clean fresh water goes into Bucket I, a 5 gallon pickle bucket.
> This water is for washing off after throwing and at the end of the day.
>
> From there, the water, now a little muddy, goes to the actual throwing
> water container, a 2 gallon bucket that is an exact miniature of a 5
> gallon bucket.
>
> When the throwing water gets mucky, or starts to smell, it goes
> to Bucket III, another 5 gallon bucket that will receive dried trimming
> scraps and broken or deleted pots. "...(more)
a3 on tue 28 jan 03
Hi David...This sounds a lot like what happens to water in my studio! I
didn,t realize it was a system....Alice
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hendley"
To:
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: the three-bucket throwing water system
> I use the "three-bucket" system in my studio. All water is used
> 3 times before it is finally evaporated away.
> Clean fresh water goes into Bucket I, a 5 gallon pickle bucket.
> This water is for washing off after throwing and at the end of the day.
>
> >From there, the water, now a little muddy, goes to the actual throwing
> water container, a 2 gallon bucket that is an exact miniature of a 5
> gallon bucket.
>
> When the throwing water gets mucky, or starts to smell, it goes
> to Bucket III, another 5 gallon bucket that will receive dried trimming
> scraps and broken or deleted pots. Smelly water is a bonus here,
> helping to make the resulting slip extra plastic when it is dried back
> into workable clay in plaster sinks. This clay is reserved for pulling
> handles and extruding.
>
> In the winter, water from Buckets I & II is heated on the wood stove
> in large tin cans as clay is prepared for throwing.
>
> Water management, like time management, is not unique to big business.
>
> David Hendley
> Maydelle, Texas
> david@farmpots.com
> http://www.farmpots.com
>
>
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