Susan Setley on sat 15 nov 03
In a message dated 11/15/03 9:09:29 PM, mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET writes:
<< Begging your pardon Susan. but your analogy does not work. Singing arias
requires talent. Tapping to center does not.
All it requires is infinite patience, and, alas, patience with "stupid" tasks
is not prized these days, >>
It isn't? So anyone who has not yet learned to tap to center efficiently has
no patience? I think I have patience. :)
lili krakowski on sat 15 nov 03
Begging your pardon Susan. but your analogy does not work. Singing =
arias requires talent. Tapping to center does not.
All it requires is infinite patience, and, alas, patience with "stupid" =
tasks is not prized these days,
A weighted can is good. But to start, mark a bat, on the outside edge =
with whiteout, or nail polish--anything that makes a clear mark. Just a =
line. (Same idea as I proposed a week or so ago for determining how =
fast the wheel turns.) Or you can mark the wheelhead.
Turning your wheel SOWLY , cry "Boo" or some other meaningful battle cry =
beloved of your people, whenever that mark passes a given spot. You =
might hold a pencil or a chopstick pointed at the wheelhead. Do this =
really boring little task till your entire body is in synch with the =
wheel, and your cry comes at just the right moment every time.
Now put down the pencil, and every time the mark comes round, tap the =
mark with your index. Do this till you do it flawlessly.
THEN you get that 3 lb coffee can (no difference if decaffeinated or =
not!) and put it on the wheel well off center. Start turning the wheel =
slowly and think of the "protrusion" as the mark. Tap with your index, =
of several fingers--that too makes no never mind.
Three hours now have gone by. You now may go and have a nice tuna =
fish sandwich on rye toast and a nice cuppa'tea knowing you have =
mastered a skill, and, if you order a GG you will do so out of desire =
not need. Ain't that grand?
Kristina. Your message confuses me. Let me see. You have diverse paw =
prints in clay. The tiles with the prints have been bisqued. You are =
painting the inside part, the recessed parts of the prints themselves, =
with one kind of glaze. You then want to paint the outside, the part =
sans print, with another glaze. One glaze in the raw state is tinted =
blue, and one is tinted pink.
Have I figured this out so far? Ok. Where the glazes meet and overlap =
or touch you may or may not have a fuzzy "bleeding"part depending on =
what is in the glazes. If one is clear and one is dark the overlaps are =
likely to look in-between-but-un-blended.
What would happen, kinda, if you pour beaten egg into boiling broth--you =
know what Eggdrop soup looks like? something akin.
If one of the glazes did not take well, esp. the clear, retouching with =
a brush should be ok. DO NOT "paint" ; DAB. Load the brush well and =
dab, recharging the brush for every dab. When the glaze is good and dry =
put your mask on and genty gently (like brushing a fuzzy off a sleeping =
baby's brow) rub the dabs down a bit so they do not stick up to much.
Lili Krakowski
Constableville, NY
Lesley Alexander on sun 16 nov 03
Thanks for that description Lili. I'll try again! Lesley the semi-lurker out
here in California.
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