Russel Fouts on thu 3 jun 04
Well, my kiln didn't get up to the requisite 1300c in the time I allowed so
the pots were about 60c short. I can't leave the kiln running when I'm not
home so I had to turn it off before I went to work after running it over night.
In any case, the pieces all came out great! A little warpage but not much,
nothing cracked and it's all translucent. It's not completely white though.
More like a slightly cream color, still nice, though. And with a smooth,
"sugary" surface.
The bowl built out of very, thin torn slabs came out wonderful. It's a
whole new dimension for these pieces. LIGHT!
Carla, if you're listening, please make Tom knows and tell him thanks!
Now I need to find a European porcelain that's as nice to work with. No way
I can afford to work with this. ;-)
Russel
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Elizabeth,
>> So far I've been successful using the Standard #365 ^ 6 Grolleg Porc.
Now I want to try Southern Ice, just to see what all the fuss is
about! I'm also curious to know if anyone has tried the Standard #601 Tom
Turner Porcelain ^ 6? <<
With all this talk about porcelaine I decided to try the sample of Tom
Turner's "Turner's Best", Standard 600 that I picked up at NCECA.
I haven't fired it yet but it handbuilds and dries beautifully. I only made
small pieces because I've only got a kilo. I didn't treat it any
differently than my normal clay (which Carla calls "god's own clay"). I was
able to make really thin slabs, join pieces easily (without slipping and
scoring or using vineagar) and it pinched beautifully. One nice thing about
the pinching is that when the piece seems quite dry (no longer cool to the
touch) you can still "wake it up again" by gently pinching and then
continue. A property I also found in "Loafer's Glory".
I made a couple of pinch pots, a couple of tea cups and a small bowl made
out of very thin, torn and wrinkled slabs (a more challenging piece with
any clay)
It will probably all go to hell in the kiln though. ;-)
Russel
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