Juneau on sun 25 jan 04
Hi!
A friend who cannot get her e-mail to work with Clayart asked me to pose this question on her behalf. Do you know anyone who may be able to sell her some Albany Slip? I understand from her description that it's rare now, but she isn't interested in a substitute - she's searching for the real McCoy. Her work is beautiful; I know she'll make the most of it.
If you have information to share, please send me a note (juneaupup@yahoo.com) and I'll forward it along to her. Thank you so much for your help!
BTW: I also appreciate everyone's comments about the kiln vent. You convinced me - I've now got a Bailey's vent on order and am "breathing easier" about the whole thing. Thank you so much!
Happy Monday!
--Linda Juneaupup@yahoo.com
(Here in N. Virginia anticipating a no-work "snow day" so I can make it a "throw day"!)
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Jennifer Boyer on mon 26 jan 04
Anyone know what would be a fair price to charge for original Albany
Slip?
Jennifer
On Sunday, January 25, 2004, at 10:55 PM, Juneau wrote:
> Hi!
>
> A friend who cannot get her e-mail to work with Clayart asked me to
> pose this question on her behalf. Do you know anyone who may be able
> to sell her some Albany Slip? I understand from her description that
> it's rare now, but she isn't interested in a substitute - she's
> searching for the real McCoy. Her work is beautiful; I know she'll
> make the most of it.
>
> If you have information to share, please send me a note
> (juneaupup@yahoo.com) and I'll forward it along to her. Thank you so
> much for your help!
>
> Happy Monday!
> --Linda Juneaupup@yahoo.com
> (Here in N. Virginia anticipating a no-work "snow day" so I can make
> it a "throw day"!)
>
>
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John Britt on mon 26 jan 04
You you can find it in the back of the Ceramics Monthly- under ALBANY SLIP
in the classifieds. It might be on line in there classifieds too?
Hope that helps,
John Britt
Richard Aerni on mon 26 jan 04
Come on, Joe, give the "old timers" a break! Do "they" have it all? How
do we know if "they" are mute? Am I an old timer yet? I've got about
three bags left, and it's certainly more than I will use in a long time,
since I've found ways to get around using the actual Albany Slip. But, why
then should I send it off to someone I've never met? I try to live life
according to the golden rule, but that seems to be going a bit overboard!
You're right, there is still plenty of it around. I know a potter who
takes a road trip every now and then and scouts out deposits near road cuts
and such. He digs up a van load, dries it, sieves it, and uses it. He
might even be an old timer, but he's a hard working, go get it himself old
timer. I hope you are not thinking ill of him for not sharing with
everyone.
Best wishes,
Richard Aerni...not too serious
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:19:48 -0500, Joe Coniglio
wrote:
>Don't anybody all jump up at once.
>
>If I had it I'd ship you some.
>
>The old timers have it, and remain mute. Many will have more than
>they will ever use. I know a potter in Litchfield county who virtually has
>2 tons of it. Maybe potters equate having all that albany slip is like
>having money in the bank? It's the only way I can rationalize why so
>few are so forth coming with their private booty.
>
Joe Coniglio on mon 26 jan 04
Don't anybody all jump up at once.
If I had it I'd ship you some.
The old timers have it, and remain mute. Many will have more than
they will ever use. I know a potter in Litchfield county who virtually has
2 tons of it. Maybe potters equate having all that albany slip is like
having money in the bank? It's the only way I can rationalize why so
few are so forth coming with their private booty.
Like the wagon train cook said in City Slickers II.
It's hot, it's brown, and theirs still plenty of it.
Joe Coniglio on tue 27 jan 04
Dear Richard,
You made me laugh hard. I'm an antagonist. Sometimes its the only
only way to get a spark out of anybody. Gotcha. I do it at my own
expense most of the time.
What a generalist huh?
The good old days. 5 Gallon bucket, road cuts, found lots of very clean
clays this way. Didn't even bother to test them. Hand mixed with large
handfuls of grog as a poormans insurance it wouldn't melt down in
the universities kilns. I was lucky.
Never made any into slips. Really, the area was full of it.
Lord we had a 2 acre garden and in spring the shovels stuck to it and
we had to use a stick to pry it off the ends. It was all over the place. By
summer it was rock hard and a shovel could barely break it.
Thanks for writing and great to hear for you. I'm just blowing smoke.
Anyone with some time and a little ingenuity can have many fine
materials found in nature.
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