Steve Irvine on thu 6 oct 05
Yesterday a wood turner friend dropped by and he noticed that I had several pots drying on my
picnic table. I explained that this was my "high efficiency solar powered drying system," i.e. carry
the pots out in the morning and put them on the table, carry them back in at the end of the day.
In the summer and early autumn my studio (in the basement of an old church) can get a little
humid, and I've thought of getting a dehumidifier, but I don't think I'd like the sound of it, besides
I don't really mind carrying the pots outside.
With the current concerns about energy and conservation, it now seems that potters have been at
the cutting edge of technology all along... using solar energy to dry pots for the past few thousand
years!
http://www.steveirvine.com/clayart/solar_drying.jpg
Steve
Sa Winfield on sat 8 oct 05
Oh yeah, I love to use mother nature. Here in sunny So Cal, it's brush
fire season, also known as Indian summer, hot and dry.
I threw a bunch of pots in the AM, trimed them in the afternoon, it was
great. Also, what I like to do is throw something big-ish on a bat,
start it, get the wall up, etc, take it off, take it outside for a bit,
then come back to it to finish it off. It's great for large wide bowls
that may have a tendency for flopping right over, if you use to much
water, like I do.:)
Yesterday I was throwing some wonderful porcelin, and let me tell ya,
it dried so fast, I made all the teapot parts, trimmed them, and put
them all together, the same day. The spout was almost too dry.
I don't know if that's impresive or not to all ya all, but for me, it
was pretty cool.
Sa
Sa Winfield on sat 8 oct 05
About my last post. I rely on my spell checker, and it betrayed me,
yikes.
Please pardon my typos.
Sa
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