dannon rhudy on tue 13 sep 05
Dan, I'll see if I can find the issue of PMI with the
article on salt shakers. But they are not ordinary
turn-upside-down-and-shake pieces. They're
a different design. You can probably, now that
I think of it, go to the PMI website and either
find the article or which issue it was in. They may
have the article available; you could ask.
Meanwhile, if you are having problems with your
holes filling with glaze: either use a very stable glaze,
and/or put toothpicks in the holes when you glaze
the shakers and glaze the top area lightly. The
toothpicks will burn out when you fire, or you
can pull them out if you like.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pfeiffer, Dan R (Dan)"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:07 PM
Subject: Salt Shaker
> I was looking in the archives for info on how to make salt shakers and
found
> a reference to
> "Dannon's instructions in Clay times." any clue are to just what this is
> referring to? any one have a picture or care to explain what it looks
like?
> I would like anyone's ideas in general on how to make a good shaker. My
> first few attempts at a small closed shape sorta work but the holes on top
> get filled with glaze and in trying to make the sides flat the button
would
> not stay in any shape I liked to see it in. A simple close cylinder works
> but is not all that exciting to look at and the button is a pain to make a
> place for the cork to sit.
> So far in my reading on design and general pottery no one has bothered to
> describe how to make a good salt shaker.
>
> Just got done reading "Robin Hopper's "Functional Pottery" & "Clary
Illian-
> A Potters Workbook". Both very good, wish I had read these about a year
ago!
> Many thanks for the input from all on the list for these on other design
> books.This winters goal is to work though the "A Potters Workbook" in
> detail.
>
> Dan & Laurel in Elkmont Al
> Potters Council Members
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Pfeiffer, Dan R (Dan) on mon 19 sep 05
I was looking in the archives for info on how to make salt shakers and found
a reference to
"Dannon's instructions in Clay times." any clue are to just what this is
referring to? any one have a picture or care to explain what it looks like?
I would like anyone's ideas in general on how to make a good shaker. My
first few attempts at a small closed shape sorta work but the holes on top
get filled with glaze and in trying to make the sides flat the button would
not stay in any shape I liked to see it in. A simple close cylinder works
but is not all that exciting to look at and the button is a pain to make a
place for the cork to sit.
So far in my reading on design and general pottery no one has bothered to
describe how to make a good salt shaker.
Just got done reading "Robin Hopper's "Functional Pottery" & "Clary Illian-
A Potters Workbook". Both very good, wish I had read these about a year ago!
Many thanks for the input from all on the list for these on other design
books.This winters goal is to work though the "A Potters Workbook" in
detail.
Dan & Laurel in Elkmont Al
Potters Council Members
Pfeiffer, Dan R (Dan) on wed 21 sep 05
I found it listed in the fall for 2000 issue but it is not on there back
issue "for sale" list. How does one go about asking for a article?
Great tip on the holes!
Dannon Rhudy wrote >>>Dan, I'll see if I can find the issue of PMI with the
article on salt shakers. But they are not ordinary
turn-upside-down-and-shake pieces. They're
a different design. You can probably, now that
I think of it, go to the PMI website and either
find the article or which issue it was in. They may
have the article available; you could ask. >>>>
Dan & Laurel in Elkmont Al
Potters Council Members
Jeanette Harris on thu 22 sep 05
>
>Dannon Rhudy wrote >>>Dan, I'll see if I can find the issue of PMI with the
>article on salt shakers. But they are not ordinary
>turn-upside-down-and-shake pieces. They're
>a different design. You can probably, now that
>I think of it, go to the PMI website and either
>find the article or which issue it was in. They may
>have the article available; you could ask. >>>>
Here's a glass version of how the insides of the salt shakers and
caduggon teapots are constructed. It's easy to see how liquid works
inside. The salt shakers, of course, don't have the spout, but have a
hole at the top of the inside cone. You invert the shaker and fill
it through the cone, which acts like a funnel. When you shake the
container straight up and down, the salt, which is now around the
bottom of the cone, will fly to the top and some of it will fall back
down through the hole.
If you can't see the gif, look at the bottom of the page:
http://www.kleinbottle.com/Tantalus.html
--
Jeanette Harris
Poulsbo WA
Potter's Council member
Belinda Willis on sat 24 sep 05
Dan and/or Laurel,
You can see a sample of one of those strange salt shakers at
www.greatpottery.com under Elizabeth Hewitt's button and then under
her "Kaki Glazes" banner. She briefly explains how it works.
Also on the GreatPottery website is another style of salt shaker under
Belinda Willis's button and then her "Being Thrifty" banner. They are made
from textured slabs rolled into tall thin cylinders then pinched together
at the top. When almost leather hard, the bottoms are added by rolling a
slab, scoring/slipping the bottoms of the cylinders and pressing them into
the slab.
I'll use a needle tool to initially pierce the shaker holes. When the
shakers are leather hard, I then use a small drill to clean out the pierced
holes, enlarge them and make them perfectly round. After bisquing and
glazing, by hand I'll use the next smaller size drill bit to clean out the
dried glaze from the holes. I find this works better than toothpicks in the
holes while glazing since the toothpicks grab the wet glaze and can make
the fired glaze uneven and ugly.
Belinda
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