Louis Katz on sun 22 may 05
CMC is very concentrated, Take a teaspoon (if you really are short on
cmc try 1/3 teaspoon in one cup) and dissolve it in a couple of cups of
hot water, let it sit overnight and you will see what I mean. Then
water it down and try it. If you want to recover the cmc dry it out and
bust it up with a hammer, or just let it dry out. It takes a lot longer
to dissolve when it is in a big chunk but it still does especially with
hot water.
Louis
Soho Texas
http"//www.tamucc.edu/~lkatz
On May 22, 2005, at 10:35 PM, k. sam miller wrote:
>
>
> Soooo... long-winded preamble to the question "what is the appropriate
> concentration of CMC to spray on a glazed piece as a fixative?"
>
> Looking forward to your ideas/suggestions as always!
>
> Sam
>
> PS If you ever get the opportunity, run (don't walk) to take a
> workshop
> from Chris Gustin. He is just about the nicest guy you'd want to be
> around, has an outstanding teaching manner, great slideshow, & a super
> potter/sculptor.
>
>
> Sam Miller
> "Texas Dabbler"
> in
> Dallas, TX
>
> "The sleeping dog sighs,
> Rabbits run fast in her dreams,
> Poor, slow bag of clay."
>
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k. sam miller on sun 22 may 05
Hello List,
I'm getting ready to glaze one of my larger sculptural pieces, but it will
have to hang out in our community studio until the kiln can be
filled. Since the piece will have to be handled several times after I
glaze (probably by someone other than myself, unfortunately), I have
decided to borrow a technique suggested by Chris Gustin at his Anderson
Ranch workshop. Namely, spraying on a solution of CMC after glazing to
form a "shell" which prevents glazes from being smeared while the piece is
placed in the kiln.
Unfortunately, I didn't ask the concentration at which CMC should be mixed
to allow spraying. I know that I could just add water until it looks OK,
but we have a limited quantity of CMC powder in the studio.
Soooo... long-winded preamble to the question "what is the appropriate
concentration of CMC to spray on a glazed piece as a fixative?"
Looking forward to your ideas/suggestions as always!
Sam
PS If you ever get the opportunity, run (don't walk) to take a workshop
from Chris Gustin. He is just about the nicest guy you'd want to be
around, has an outstanding teaching manner, great slideshow, & a super
potter/sculptor.
Sam Miller
"Texas Dabbler"
in
Dallas, TX
"The sleeping dog sighs,
Rabbits run fast in her dreams,
Poor, slow bag of clay."
Tony Ferguson on mon 23 may 05
Hey Sam,
Some beautiful sculptures you are making there. Thanks for those pics some time back. I don't know what to tell you other than call Chris himself and ask him.
Chris Gustin
Gustin Ceramics LLC
231 Horseneck Road
South Dartmouth, MA 02748Phone: 508-636-6213
Fax: 508-636-5099
cgceramics@aol.com
Tony
"k. sam miller" wrote:
Hello List,
I'm getting ready to glaze one of my larger sculptural pieces, but it will
have to hang out in our community studio until the kiln can be
filled. Since the piece will have to be handled several times after I
glaze (probably by someone other than myself, unfortunately), I have
decided to borrow a technique suggested by Chris Gustin at his Anderson
Ranch workshop. Namely, spraying on a solution of CMC after glazing to
form a "shell" which prevents glazes from being smeared while the piece is
placed in the kiln.
Unfortunately, I didn't ask the concentration at which CMC should be mixed
to allow spraying. I know that I could just add water until it looks OK,
but we have a limited quantity of CMC powder in the studio.
Soooo... long-winded preamble to the question "what is the appropriate
concentration of CMC to spray on a glazed piece as a fixative?"
Looking forward to your ideas/suggestions as always!
Sam
PS If you ever get the opportunity, run (don't walk) to take a workshop
from Chris Gustin. He is just about the nicest guy you'd want to be
around, has an outstanding teaching manner, great slideshow, & a super
potter/sculptor.
Sam Miller
"Texas Dabbler"
in
Dallas, TX
"The sleeping dog sighs,
Rabbits run fast in her dreams,
Poor, slow bag of clay."
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Mike Gordon on mon 23 may 05
On May 22, 2005, at 8:35 PM, k. sam miller wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I'm getting ready to glaze one of my larger sculptural pieces, but it
> will
> have to hang out in our community studio until the kiln can be
> filled.
> Soooo... long-winded preamble to the question "what is the appropriate
> concentration of CMC to spray on a glazed piece as a fixative?"
>
> Looking forward to your ideas/suggestions as always!
>
> Sam
>
Sam,
Have you tried plain ole hair spray? Mike Gordon
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