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exploding pots. was food safe oribe

updated mon 12 apr 04

 

Ivor and Olive Lewis on sun 11 apr 04


Dear Earl,
I always stayed away form the Azide Group. I suspect even the buzz of
a hovering mozzie could elicit a loud percussive effect. But I like
the thought of a geyser ejecting from the bathroom plughole.
Depositing the wet azide paste onto a soft new thrown pot and
detonating it with a drying torch might produce some new and
interesting forms, even perforations. Firing and glazing would, of
course out of necessity, be Raku.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia