Susan Nebeker on thu 21 jul 05
I'm getting lots of requests off list for bubble wand how tos......
Probably easier for those interested if I just post them here.
I don't have pics, but they are SO cinchy:
Extrude a 1/2" coil, 12-14" long.
Join the ends, twist into a rope, leaving the end loop at the bend about the size of a Tablespoon. Open up the loop, so that it's roundish.
Bubbles blow better if the "bubble loop" is flat, so flatten that slightly with a small board or a paddle.
We like to texture the handle with bisqued stamps.
Don't glaze the things, but I do brush on RIO, then wipe across the texture. Looks great in a reduction fire.
The kiddies, grandmothers and even you (!) will have fun making them.
And these things blow superior bubbles.........
HTH,
Susan
Pollywog Pottery
Jane Murray-Smith wrote:
Hi Susan,
Ditto to the following question...are just the handles extruded? is the
bubble soap end out of clay as well?
Thanks...I love your work.
Jane
www.dragonflypottery.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kris Bliss"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: inexpensive sales
> susan, darlin,
> what are bubble wands?
> i have a grandma with me now...
> mostly she just visits in the studio, tried a bit of glazing but
> no go..
> kris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Nebeker"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: inexpensive sales
>
>
>> mel jacobson wrote:
>> i have reported this before...but it can be repeated.
>>
>> child labor.
>> god, i love it...should have more of it.
>>
>> Just for chuckles, Mel- let me share this with ya'll.......
>>
>> The bubble wands I wrote about that make such great kiln fillers were
>> originally a project for my grandmother. She lived with me for a few
>> years till 2003. Paralyzed on the left side of her body, confined
>> to a wheel chair.
>>
>> She absolutely loved going out to the studio with me. Husband built a
>> great ramp for the chair, off we'd go every day, up that ramp and into
>> the
>> studio. She'd sit by the slab roller/wheel and just watch and watch.
>> But
>> then, I could see that finding a way for her to be productive would be so
>> much better. I'd let her scratch the "fur texture" onto my animal
>> sculptures, trim the bottom of my handbuilt planters with the needle
>> tool.
>>
>> It was so great for this woman- who before the stroke that landed her in
>> a wheelchair- could and DID do anything and everything. She could be
>> helpful, she could be creative and productive again. Mentally, she
>> was/is
>> sharp as a tack. (91 years old now!) She hated being stuck in that
>> chair, not able to work.
>>
>> Then came the bubble wand idea..........I extruded the coils for her,
>> gave her the boxes of stamps, and let her go. She was a maniac, kept at
>> those suckers all afternoon, day after day.
>>
>> The day of the spring sale, she sat a few feet away from the table where
>> the wands were, and just beamed. She still likes to tell people about
>> "our studio" and how many hundreds of dollars worth of those wands she
>> sold!
>>
>> As far as working the kids, all three of my daughters have financed
>> themselves with their work done in my studio. The middle one completely
>> put herself through her last three years of college with her earnings.
>>
>> They've worked their little tails off, and it's been a great way to spend
>> time with them too..... Best way to build self-esteem? A big shot of
>> personal success- and creative success is the best kind of success there
>> is.
>>
>> :) Susan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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