L. P. Skeen on fri 2 sep 05
Went out to the studio today to get started making things for a show in =
November. I have not used the pugmill since about February or March =
when I mixed up some recycle to throw a funerary urn. When I opened the =
top, all around the opening there are little globs of clear, jelly-like =
something or other, looks like (pardon the reference) KY or something. =
It does not smell; I'm not about to taste it. Anybody else ever seen =
this kind of thing before? It is sort of flat and crystalline looking =
when mashed.
L
L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC
http://www.living-tree.net
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Gordon Ward on fri 2 sep 05
Humm. It does sound weird! Never seen or heard of anything like it.
Is it very slippery? Is it possible that your supplier uses a soluble
plasticizer of some sort in the clay? It's been a hot summer, maybe a
fungus? That's all that comes to mind here.
Good luck,
Gordon
On Sep 2, 2005, at 8:17 AM, L. P. Skeen wrote:
> Went out to the studio today to get started making things for a show
> in November. I have not used the pugmill since about February or
> March when I mixed up some recycle to throw a funerary urn. When I
> opened the top, all around the opening there are little globs of
> clear, jelly-like something or other, looks like (pardon the
> reference) KY or something. It does not smell; I'm not about to taste
> it. Anybody else ever seen this kind of thing before? It is sort of
> flat and crystalline looking when mashed.
>
> L
>
>
> L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC
> http://www.living-tree.net
> Strongly in favor of the separation of Church and Hate.
>
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Louis Katz on fri 2 sep 05
There is some sort of reaction that takes place between some clay
bodies and aluminum barrels. It changes the consistency of the clay
near the edges of the barrel.
Might be a red herring.
Louis
On Sep 2, 2005, at 12:40 PM, Gordon Ward wrote:
> Humm. It does sound weird! Never seen or heard of anything like it.
> Is it very slippery? Is it possible that your supplier uses a soluble
> plasticizer of some sort in the clay? It's been a hot summer, maybe a
> fungus? That's all that comes to mind here.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Gordon
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2005, at 8:17 AM, L. P. Skeen wrote:
>
>> Went out to the studio today to get started making things for a show
>> in November. I have not used the pugmill since about February or
>> March when I mixed up some recycle to throw a funerary urn. When I
>> opened the top, all around the opening there are little globs of
>> clear, jelly-like something or other, looks like (pardon the
>> reference) KY or something. It does not smell; I'm not about to taste
>> it. Anybody else ever seen this kind of thing before? It is sort of
>> flat and crystalline looking when mashed.
>>
>> L
>>
>>
>> L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC
>> http://www.living-tree.net
>> Strongly in favor of the separation of Church and Hate.
>>
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Wayne Seidl on fri 2 sep 05
Lisa:
You need to keep the lid on that pugmill closed so that the guineas
stop pooping in it. ROFL
Actually, that's a reaction between your clay and the alumin(i)um
that Peter Pugger uses. It's a part of what I call the infamous
"What is this blue sh*t in my clay (or in my case porcelain)??!!"
syndrome.
Just smush it back into the clay, it doesn't affect anything. I get
it too, but down here, it doesn't take months to appear, only about
a week. Rather surprised me, first time I saw it.
I can guarantee that if you taste it, you will never do so again,
trust me!
Wayne Seidl
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Subject: weirdness in the pugmill
Went out to the studio today to get started making things for a show
in November. I have not used the pugmill since about February or
March when I mixed up some recycle to throw a funerary urn. When I
opened the top, all around the opening there are little globs of
clear, jelly-like something or other, looks like (pardon the
reference) KY or something. It does not smell; I'm not about to
taste it. Anybody else ever seen this kind of thing before? It is
sort of flat and crystalline looking when mashed.
L
L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC
http://www.living-tree.net
Strongly in favor of the separation of Church and Hate.
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