chris campbell/southern ice paper clay

updated mon 27 sep 04

Joyce LEE on thu 16 sep 04

Thank you, Chris, for the wonderful insight into the
How Does She Do That???!!! for paper clay created
by using Southern Ice.=20

I still have about 50 pounds
of Southern Ice, which I've been able to use for smaller
pots .... mugs,
sauce bowls, little decorative plates....... but continue
to have failures when throwing or handbuilding taller
pots. I've long been tempted by paper clay ...... so don't
remove the instructions from your website, please, until
I can get my printer going again. As usual, your
instructions are complete, concise and easy to follow!
What a boon you are to the rest of us!

Joyce
In the Mojave as concerned as the rest of the world about
the storms lashing so many of our claybuds..... Peter, Wayne,
Nan, June, Josie ... e-mail me, please, if you're reading this.....
better yet, e-mail Clayart. I receive daily posts from
concerned clayarters who share my concerns. WE had a
small but sharply jolting earthquake here yesterday or the
day before...... centered very near to my scrub acreage.....
sooo minor compared to what you must be experiencing.

L. P. Skeen on thu 16 sep 04

Joyce,

In case Wayne doesn't have time to reply, since I'm sure he's busy removing
shutters from customers' homes, they left here on Tuesday morning and called
me from home last night (Weds.). They're all safe, but he didn't mention
damage at the house. Boy what FUN to have them here! :)

L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joyce LEE"
In the Mojave as concerned as the rest of the world about
the storms lashing so many of our claybuds..... Peter, Wayne, Nan, June,
Josie ... e-mail me, please, if you're reading this..... better yet, e-mail
Clayart.

Dorothy Feibleman on fri 17 sep 04

Dear Chris or Joyce,

Since you ended up or want to use your Southern Ice for paper clay, if you
have time, please tell me the reasons why you haven`t used it. Is it
because you do not like using Southern Ice? I know why I don`t like using
it, but my work is not thrown or hand built in the usual ways, so, it is
not practical for what I do. I probably know why, but I am curious about
other people`s experiences. Is there a white porcelain in the US that is
nice generally to use? Just curious.

Dorothy




>Thank you, Chris, for the wonderful insight into the
>How Does She Do That???!!! for paper clay created
>by using Southern Ice.
>
> I still have about 50 pounds
>of Southern Ice, which I've been able to use for smaller
> pots .... mugs,
>sauce bowls, little decorative plates....... but continue
>to have failures when throwing or handbuilding taller
>pots. I've long been tempted by paper clay ...... so don't
>remove the instructions from your website, please, until
>I can get my printer going again. As usual, your
>instructions are complete, concise and easy to follow!
>What a boon you are to the rest of us!
>
>Joyce
>In the Mojave as concerned as the rest of the world about
>the storms lashing so many of our claybuds..... Peter, Wayne,
>Nan, June, Josie ... e-mail me, please, if you're reading this.....
>better yet, e-mail Clayart. I receive daily posts from
>concerned clayarters who share my concerns. WE had a
>small but sharply jolting earthquake here yesterday or the
>day before...... centered very near to my scrub acreage.....
>sooo minor compared to what you must be experiencing.
>
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ccpottery@BELLSOUTH.NET on sat 18 sep 04

Dorothy asked ....

'Since you ended up or want to use your Southern Ice for paper clay, if you
have time, please tell me the reasons why you haven`t used it. Is it
because you do not like using Southern Ice?'


Actually, I am one of the biggest fans of Southern Ice as I love
how wonderfully translucent it is after firing ... and how beautifully
white it is ... and how well it takes color. I have lots of it around
because I use it all the time.

But ... it can be a bit of a prima donna requiring a lot of dedication
to the drying process.

So, never being one to shirk an opportunity to fail, I decided to mix
it with paper and see what happens

I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to use with a
bit of paper ... and no loss to the final result.

That said, it is not possible to use a paperclay body in my intricate
colored porcelain work ... ( the cut through the pattern needs to be
clean and the paper drags too much ) ... but I am going to try some
large, simple patterns to see just how much it can be fixed.

I will be posting images as I go along, so keep checking into
my site,

Chris Campbell - in North Carolina - got caught out in some interesting
weather yesterday and had to really stop and plan my way home ...
rushing water, over flowing ditches, branches on the road ... idiots still
driving above the speed limit in heavy rain ... why is it some people
refuse to acknowledge the power of Mother Nature even though she
is giving us a full semester of practical experience??


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Russel Fouts on mon 20 sep 04

Chris,

How much paper are you adding? Have you tried to see how little you can get
away with?

Russel



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Gene and Dolita Dohrman on sat 25 sep 04

I have 50 lbs of Southern Ice I have been saving for a special occasion
(don't know what that possibly could be) and am intrigued by Chris's
suggestion of making it into paper clay. Did you not say you added 1 1/2
rolls of cheap toilet paper to a 25 lb. bag? Can I fire it in an electric
kiln? Would it be vitrified at ^6?
Dolita

dohrman@insightbb.com
Louisville, KY

ccpottery@BELLSOUTH.NET on sun 26 sep 04

Dolita asked :

Did you not say you added 1 1/2 rolls of cheap toilet paper
to a 25 lb. bag?>

Thanks to the ongoing beauty of clayart ... Russell Fouts in Belgium
challenged me to find out just how little paper I could add to get
the benefits of paper fiber in the clay.

Surprise ... I am now down to about 3/4 of a roll and I think I will
try 1/2 a roll in the next batch. I am force drying them uncovered,
overnight, under a ceiling fan and getting no cracks at all.

I have also made some simple murrini patterns with the paper clay
and will be finishing them off next week and firing them.
Will post images on my site as soon as they are done.



I do. My kilns are safely vented outdoors away from any windows
and air intakes. It smells a bit but there is no one in danger of
smelling it unless they make an effort to. My elements are fine.



Once the paper burns out, all you have left is clay.
Southern Ice vitrifies at Cone 7 - 10. I have have great results
at 7-8 but under that you don't get the wonderful translucense
and the nice ping when you tap it.

I am not an expert, chemist or physicist so take this as an opinion only ....

For me, the value of paper clay lies in the versatility at the greenware stage.
The paper fibers make it very strong, easy to move and handle and
easy to patch/add to. I think it also helps the work dry very evenly.
I have even patched bisqued ware with it and re-fired with mixed success.

But, with that said I am also a person who does not mind failing if it
means finding out something new.
If something breaks, I make another one.
Nothing is sentimental until it is finished ... and even then I will sell it
to someone else who likes it.
So don't follow in my footsteps if everything you make is important to you
and needs to come out right.
My brain is not wired that way anymore.

Chris Campbell - in North Carolina - waiting for Jeanne ... ugh,
looks like she will be here 8 am Tuesday .... just in time to knock out the
power and ruin breakfast !!