John & Karen Hinz on fri 23 jan 04
I'm developing a nice collection of test tiles with the different glazes
and techniques I've tried. I was wondering if anyone has a great
suggestions as to how to keep them organized better than a big pile in a
box. I thought about using silicon caulking and mounting them on thin
masonite board. Just thought someone might have a neat idea that works
for them.
Thanks!
Karen
Monticello, Indiana
Laurie Kneppel on fri 23 jan 04
Hi Karen,
I decided I wanted to be able to look at test tiles of the glazes I am
currently using or have liked to use all in one place on one board. I
also wanted to be able to rotate out the ones I either didn't like or
don't use anymore. What I did was take a piece of particle board that I
had leftover from some other project that is about 3' x 4' x 3/4"
thick. I bought a box of cup hooks (either 1/2" or 1" seem best for me"
and used a permanent felt marker to divide the board into approx. 1
1/2-2" squares (whatever the size your test tiles are plus a little
room for a label). My test tiles are generally round and I use an old
biscuit cutter to cut them out of a thin slab so they are actually all
the same size and poked a hole at one edge to hang them. I drilled
holes in the particle board and screwed in the cup holders in the top
center of each square. I use removable labels on the squares (even
though I label the tiles, it's easier to read the paper labels on the
board) with the glaze name and temp. I also have labels running along
the side at the beginning of each row with the glaze temp and firing
type (R or O) The tiles hang on the cup hooks and even when the board
is just propped against the wall (I like it unattached so i can move it
if I want to). I like being able to change out the tiles that way and
was glad I didn't glue them down permanently. Besides when I move the
board they rattle real nice!
Laurie
Sacramento,
CA
On Jan 23, 2004, at 4:52 AM, John & Karen Hinz wrote:
> I'm developing a nice collection of test tiles with the different
> glazes
> and techniques I've tried. I was wondering if anyone has a great
> suggestions as to how to keep them organized better than a big pile in
> a
> box. I thought about using silicon caulking and mounting them on thin
> masonite board. Just thought someone might have a neat idea that works
> for them.
>
> Thanks!
> Karen
> Monticello, Indiana
>
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lela martens on fri 23 jan 04
I was getting tired of wasting time rummaging through files, boxes etc. so
I found a board in the garage, about 2 ft. by 3, dosen`t really matter.
Across the board hammered in small headed nails . The distant apart would
depend how big the tiles are. I made small bowls instead of tiles with my
favourite 2 clays,indented around the outside, with a hole in the side for
the nails to go through. A bowl of dark clay with the glaze, one with light
clay and the same glaze and a 3rd nail with a recipe card, with recipe of
front, fireing details, qwirks of the glaze on back in a small zip-lock bag.
And continue on. Now and then I cull those that I find myself not useing,
keeping the card in a file box. It works well for me because I don`t use a
great many different glazes and space is at a premium.
Best Wishes, Lela
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Lee Love on sat 24 jan 04
I have a numbering system I scraffito into all my tiles, but after the
tests come out of the glaze firing, I write their names on the tiles
with a sharpie. This way, I don't have to go back to the glaze book to
see exactly what the test is.
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LindaBlossom on sat 24 jan 04
I have tried the nail and hole in the tile technicque but because the tile
size varied it had limitaions. I mount a piece of low, loop pile carpet to
the wall and put velcro on the back of the tiles. When I am done with the
tiles, I store them in plastic shoe boxes that I label with what is in there
and keep almost everything for reference.
Linda
Ithaca, NY
> I'm developing a nice collection of test tiles with the different glazes
> and techniques I've tried. I was wondering if anyone has a great
> suggestions as to how to keep them organized better than a big pile in a
> box. I thought about using silicon caulking and mounting them on thin
> masonite board. Just thought someone might have a neat idea that works
>
=?iso-8859-1?q?Marilu=20Tejero?= on sun 25 jan 04
Mounting test tiles on a board is the best way.
You keep together all your results,
easy to examine them when looking for a glaze,
easy to store them, one board on top of another,
they can also be hang on a wall.
John & Karen Hinz wrote:
I thought about using silicon caulking and mounting them on thin masonite board.
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May Luk on tue 27 jan 04
Hiya;
Not for glaze, but....
I make many tile test for colour stains / slips / underglaze pencils
-anything to do with decorations. I buy this small rubber CD holder at Ikea
for =A31. There're 10 gutters to file 10 CDs. I can fit 30 tiles on one CD
holder. You can look thru the chips as if you are in a record store and I
can take them out, make combinations, like colour chips, when I'm playing
with designs.
The tiles also have holes, when they are out of date, I tied them up with a
string and put them away by groups. I have this old display rack - I found
on the street after the market's closed - with long hooks sticking out that
I hang them on.
I imagine it would be a nice way to show colourways when one is doing trade
shows.
Last year I went to a studio in west village in NY. They have the most
organized way to display glaze samples for the students.
; by cones and with thickness suggestions; on board and then display
fan-like like in a poster store. I was very impressed. I came back and tel=
l
my tutor about it. He said: "How's anybody going to learn that way?" Of
course he was joking.
May
London, UK
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