BRIAN GUFFEY on mon 31 mar 03
ewwwww .... 1/4" is quite massive. if you have zero shrink clay i think =
that would work, but for general uses i think using something like 16 gua=
ge is the way to go ... even if its a large piece i would try 16 guage an=
d just biuld it up like a cage. besides, if your gonna use 1/4 inche, t=
hat is very hard to use (even bend) and boy is it a major pain. (i made m=
edieval chainmaille from that size stuff ... its like bending a buick aro=
und a light pole, requires too much force before you destroy it.)
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Alper
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:31 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Stainless steel and ceramic
I wonder if any ceramic sculptors have experience of reinforcing ceramic
sculptures with welded stainless steel armatures and firing the piece
with the steel embedded.
In this case the armatures are =BC diameter rod.
Any advice?
Thanks
Martin Alper
martin@martinalper.com =20
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Martin Alper on mon 31 mar 03
I wonder if any ceramic sculptors have experience of reinforcing ceramic
sculptures with welded stainless steel armatures and firing the piece
with the steel embedded.
In this case the armatures are =BC diameter rod.
Any advice?
Thanks
Martin Alper
martin@martinalper.com=20
=20
Phil Smith on mon 31 mar 03
Martin,
At NCECA I think it was Lana Wilson who used stainless steel
welding rod in her work. I believe she said it would fire to cone 10.
Maybe a test would be in order.
Phil...
LOWELL BAKER on tue 1 apr 03
I wrote a short response to a question about stainless steel pins in
ceramics that was published in this current CM. I think additional
writing I did about additives will follow.
W. Lowell Baker
The University of Alabama
Craig Dunn Clark on tue 1 apr 03
Both Pipenburg and Soldner use stainless rod in their work. I've never done
it but it is suppossed to work very well.
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 st
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Smith"
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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Stainless steel and ceramic
> Martin,
> At NCECA I think it was Lana Wilson who used stainless steel
> welding rod in her work. I believe she said it would fire to cone 10.
> Maybe a test would be in order.
>
> Phil...
>
>
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Jon Pacini on wed 2 apr 03
Martin wrote-"I wonder if any ceramic sculptors have experience of
reinforcing ceramic
sculptures with welded stainless steel armatures and firing the piece
with the steel embedded."
Greetings All----Jerry Rothman did some work incorporating Stainless Steel
and clay. Some very large works as I recall. The clay body he used was quite
course with minimal shrinkage. I think minimal shrinkage would be a key
factor in this type of process.
Jon Pacini
Clay Manager
Laguna Clay Co
iandol on tue 8 apr 03
It is an interesting fact that the hole in the centre of a piece of =
material has the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the material =
which surrounds the vacant space.
Ivor.
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