Karen Sullivan on thu 25 sep 03
So....
I watched Michael Flynn construct some figurative
pieces....they were not large...
perhaps 12-14 inches tall.
His process was really interesting, as
the work was done in porcelain.
He had a profound appreciation for the figure...
that is a beginning of the story.
The figures would develop and on his work
table were groups of limbs...arms...legs...
and the clay figure would be almost bone
dry...
the amazing thing to watch was when he would
pull off an arm...take some slurry apply it
to the parts and re-attach the arm giving the
form a different gesture. It's how he makes
his figures look like they are dancing...
spinning on a pin....amazing absolutely astonishing.
So my first response was that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT???!!!"
I next asked...how do you do that...
His response was that he adds "Paper dust"
to his porcelain.
So...that is perhaps not paper clay...
it's a material he gets from paper/book making
suppliers...
So does anyone know what paper dust is?
Don't send me off to get toilet paper please.
If you don't know Michael Flynn's work...
look him up....
bamboo karen
wayneinkeywest on fri 26 sep 03
Actually, toilet paper makes wonderful paper dust,
especially the recycled stuff.
I put mine in a food processor with the shredding
blade on it...dry.
I have seen others use a blender; again, dry.
And one lady I know made a slurry of TP with
clear water, mixed it
with a KitchenAid Mixer, then spread it out to
dry on boards and crunched it up.
Whatever works for you.
Wayne in Key West
> I next asked...how do you do that...
> His response was that he adds "Paper dust"
> to his porcelain.
> So...that is perhaps not paper clay...
> it's a material he gets from paper/book making
> suppliers...
> So does anyone know what paper dust is?
> Don't send me off to get toilet paper please.
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