Carol Tripp on sun 30 nov 03
Hi Cat,
You know, the ideas potters come up with never cease to amaze me. Food
warmers for handles - what a great idea. Too bad I sent both warmers and
the hostess trolley (do people actually use those?)to the godown years ago.
When we moved in here, the villa was furnished and set up for mass
entertaining which we have never done and can't now because I got rid of all
the china, crystal and the food warmers and trolley too! And I won't even
discuss the dining room table which seats eight easily but is covered and I
mean covered with files, papers and homework. We eat in the kitchen or on
the patio if guests come over. (OT: I saw a show-stopper of a hostess
trolley the other day. It was all in gold metal with a complicated vine
motif. Who designed it; a craftsman, an artist or a nutcase?)
But if I ever see another food warmer, I'll snap it up for sure.
And the toaster oven for polymer clay is a good one too. I'd been wondering
if polymer users had a second oven and I hadn't thought of toaster ovens.
Next up, waffle irons for drying tiles...
Best regards,
Carol
Dubai, UAE
Where it is cool enough to wear a sweater until about 8.30 am. Winter's
here at last!
Cat wrote:
>Hi Jeremy! I don't use the microwave to speed dry but I do use a food
>warmer
>that you can plug in and the surface heats up. I'm not sure what type of
>pieces you want dried, or just hard so you can handbuild, but this warmer
>works
>great for me with handles and other things that I attach to my pottery. I
>didn't
>want to invest in a new food warmer so I checked out the local Goodwill
>store
>and found one for a couple of bucks. The surface is about 18 " long and
>about
>9 " wide. I have not found any problems in firing in accelerating the
>drying
>in this way. I just have to keep my eye on them so they don't get too dried
>out.
>
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