Graeme Anderson on fri 7 nov 03
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:19:45 +1000, John K Dellow
wrote:
>piedpotterhamelin@COMCAST.NET wrote:
>
>>A pug of clay prepared to insert into an extruder barrel is called a chum
and a chum is also the form used on the wheel head to hold a pot while it
is being trimmed.
>>
>>
>In an outer suburb of Brisbane Queensland Australia , there is a town
called " New Chum " . This town is the sight of one of the earliest pottery
industries in Australia . It got its name from the Chum used for turning
pots . The apprentice potters were called the " New Chums "and
>were only allowed to throw chums . IN colloquial Australian a new chum is
a new person ,in a work place etc.
>
>
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Hi John.
There are two opal fields here - New Chum and Old Chum - close to each
other.
I thought "chuck" was the form to hold a pot on the wheel for trimming.
And "chum" was a wood or plaster form to roughly shape a bat or slab of
clay before placing it in the mould for jiggering large hollow ware.
(Dodd's dictionary.)
Cheers. Graeme.
John K Dellow on sat 8 nov 03
Greame ,
I got the new chum story from the late Merv Feeney ,he was'nt very
clear on the actual meaning ,
but in the pottreys he worked in when he was young , the chum refered to
both types of chucks,
i.e inside ,outside .
He was a wealth of information and the last of his generation . I am as
far as I know the last tradditionally
trained terra-cotta potter still working in Queensland .
John .
>There are two opal fields here - New Chum and Old Chum - close to each
>other.
>
>I thought "chuck" was the form to hold a pot on the wheel for trimming.
>And "chum" was a wood or plaster form to roughly shape a bat or slab of
>clay before placing it in the mould for jiggering large hollow ware.
>(Dodd's dictionary.)
>
>Cheers. Graeme.
>
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