JoyceLee on fri 13 may 05
Maurice asked about the advisability of storing dry
clay/glaze chemicals in heavy-duty plastic garbage
cans.
For what it's worth, Maurice, I often do just that. If
the prepard-clay has already dried and has become
hardened, I
may well punch holes in the plastic bag covering the
clay and wrap with a thick towel..... then store the
whole bag in a plastic can ..... with other similar
items..... such as a large container of slip.
I have stored ingredients for the clay that we used
at the
college when I attended my one semester of ceramics...
in plastic cans such as you describe. They've been
stored for about six years now..... seem fine still.
As you know, the desert is a True Test for such storage.
So far; so good.
Joyce
In the Mojave desert of California where it's getting
drier again... and warmer..... nice, actually. I just
peeked at my most recent mini-teapots sitting in their
bisque kiln.... AND I found my list of Britt glazes I'm
testing first..... AND ... wonder of wonders.... my How
To's for Shino from Malcolm Davis.... heaven! AND my
very large platter came through well.... first time ever
without cracks.... think I MIGHT do it in Oil Spot ...
and??? Not sure. Any suggestions? (I say "very large" but
do not mean Stephen Jepson Large Platter which he demos
on his tape. I'll measure tomorrow and see what MY
Very Large is. I know it takes up the whole shelf of my
Cress electric, and that I have two huge #1 Support Person
bats for just such an occasion. Pottery is such a precise language, is it not?)
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