Lili Krakowski on tue 28 sep 04
Sorry to be a beast, Janet, but Trusty Old Larousse says a jardini=E8re =
is a decorative piece of furniture in which one sets a flower box. =
Around here people use old iron bedsteads sort of tilted on a side, =
placed in the front yard, fill them with earth and create " flower beds" =
(I don't make the news, lady, just report them.) Petit-Robert adds =
that a jardini=E8re also is a large flower or tree container of wood, =
stone, cement,brick. (And of course, Meaning 2, jardini=E8re is a mix =
of vegetables--often pickled.) Cache pot is really truly it for a =
decorative pot into which a flower pot is set.
Earl opened the topic I have been waiting for someone else to broach. =
The original warped slab question referred to slabs placed into deep =
molds. Now I have been working a bit on this will do more with slip =
decorated slabs. But I have had problems with cracking at edges, and =
that is what is holding me up. BUT WHEN SLABS ARE PUSHED into molds be =
they deep or shallow, would there not inevitably even if only from the =
weight of the clay itself, be stresses and strains that might lead to =
warpage? Then: does anybody have any opinion/suggestion/advice re: =
what is better: to fold the clay to make it fit and then scrape the =
excess away, OR to cut the excess off and "glue" the edges together? =
I am going to try to use nylon in the clay to see if that relieves the =
cracks. Yes, I DO coat the edges with latex asap.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Edouard Bastarache Inc. on tue 28 sep 04
Lilli,
on this side of the border jardiniere may mean a suspended pot from
the ceiling containing flowers in soil.
Of course, in France they speak a funny French (Hehehehe)
That is what I keep telling Smart.
Later,
"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/
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