Lili Krakowski on thu 8 sep 05
Having been a refugee , my sympathies to all who were separated from their
loved ones by Katrina are deep and sincere. I do have a fair repertoire of
c.6 glazes I will put on my computer asap, and anyone who needs some
recipes, let me know.
I do not know about Vencos, I do know about damage to one's back. I find
the pulling down of the handle on both pugmills and extruders, well,
painful.
Years ago my husband made a metal gizmo for a small potter with a large
extruder. It allowed her to use a FOOT pedal to pull down the extruder
handle.
I cannot lift the top of my Skutt 1227 anymore and have a pulley system that
helps. In other words: before ruining your body, see if you cannot modify
the way you operate the machine. With extruders and pugmills lifting one's
own level so that one does not have to reach that far up helps (at least it
does me).
I have had resist troubles when the first glaze had too soft a finish or was
applied by spraying. Maybe someone can suggest a "hardener' (in slips I use
some Borax, not idea if that will do in glazes) to make a harder surface.
Thank you, Genius, for sharing the idea of keeping the brushes soaking in
latex! Brilliant! Thank you.
The most frequent source of crawling I have encountered is from too wet
bisque. If the pot is thin, and the glaze applied by dipping or pouring, a
lot of water gets into the bisque. If then the firing is too quick the
steam coming out will cause crawling. (Some glazes are likelier to crawl
than others.) Try a good drying time before firing, and try warming the
kiln as slowly as you do when bisqing.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Bacia Edelman on fri 9 sep 05
Lili: you asked about a hardener for the first glaze when then using
some kind of resist before applying a second glaze.
My answer would be CMC, ordered in powder form from most supply houses.
That is only one idea but it works for me.
Bacia
Bacia Edelman
Madison, Wisconsin
http://users.skynet.be/russel.fouts/bacia.htm
http://www.silverhawk.com/artisan/clay/edelman/index.html
Millie Carpenter on sat 10 sep 05
Lili
do you have pictures of the foot pedal gizmo, or a sketch. this
sounds like
something that this 4'11" middle-aged ( If I live to 120) potter
could really
use. My son is good at building things for me when he is home from
school
on the breaks.
Millie in Md. in the sunshine on the deck surrounded by my cats.
Wireless technology is
such a joy on days like this.
.
On Sep 8, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Lili Krakowski wrote:
Years ago my husband made a metal gizmo for a small potter with a large
extruder. It allowed her to use a FOOT pedal to pull down the extruder
handle.
I cannot lift the top of my Skutt 1227 anymore and have a pulley system
that
helps. In other words: before ruining your body, see if you cannot
modify
the way you operate the machine. With extruders and pugmills lifting
one's
own level so that one does not have to reach that far up helps (at
least it
does me).
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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