clifton wood on wed 1 sep 04
hi, everyone.
i decided to make clay whistles for the rug rats in my life.
haven't made them before... but following janet moniot's great
instructions, i've finished 6 prototypes & they all work at bone dry state.
but
janet's book doesn't talk about glazing.
i want to fire them to cone 10.
any tips about glazing whistles?
does the sound change?
any thing to avoid?
thanks.
clifton, norwich & sabra
Kate Johnson on wed 1 sep 04
> hi, everyone.
>
> i decided to make clay whistles for the rug rats in my life.
>
> haven't made them before... but following janet moniot's great
> instructions, i've finished 6 prototypes & they all work at bone dry
> state.
Oh, oh, tell me where to find the instructions!! I tried a different site's
instructions and got nada sound out of them, and I love whistles...
Best--
Kate
Scott Harrison on wed 1 sep 04
We fire them to cone 5 and they work fine. Just keep glaze out of the
air passage on the mouthpiece. It seems they get a little brighter
sounding after the firing. Must be the resonance of the vitrified clay.
My beginners are just adding the mouthpieces today!
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods
On the Ave of the Giants
Upstate CA
On Sep 1, 2004, at 3:58 PM, clifton wood wrote:
> i want to fire them to cone 10.
>
> any tips about glazing whistles?
>
> does the sound change?
>
> any thing to avoid?
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
>
> clifton, norwich & sabra
>
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Sue Beach on thu 2 sep 04
When I've made whistles & flutes, I have either left them plain or stained them
with red iron oxide or coated them in colored slips & carved designs through the
slip, but I have not tried to glaze them. Slip & stain worked well & did not
noticeably change the sound.
Sue Beach
Potters Council Member
in the countryside outside Muncie, IN where the farmer who rents our back field
cut the hay yesterday evening and the smell of new-cut hay drifted in the open
windows all night - lovely, earthy smell
Darnie Sizemore on thu 2 sep 04
Clifton,
Make sure when you glaze the whistles you avoide
getting glaze into the blow hole section and the
actual angles that make the sound. the glaze can fill
in those areas and make them not work anymore.
I have taken my whistles to cone 6 and they work fine,
the tone will change slightly.
I have never taken my whistles to cone 10, I hope that
it works for you,
Darnie
--- clifton wood wrote:
> hi, everyone.
>
> i decided to make clay whistles for the rug rats in
> my life.
>
> haven't made them before... but following janet
> moniot's great
> instructions, i've finished 6 prototypes & they all
> work at bone dry state.
>
> but
>
> janet's book doesn't talk about glazing.
>
> i want to fire them to cone 10.
>
> any tips about glazing whistles?
>
> does the sound change?
>
> any thing to avoid?
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
>
> clifton, norwich & sabra
>
>
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Earl Brunner on thu 2 sep 04
Keep glaze out of the throat of the whistle and out of the "reed" part. I
do this by putting some moist clay in there while glazing 9I bisque them
first), then removing it with a needle tool. Glaze in those areas can and
will affect the sound, possibly causing it not to whistle at all.
It's good they whistle in the bone dry stage if they don't, they won't
later. The ankle biters should like them.
Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV
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Subject: glazing whistles?
hi, everyone.
i decided to make clay whistles for the rug rats in my life.
haven't made them before... but following janet moniot's great
instructions, i've finished 6 prototypes & they all work at bone dry state.
but
janet's book doesn't talk about glazing.
i want to fire them to cone 10.
any tips about glazing whistles?
does the sound change?
any thing to avoid?
thanks.
clifton, norwich & sabra
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Vince Pitelka on thu 2 sep 04
> janet's book doesn't talk about glazing.
> i want to fire them to cone 10.
Don't glaze the inside of the resonating chamber or the mouthpiece/orifice.
Keep the glaze away from the orifice and the sound hole. If you get any
glaze in those areas the sound will change a lot. Pardon my quirky sense of
humor, but you will end up with a whistle that lots of people will
appreciate, because it will be completely silent.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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